Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£229
% change on same period last year+33.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.56£17.06
% change on same period last year+2.98 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads3314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted69
Average minimum daily rate£604£443
Average daily rate£626£458
% change on same period last year+36.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£648£473
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£341
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.52£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Blackberry County AntrimBlackberry
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Blackberry
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Belfast Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Blackberry also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)SAP
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)Photoshop
21 (50.00 %)Wireless
21 (50.00 %)DameWare
21 (50.00 %)Education
21 (50.00 %)Network+ Certification
21 (50.00 %)Server+ Certification
21 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
21 (50.00 %)PDA
21 (50.00 %)Problem Management
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (50.00 %)MCSE
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (50.00 %)Windows NT
21 (50.00 %)Siebel
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)VoIP
21 (50.00 %)FoxPro (VFP)
21 (50.00 %)SLA
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Adobe
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Blackberry also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)Acrobat
21 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (50.00 %)Photoshop
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)VoIP
11 (50.00 %)Wireless
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MS Access
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Education
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
21 (50.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
21 (50.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)PDA
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Windows NT
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Problem Management
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)VB
11 (50.00 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)MCSE
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (50.00 %)A+ Certification
11 (50.00 %)Network+ Certification
11 (50.00 %)Server+ Certification
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)SLA
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)DameWare
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Siebel
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Adobe
11 (50.00 %)Avaya
11 (50.00 %)Lotus