The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 40 61 59
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -2
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 23 2 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.177% 0.250% 1.342%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% 1.429% 6.341%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 11
Average daily rate £420 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.73% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
161 140 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.24% 17.52% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 84 118
Average daily rate £350 £325 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £222 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £485 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 11
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheshire Blackberry Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 8 £329 -
Chester -4 2 - -
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 17 (40.48%) Finance
3 15 (35.71%) Banking
4 13 (30.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 11 (26.19%) Android
5 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
5 11 (26.19%) Apple iOS
6 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (23.81%) Clustering
6 10 (23.81%) Windows XP
7 9 (21.43%) MS Exchange
7 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 9 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 9 (21.43%) Migration
7 9 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (19.05%) Security Architecture
8 8 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2010
8 8 (19.05%) Windows 8
8 8 (19.05%) SMTP
8 8 (19.05%) ITIL
9 7 (16.67%) Linux
9 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (16.67%) Mobile App
9 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
10 6 (14.29%) Investment Banking
10 6 (14.29%) Red Hat
10 6 (14.29%) VPN
10 6 (14.29%) UNIX
10 6 (14.29%) SharePoint

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (9.524%) J2EE
1 4 (9.524%) HTML
2 1 (2.381%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 9 (21.43%) MS Exchange
2 9 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.762%) Lync
5 2 (4.762%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (2.381%) IIS
6 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Office
2 2 (4.762%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) SMTP
2 6 (14.29%) VPN
3 5 (11.90%) Wireless
4 4 (9.524%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.143%) Broadband
5 3 (7.143%) 3G
5 3 (7.143%) NFC
6 2 (4.762%) DNS
7 1 (2.381%) SAN
7 1 (2.381%) Extranet
7 1 (2.381%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (40.48%) Finance
2 15 (35.71%) Banking
3 6 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 3 (7.143%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Consultant
2 6 (14.29%) Build Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Security Consultant
3 5 (11.90%) Security Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Messaging Engineer
4 4 (9.524%) Developer
4 4 (9.524%) Desktop Support
5 3 (7.143%) Analyst
5 3 (7.143%) Service Analyst
5 3 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.143%) Services Delivery Analyst
5 3 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (7.143%) Blackberry Developer
5 3 (7.143%) Field Engineer
6 2 (4.762%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (4.762%) Messaging Consultant
6 2 (4.762%) Field Support Engineer
6 2 (4.762%) Messaging Specialist
6 2 (4.762%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.381%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Clustering
2 7 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.143%) Cryptography
4 3 (7.143%) Handset
4 3 (7.143%) iPad
5 2 (4.762%) EMV
6 1 (2.381%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (2.381%) PKI
6 1 (2.381%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 11 (26.19%) Android
2 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
2 11 (26.19%) Apple iOS
3 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (23.81%) Windows XP
4 8 (19.05%) Windows 8
5 7 (16.67%) Linux
6 6 (14.29%) UNIX
7 3 (7.143%) Windows Vista
8 1 (2.381%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.43%) Migration
2 8 (19.05%) Security Architecture
2 8 (19.05%) ITIL
3 5 (11.90%) Service Management
3 5 (11.90%) Incident Management
3 5 (11.90%) Capacity Management
4 3 (7.143%) Service Delivery
5 2 (4.762%) Network Design
6 1 (2.381%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (2.381%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.381%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.381%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.381%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (2.381%) C
3 1 (2.381%) Java
3 1 (2.381%) Perl
3 1 (2.381%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.524%) MCSE
3 3 (7.143%) MCSA
3 3 (7.143%) MCTS
3 3 (7.143%) MCITP
4 2 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.381%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.381%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.381%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 1 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (2.381%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (2.381%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 3 (7.143%) Dell
3 3 (7.143%) Citrix
4 2 (4.762%) Hyperion
4 2 (4.762%) Lotus
5 1 (2.381%) SAP
5 1 (2.381%) Symantec
5 1 (2.381%) Mitel
5 1 (2.381%) IronPort