The first table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry Enterprise Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Application Platforms category for the East of England 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Rank 106 122 120
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -2
Contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.417% 0.477% 0.194%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.250% 3.011% 1.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 2
Average daily rate £325 £219 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.57% +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £18.75 £24.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £14.75 £23.36
% change year-on-year
+11.86% -36.85%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
400 465 478
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.53% 15.83% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 223 219
Average daily rate £300 £375 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +9.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £208 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 44 52
Average hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.75 £35.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Blackberry Enterprise Server
England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

East of England Blackberry Enterprise Server Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the East of England region.

East of England Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the East of England region.

East of England Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cambridgeshire +15 6 £170 -32.33%
Essex +1 2 £369 -22.36%
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Blackberry Enterprise Server
England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server.

1 19 (95.00%) Blackberry
2 18 (90.00%) MS Exchange
3 17 (85.00%) Windows
4 16 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (65.00%) Active Directory
5 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
7 9 (45.00%) Citrix
8 8 (40.00%) ITIL
9 7 (35.00%) Migration
9 7 (35.00%) PKI
10 6 (30.00%) SQL
10 6 (30.00%) Symantec
10 6 (30.00%) XenApp
10 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
10 6 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 5 (25.00%) NetScaler
11 5 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
11 5 (25.00%) SCOM
11 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
11 5 (25.00%) Oracle
11 5 (25.00%) Linux
11 5 (25.00%) MS Excel
11 5 (25.00%) Clustering
12 4 (20.00%) VMware
12 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
12 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
12 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 18 (90.00%) MS Exchange
2 16 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (20.00%) Lync
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (10.00%) LDAP
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
1 5 (25.00%) Administrator
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Messaging Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support
3 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Call Centre Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Messaging Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (95.00%) Blackberry
2 7 (35.00%) PKI
3 5 (25.00%) Clustering
4 1 (5.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (25.00%) Linux
5 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) MCSE
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.000%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (30.00%) XenApp
3 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 5 (25.00%) SCOM
3 3 (15.00%) WSUS
3 3 (15.00%) SCCM
4 2 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (5.000%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Citrix
3 6 (30.00%) Symantec
4 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 5 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (20.00%) VMware
6 3 (15.00%) Remedy
7 2 (10.00%) McAfee
7 2 (10.00%) Apple
8 1 (5.000%) CommVault
8 1 (5.000%) HP