The first table below looks at the demand for BlackBerry OS 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 OS over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BlackBerry OS
Rank 504 542 553
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +11
Contract jobs citing BlackBerry OS 8 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.019% 0.028% 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.087% 0.136% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 1
Average daily rate £378 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.15% -13.33%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9151 11011 11675
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.63% 20.58% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4944 5621 5845
Average daily rate £368 £351 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.85% -6.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 955 1117 1171
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.70 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
BlackBerry OS
UK

BlackBerry OS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England BlackBerry OS Daily Rate Trend

BlackBerry OS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BlackBerry OS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England BlackBerry OS Daily Rate Histogram

BlackBerry OS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England BlackBerry OS Hourly Rate Trend

BlackBerry OS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BlackBerry OS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +17 3 £465 -
West Midlands +10 3 £330 +1.53%
South West +26 2 £425 -
BlackBerry OS
UK

BlackBerry OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 14 (100.00%) Blackberry
2 9 (64.29%) Android
3 7 (50.00%) Git (software)
4 5 (35.71%) HTML5
4 5 (35.71%) Apple iOS
4 5 (35.71%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) J2ME
5 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
6 3 (21.43%) N-Tier
6 3 (21.43%) SOA
6 3 (21.43%) C#
6 3 (21.43%) XML
6 3 (21.43%) XSLT
6 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (21.43%) SQL
6 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
6 3 (21.43%) .NET
6 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
6 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
6 3 (21.43%) CSS
6 3 (21.43%) SEO
6 3 (21.43%) Games
6 3 (21.43%) XHTML
6 3 (21.43%) WURFL
6 3 (21.43%) CSS3
6 3 (21.43%) Web Application Development
6 3 (21.43%) jQuery
6 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
6 3 (21.43%) AccuRev
6 3 (21.43%) Ajax

BlackBerry OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 5 (35.71%) HTML5
2 4 (28.57%) J2ME
3 3 (21.43%) XML
3 3 (21.43%) XSLT
3 3 (21.43%) .NET
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
3 3 (21.43%) CSS
3 3 (21.43%) XHTML
3 3 (21.43%) CSS3
3 3 (21.43%) jQuery
3 3 (21.43%) Ajax
4 2 (14.29%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (21.43%) JIRA
3 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
3 1 (7.143%) SpecFlow
3 1 (7.143%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.143%) Selenium
General
1 3 (21.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Developer
2 8 (57.14%) Blackberry Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Programmer
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Web Developer
4 3 (21.43%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Applications Architect
6 1 (7.143%) C# Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Tester
6 1 (7.143%) Applications Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Automation Tester
6 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (21.43%) N-Tier
2 3 (21.43%) WURFL
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
4 1 (7.143%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Android
2 5 (35.71%) Apple iOS
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Phone 8
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 3 (21.43%) SOA
2 3 (21.43%) SEO
2 3 (21.43%) Web Application Development
2 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
2 3 (21.43%) TDD
2 3 (21.43%) Document Management
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) BDD
4 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
1 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
1 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
2 1 (7.143%) C++
2 1 (7.143%) Java
2 1 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) AccuRev
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle