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The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5567
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.011 %
As % of the category below3.030 %5.500 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£140
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£180
UK excluding London average daily rate£282£316
% change on same period last year-10.77 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£23.33£13.49
Average hourly rate£24.17£14.27
% change on same period last year+69.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£15.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.02£15.61
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads132200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.186 %0.202 %
Daily rates quoted1632
Average minimum daily rate£267£280
Average daily rate£287£308
% change on same period last year-6.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted5543
Average minimum hourly rate£25.39£36.31
Average hourly rate£27.30£40.06
% change on same period last year-31.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.20£43.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Blackberry East of EnglandBlackberry
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+194--
Blackberry East of EnglandBlackberry
East of England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

17 (87.50 %)Active Directory
26 (75.00 %)VPN
35 (62.50 %)TCP/IP
35 (62.50 %)Windows
35 (62.50 %)MS Exchange
43 (37.50 %)SharePoint
43 (37.50 %)Windows XP
43 (37.50 %)DNS
43 (37.50 %)Windows Mobile
52 (25.00 %)Subversion
52 (25.00 %)Microsoft
52 (25.00 %)PDA
52 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (25.00 %)Dell
52 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
52 (25.00 %)MS Excel
52 (25.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (25.00 %)LAN
52 (25.00 %)WLAN
61 (12.50 %)DHCP
61 (12.50 %)NFS
61 (12.50 %)Symbian
61 (12.50 %)OOD
61 (12.50 %)Eclipse
61 (12.50 %)Linux
61 (12.50 %)OO
61 (12.50 %)Apache
61 (12.50 %)J2ME
61 (12.50 %)C

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)J2ME
11 (12.50 %)Series 60
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)MS Exchange
23 (37.50 %)SharePoint
32 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (12.50 %)Apache
41 (12.50 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (12.50 %)MS Office
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (75.00 %)VPN
25 (62.50 %)TCP/IP
33 (37.50 %)DNS
42 (25.00 %)LAN
42 (25.00 %)WLAN
51 (12.50 %)DHCP
51 (12.50 %)Wireless
51 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
51 (12.50 %)Network Security
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)MySQL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Subversion
21 (12.50 %)Ant
21 (12.50 %)JUnit
21 (12.50 %)Eclipse
21 (12.50 %)Bugzilla
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
13 (37.50 %)Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Systems Support Manager
31 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Support Manager
31 (12.50 %)IT Support Manager
31 (12.50 %)Software Engineer
31 (12.50 %)IT Manager
31 (12.50 %)Systems Support
31 (12.50 %)Systems Manager
31 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Analyst
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)PDA
21 (12.50 %)iPhone
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)Windows XP
23 (37.50 %)Windows Mobile
31 (12.50 %)CentOS
31 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (12.50 %)UNIX
31 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (12.50 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (12.50 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)OOD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)C
11 (12.50 %)C++
11 (12.50 %)Objective-C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (87.50 %)Active Directory
21 (12.50 %)NFS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (25.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft
12 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (12.50 %)NetApp
21 (12.50 %)Red Hat
21 (12.50 %)Symbian
21 (12.50 %)Cisco