The first table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Rank 303 344 362
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +18
Contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 223 219 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.536% 0.410% 0.393%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.930% 2.499% 2.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 117 88
Average daily rate £295 £290 £208
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.72% +39.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £159 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £276 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.78% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 36
Average hourly rate £18.25 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.75% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.65 £14.00 £14.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.25 £22.55 £31.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £14.75 £23.36
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -36.85%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7610 8762 9528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.31% 16.42% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4375 4958 5146
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 395 531
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Blackberry Enterprise Server
UK

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 England region.

England Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +7 134 £275 -5.98%
South East +59 56 £295 +12.38%
North West +13 10 £231 -23.00%
East of England +9 9 £325 +48.57%
South West +18 7 £210 -6.66%
West Midlands - 4 £365 -
East Midlands +1 3 £315 +17.75%
Yorkshire -1 1 £125 -
Blackberry Enterprise Server
UK

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 338 (77.70%) Blackberry
2 323 (74.25%) Windows
3 271 (62.30%) MS Exchange
4 263 (60.46%) Active Directory
5 225 (51.72%) Microsoft
6 194 (44.60%) Exchange Server 2010
7 162 (37.24%) Windows Server 2008
7 162 (37.24%) Citrix
8 155 (35.63%) VMware
9 129 (29.66%) Windows Server 2003
10 128 (29.43%) Exchange Server 2003
11 127 (29.20%) Windows XP
12 120 (27.59%) DNS
12 120 (27.59%) MS Office
13 115 (26.44%) ITIL
14 106 (24.37%) TCP/IP
14 106 (24.37%) Migration
15 101 (23.22%) Windows 7
16 90 (20.69%) Finance
17 87 (20.00%) HP
18 86 (19.77%) Microsoft Certification
19 83 (19.08%) Exchange Server 2007
20 82 (18.85%) DHCP
21 77 (17.70%) Symantec
22 74 (17.01%) MCSE
23 73 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
23 73 (16.78%) Lync
24 70 (16.09%) SCOM
25 68 (15.63%) XenApp
26 65 (14.94%) MS Excel

