GPRS Contracts with Work from Home Options

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for GPRS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GPRS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 463 614
Rank change year-on-year +118 +151 -119
Contract jobs citing GPRS 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.065% 0.071% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £336
25th Percentile - £506 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £380
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +34.87% -13.14%
75th Percentile - £519 £414
90th Percentile - - £428
UK median daily rate £372 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -27.51% +20.59% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,535 2,810 4,418
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.50% 11.63% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,876 3,017
10th Percentile £300 £342 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £646 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 94 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.80 £19.21
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.16 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.55% +16.13% +18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%

GPRS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPRS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GPRS trend for jobs with a WFH option

GPRS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPRS.

GPRS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GPRS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPRS.

GPRS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GPRS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) VSAT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree