Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry 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 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

 RIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank15791122
Rank change year-on-year
Down-66Up+31
Matching contract IT job ads615987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London0.711 %1.459 %1.080 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.742 %4.094 %3.190 %
Daily rates quoted272026
Average daily rate£275£338£280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51 %+20.53 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£140£170£155
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£407£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£235£350£245
% change year-on-year
-32.85 %+42.85 %
Hourly rates quoted121821
Average hourly rate£19.00£18.25£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.100 %-15.11 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.10£14.70£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.50£33.25£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.75£15.00£16.75
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-10.44 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
350214412727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London40.83 %35.63 %33.85 %
Daily rates quoted24498511353
Average daily rate£525£500£550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£358£325£375
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£650£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted414079
Average hourly rate£21.50£19.25£23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.68 %-17.20 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.24£14.00£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£74.50£36.75£36.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£22.63£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.04 %-9.480 %
Blackberry LondonBlackberry
London

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.

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

171 (58.20 %)Windows
258 (47.54 %)Active Directory
356 (45.90 %)Microsoft
454 (44.26 %)MS Office
543 (35.25 %)MS Excel
543 (35.25 %)Windows XP
641 (33.61 %)Banking
737 (30.33 %)Windows Server 2003
834 (27.87 %)MS Exchange
932 (26.23 %)Investment Banking
1026 (21.31 %)Windows Vista
1125 (20.49 %)Finance
1223 (18.85 %)ITIL
1321 (17.21 %)Citrix
1419 (15.57 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1518 (14.75 %)Reuters
1518 (14.75 %)Bloomberg
1617 (13.93 %)Exchange Server 2003
1617 (13.93 %)Lotus
1715 (12.30 %)Exchange Server 2007
1814 (11.48 %)Microsoft Certification
1814 (11.48 %)Lotus Notes
1913 (10.66 %)HP
1913 (10.66 %)PDA
2011 (9.016 %)TCP/IP
2011 (9.016 %)VPN
2011 (9.016 %)DNS
2011 (9.016 %)MCP
2110 (8.197 %)MCSE
2110 (8.197 %)WAN