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development
1 11 (2.529%) Web Services
2 9 (2.069%) .NET
3 3 (0.690%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.460%) COM
5 1 (0.230%) ASP
5 1 (0.230%) Java SE
5 1 (0.230%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 271 (62.30%) MS Exchange
2 194 (44.60%) Exchange Server 2010
3 128 (29.43%) Exchange Server 2003
4 83 (19.08%) Exchange Server 2007
5 73 (16.78%) Lync
6 49 (11.26%) SharePoint
7 41 (9.425%) Lotus Notes
8 26 (5.977%) Office Communications Server
9 19 (4.368%) IIS
10 15 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
11 12 (2.759%) WorkSite
12 8 (1.839%) SharePoint 2010
13 7 (1.609%) SharePoint Server
14 6 (1.379%) Apache
14 6 (1.379%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.690%) CMS
15 3 (0.690%) Live Communications Server
16 2 (0.460%) Tomcat
16 2 (0.460%) Zimbra
17 1 (0.230%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 120 (27.59%) MS Office
2 65 (14.94%) MS Excel
3 3 (0.690%) SPSS
3 3 (0.690%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.230%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.230%) Vectorworks
4 1 (0.230%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.230%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (1.379%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.920%) assyst
3 1 (0.230%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 120 (27.59%) DNS
2 106 (24.37%) TCP/IP
3 82 (18.85%) DHCP
4 56 (12.87%) SAN
5 51 (11.72%) VPN
6 47 (10.80%) Firewall
7 46 (10.57%) LAN
8 43 (9.885%) SMTP
9 31 (7.126%) WAN
10 23 (5.287%) SSL
11 22 (5.057%) Wireless
12 21 (4.828%) LDAP
13 14 (3.218%) POP3
14 11 (2.529%) VoIP
14 11 (2.529%) NAS
15 10 (2.299%) NetScaler
15 10 (2.299%) IP Telephony
16 9 (2.069%) Internet
16 9 (2.069%) VLAN
17 8 (1.839%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.437%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (5.057%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (2.069%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (1.149%) MySQL
6 1 (0.230%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.230%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (0.230%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 90 (20.69%) Finance
2 63 (14.48%) Law
3 61 (14.02%) Banking
4 59 (13.56%) Legal
5 9 (2.069%) Publishing
5 9 (2.069%) Investment Banking
6 6 (1.379%) Back Office
7 5 (1.149%) French Language
8 4 (0.920%) Advertising
9 3 (0.690%) Marketing
9 3 (0.690%) Local Government
10 2 (0.460%) Retail
10 2 (0.460%) Games
11 1 (0.230%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.230%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.230%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 126 (28.97%) Analyst
2 51 (11.72%) Consultant
3 48 (11.03%) Support Engineer
4 47 (10.80%) Support Analyst
5 44 (10.11%) Service Analyst
6 43 (9.885%) Desktop Support
7 40 (9.195%) Service Desk Analyst
8 33 (7.586%) Messaging Consultant
9 32 (7.356%) 3rd Line Support
10 30 (6.897%) Administrator
11 27 (6.207%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 27 (6.207%) Messaging Engineer
12 21 (4.828%) 2nd Line Support
13 20 (4.598%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (4.598%) Exchange Engineer
14 19 (4.368%) IT Support
15 18 (4.138%) Desktop Engineer
16 15 (3.448%) Desktop Support Analyst
16 15 (3.448%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 15 (3.448%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 338 (77.70%) Blackberry
2 47 (10.80%) Handset
3 38 (8.736%) Clustering
4 24 (5.517%) Smartphone
5 19 (4.368%) iPad
6 18 (4.138%) iPhone
6 18 (4.138%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.989%) Thin Client
7 13 (2.989%) Fat Client
8 8 (1.839%) CLARiiON
8 8 (1.839%) PKI
9 6 (1.379%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.149%) Statistics
11 3 (0.690%) SecurID
12 2 (0.460%) Computer Science
12 2 (0.460%) NHS
12 2 (0.460%) Replication
12 2 (0.460%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.230%) Mobile App
13 1 (0.230%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 323 (74.25%) Windows
2 162 (37.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 129 (29.66%) Windows Server 2003
4 127 (29.20%) Windows XP
5 101 (23.22%) Windows 7
6 28 (6.437%) Windows Vista
7 20 (4.598%) Linux
8 16 (3.678%) Windows 2000
9 11 (2.529%) UNIX
10 10 (2.299%) Windows Mobile
10 10 (2.299%) Windows 8
11 9 (2.069%) Mac OS X
12 8 (1.839%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (1.379%) Android
13 6 (1.379%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.690%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.690%) Windows 2000 Server
14 3 (0.690%) Windows NT
14 3 (0.690%) AIX
14 3 (0.690%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (26.44%) ITIL
2 106 (24.37%) Migration
3 47 (10.80%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (6.437%) Configuration Management
5 27 (6.207%) Document Management
5 27 (6.207%) Data Protection
6 21 (4.828%) Business Continuity
7 15 (3.448%) Problem Management
7 15 (3.448%) Project Management
7 15 (3.448%) Service Management
8 14 (3.218%) Incident Management
9 13 (2.989%) Capacity Planning
10 9 (2.069%) Performance Management
10 9 (2.069%) Data Management
11 8 (1.839%) Asset Management
11 8 (1.839%) Service Delivery
12 7 (1.609%) CRM
12 7 (1.609%) Test Scripting
13 6 (1.379%) Load Balancing
13 6 (1.379%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.655%) PowerShell
2 41 (9.425%) SQL
3 9 (2.069%) C
4 8 (1.839%) VB
5 6 (1.379%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.149%) VBScript
7 3 (0.690%) Perl
7 3 (0.690%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 86 (19.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 74 (17.01%) MCSE
3 34 (7.816%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 28 (6.437%) ITIL Certification
5 27 (6.207%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.598%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.908%) MCSA
8 13 (2.989%) MCP
8 13 (2.989%) MCDST
8 13 (2.989%) Degree
9 12 (2.759%) MCITP
10 8 (1.839%) MCTS
10 8 (1.839%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.149%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.920%) CCNA
13 3 (0.690%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.690%) MOS
14 2 (0.460%) CISM
14 2 (0.460%) CISSP
15 1 (0.230%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.529%) SLA
2 8 (1.839%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.609%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.230%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 263 (60.46%) Active Directory
2 73 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (15.63%) XenApp
4 60 (13.79%) vSphere
5 36 (8.276%) VMware ESX
6 20 (4.598%) Hyper-V
7 19 (4.368%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (2.989%) UAG
8 13 (2.989%) ISA Server
9 11 (2.529%) Terminal Services
10 9 (2.069%) XenDesktop
11 8 (1.839%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 7 (1.609%) Postfix
13 5 (1.149%) Xen
14 4 (0.920%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.920%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.690%) Forefront TMG
15 3 (0.690%) NLBS
16 2 (0.460%) Oracle RMAN
16 2 (0.460%) NFS
Systems Management
1 70 (16.09%) SCOM
2 62 (14.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 38 (8.736%) SCCM
4 30 (6.897%) WSUS
5 24 (5.517%) Norton AntiVirus
6 22 (5.057%) Backup Exec
6 22 (5.057%) HP SIM
7 19 (4.368%) MAILsweeper
8 10 (2.299%) MOM
8 10 (2.299%) NetBackup
9 9 (2.069%) Tivoli
9 9 (2.069%) McAfee ePO
10 8 (1.839%) HP Data Protector
11 6 (1.379%) DameWare
12 5 (1.149%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.920%) RepliStor
14 3 (0.690%) MIMEsweeper
15 2 (0.460%) ARCserve
15 2 (0.460%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 2 (0.460%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 225 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 162 (37.24%) Citrix
3 155 (35.63%) VMware
4 87 (20.00%) HP
5 77 (17.70%) Symantec
6 52 (11.95%) Cisco
7 44 (10.11%) Lotus
8 38 (8.736%) MobileIron
9 29 (6.667%) Postini
10 22 (5.057%) McAfee
10 22 (5.057%) NetApp
10 22 (5.057%) Apple
11 21 (4.828%) Juniper
12 20 (4.598%) Avaya
13 16 (3.678%) EMC
14 15 (3.448%) CheckPoint
15 14 (3.218%) Sophos
16 13 (2.989%) Websense
16 13 (2.989%) ProCurve
17 11 (2.529%) Clearswift
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