General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GPRS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GPRS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 984 1209
Rank change year-on-year +114 +225 -323
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 24 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.056% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 3
10th Percentile £27,550 £28,800 -
25th Percentile £34,375 £33,375 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +18.11% -29.44%
75th Percentile - £81,250 £32,625
90th Percentile £42,250 £110,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £33,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year +15.15% +3.94% -29.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

GPRS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,628 16,029 20,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.88% 15.30% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,526 8,241 11,792
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

GPRS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GPRS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPRS.

Salary trend for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GPRS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +134 24 £38,000 +1.33% 5
UK excluding London +15 24 £38,000 +15.15% 5
South East +41 13 £35,000 +27.27% 3
East of England - 8 £38,000 -
Work from Home +83 5 £23,500 -37.33% 2
Midlands +6 3 £47,500 +14.46% 2
East Midlands -18 3 £47,500 +14.46% 2

GPRS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (16.67%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) 3G
2 12 (50.00%) 4G
3 10 (41.67%) LTE
4 8 (33.33%) Bluetooth
4 8 (33.33%) GSM
5 6 (25.00%) Modbus
5 6 (25.00%) Wireless
6 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
7 1 (4.17%) MQTT
7 1 (4.17%) RS-232
7 1 (4.17%) RS-485
7 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 3 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (16.67%) Subversion
3 3 (12.50%) Git
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Electronics
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing
2 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Back Office
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 10 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 9 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Software Applications Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Junior
6 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Graduate
7 1 (4.17%) Junior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Junior Embedded Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Junior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Flash
2 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
2 3 (12.50%) CSS
2 3 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) IoT
2 6 (25.00%) NB-IoT
3 4 (16.67%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.17%) SystemC
4 1 (4.17%) Verilog
4 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
1 7 (29.17%) Windows Server
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 4 (16.67%) CAD
3 4 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (16.67%) Prototyping
3 4 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (12.50%) Agile
4 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 3 (12.50%) Microservices
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) Product Management
6 1 (4.17%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (4.17%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C#
2 4 (16.67%) Assembly Language
2 4 (16.67%) C++
3 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.33%) SQL
5 1 (4.17%) C
5 1 (4.17%) Java
5 1 (4.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) JTAG
2 4 (16.67%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
2 2 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) SAP
3 5 (20.83%) EMC
4 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle
6 1 (4.17%) Autodesk
6 1 (4.17%) CA
6 1 (4.17%) NCR