The first table below looks at the demand for BlackBerry OS skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BlackBerry OS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the City of London 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
BlackBerry OS
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing BlackBerry OS 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.159% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 -
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1259 1554 1897
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 19.74% 19.76% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 960 1266
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 97 111
Average hourly rate £28.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
BlackBerry OS
London

BlackBerry OS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BlackBerry OS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

City of London BlackBerry OS Jobs Demand Trend

BlackBerry OS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BlackBerry OS across the City of London region.

City of London BlackBerry OS Daily Rate Trend

BlackBerry OS
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing BlackBerry OS 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 OS.

1 5 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 5 (100.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) J2ME

BlackBerry OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing BlackBerry OS 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 OS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) J2ME
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Blackberry Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android