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The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Bristol 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5570
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.817 %1.980 %
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£275£316
% change on same period last year-12.88 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£24.00-
Average hourly rate£24.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.91£15.62
% change on same period last year+8.25 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads71101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted2128
Average minimum daily rate£270£268
Average daily rate£298£278
% change on same period last year+7.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£287
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2128
Average minimum hourly rate£27.03£33.70
Average hourly rate£28.03£35.97
% change on same period last year-22.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.03£38.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.85£26.56
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Blackberry South WestBlackberry
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry across the Bristol region.

Bristol Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Bristol region.

Bristol Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (50.00 %)MS Office
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)FrontPage
21 (25.00 %)PDA
21 (25.00 %)MS Project
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Broadband
21 (25.00 %)VoIP
21 (25.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (25.00 %)Lotus
21 (25.00 %)Apple
21 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
11 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Project
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Broadband
11 (25.00 %)VoIP
11 (25.00 %)VPN
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)FrontPage
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Desktop Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Domino Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Systems Manager
21 (25.00 %)IT Manager
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)PDA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Cisco
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Citrix
11 (25.00 %)Lotus
11 (25.00 %)Apple