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (4.918 %)J2ME
23 (2.459 %)XML
23 (2.459 %).NET
32 (1.639 %)CSS
32 (1.639 %)Flash
32 (1.639 %)OpenGL
32 (1.639 %)Cocoa
32 (1.639 %)iPhone SDK
41 (0.820 %)MIDP
41 (0.820 %)Application Packaging
41 (0.820 %)YUI
41 (0.820 %)jQuery
41 (0.820 %)RSS
41 (0.820 %)SAX
41 (0.820 %)XHTML
41 (0.820 %)JSP
41 (0.820 %)SOAP
41 (0.820 %)Struts
41 (0.820 %)Web Services
41 (0.820 %)DHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (27.87 %)MS Exchange
219 (15.57 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
317 (13.93 %)Exchange Server 2003
415 (12.30 %)Exchange Server 2007
514 (11.48 %)Lotus Notes
65 (4.098 %)Office Communications Server
65 (4.098 %)Lotus Domino
73 (2.459 %)Exchange Server 5.5
82 (1.639 %)IIS
82 (1.639 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.820 %)Office Project Server
91 (0.820 %)GroupWise
91 (0.820 %)Rendezvous
91 (0.820 %)SharePoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
154 (44.26 %)MS Office
243 (35.25 %)MS Excel
35 (4.098 %)MS Project
44 (3.279 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.820 %)DeltaView
51 (0.820 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.820 %)Photoshop
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (4.098 %)3000 Xtra
23 (2.459 %)RMDS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (9.016 %)TCP/IP
111 (9.016 %)VPN
111 (9.016 %)DNS
210 (8.197 %)WAN
39 (7.377 %)LAN
48 (6.557 %)SMTP
48 (6.557 %)SAN
57 (5.738 %)DHCP
65 (4.098 %)NAS
74 (3.279 %)VoIP
83 (2.459 %)Internet
92 (1.639 %)SSL
92 (1.639 %)Wi-Fi
92 (1.639 %)Wireless
92 (1.639 %)Firewall
101 (0.820 %)IP Telephony
101 (0.820 %)BSS
101 (0.820 %)VLAN
101 (0.820 %)Cisco IPT
101 (0.820 %)Broadband
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.820 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (0.820 %)SQLite
11 (0.820 %)DTS
11 (0.820 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.639 %)Eclipse
12 (1.639 %)Xcode
21 (0.820 %)JIRA
21 (0.820 %)Ant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
141 (33.61 %)Banking
232 (26.23 %)Investment Banking
325 (20.49 %)Finance
48 (6.557 %)Front Office
54 (3.279 %)Financial Institution
54 (3.279 %)Law
63 (2.459 %)Legal
63 (2.459 %)Telecoms
63 (2.459 %)Insurance
72 (1.639 %)Education
72 (1.639 %)Government
72 (1.639 %)Back Office
81 (0.820 %)Advertising
81 (0.820 %)Publishing
81 (0.820 %)Games
81 (0.820 %)Retail
81 (0.820 %)Music
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (38.52 %)Analyst
223 (18.85 %)Support Analyst
321 (17.21 %)Helpdesk Analyst
418 (14.75 %)Service Analyst
418 (14.75 %)Service Desk Analyst
517 (13.93 %)Desktop Support
610 (8.197 %)Helpdesk Support
79 (7.377 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
88 (6.557 %)Developer
88 (6.557 %)Support Engineer
97 (5.738 %)Exchange Engineer
97 (5.738 %)Administrator
106 (4.918 %)Messaging Engineer
115 (4.098 %)Desktop Engineer
124 (3.279 %)Technical Support
124 (3.279 %)Desktop Support Engineer
133 (2.459 %)Exchange Administrator
133 (2.459 %)Blackberry Support
133 (2.459 %)Java Developer
133 (2.459 %)iPhone Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (10.66 %)PDA
29 (7.377 %)iPhone
32 (1.639 %)Video Conferencing
32 (1.639 %)Clustering
32 (1.639 %)Fixed Income
32 (1.639 %)Handset
41 (0.820 %)Augmented Reality
41 (0.820 %)AS400
41 (0.820 %)Management Information System
41 (0.820 %)Replication
41 (0.820 %)Cryptography
41 (0.820 %)PKI
41 (0.820 %)Smartphone
41 (0.820 %)SecurID
41 (0.820 %)French Language
41 (0.820 %)Mainframe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
171 (58.20 %)Windows
243 (35.25 %)Windows XP
337 (30.33 %)Windows Server 2003
426 (21.31 %)Windows Vista
57 (5.738 %)UNIX
65 (4.098 %)Android
65 (4.098 %)Linux
65 (4.098 %)Windows 2000
74 (3.279 %)Solaris
74 (3.279 %)Windows Server 2008
74 (3.279 %)Windows Mobile
82 (1.639 %)Windows CE
82 (1.639 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.820 %)MVS
91 (0.820 %)Windows NT
91 (0.820 %)VMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (18.85 %)ITIL
26 (4.918 %)Migration
34 (3.279 %)Investment Management
34 (3.279 %)Problem Management
43 (2.459 %)Project Management
52 (1.639 %)Service Delivery
52 (1.639 %)Time Management
52 (1.639 %)Electronic Trading
61 (0.820 %)Information Architecture
61 (0.820 %)Test Automation
61 (0.820 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (0.820 %)E-Procurement
61 (0.820 %)TOGAF
61 (0.820 %)Requirements Analysis
61 (0.820 %)Technical Architecture
61 (0.820 %)Systems Analysis
61 (0.820 %)Business Analysis
61 (0.820 %)Release Management
61 (0.820 %)Interactive Advertising
61 (0.820 %)Manual Testing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (7.377 %)Java
25 (4.098 %)SQL
33 (2.459 %)Objective-C
33 (2.459 %)VB
33 (2.459 %)JavaScript
33 (2.459 %)C
42 (1.639 %)C#
42 (1.639 %)VBScript
51 (0.820 %)VB6
51 (0.820 %)PowerShell
51 (0.820 %)VB.NET
51 (0.820 %)VBA
51 (0.820 %)PHP
51 (0.820 %)C++
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (11.48 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (9.016 %)MCP
310 (8.197 %)MCSE
310 (8.197 %)Degree
45 (4.098 %)CCA
45 (4.098 %)Citrix Certification
45 (4.098 %)MCSA
52 (1.639 %)MOS
52 (1.639 %)MCITP
61 (0.820 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.279 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
158 (47.54 %)Active Directory
22 (1.639 %)ISA Server
22 (1.639 %)Postfix
31 (0.820 %)VMware Workstation
31 (0.820 %)MailMarshal
31 (0.820 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.820 %)MetaFrame
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (4.918 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (2.459 %)MIMEsweeper
32 (1.639 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (1.639 %)NetBackup
41 (0.820 %)McAfee ePO
41 (0.820 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.820 %)SCCM
41 (0.820 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.820 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
156 (45.90 %)Microsoft
221 (17.21 %)Citrix
318 (14.75 %)Reuters
318 (14.75 %)Bloomberg
417 (13.93 %)Lotus
513 (10.66 %)HP
610 (8.197 %)Cisco
610 (8.197 %)Remedy
76 (4.918 %)Symantec
85 (4.098 %)Dell
94 (3.279 %)Symbian
103 (2.459 %)IronPort
103 (2.459 %)Nortel
112 (1.639 %)Oracle
112 (1.639 %)Sybase
112 (1.639 %)IBM
112 (1.639 %)McAfee
112 (1.639 %)Apple
112 (1.639 %)eSpeed
112 (1.639 %)Clearswift