England Blackberry Contracts

This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

RIM Blackberry
Location Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chichester City of London County Antrim Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dudley Durham East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Redditch Scotland South Coast South East South Shields South West Staffordshire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Teesside Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Walton-on-Thames Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	238	280
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	419	473
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.558 %	0.479 %
As % of the category below	2.851 %	2.351 %
Daily rates quoted	111	91
Average minimum daily rate	£255	£308
Average daily rate	£271	£323
% change on same period last year	-16.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£288	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£255	£365
% change on same period last year	-30.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	111	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.48	£19.08
Average hourly rate	£18.79	£19.75
% change on same period last year	-4.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.10	£20.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.29	£16.30
% change on same period last year	+6.05 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	14696	20118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	19.59 %	20.35 %
Daily rates quoted	5577	7447
Average minimum daily rate	£448	£473
Average daily rate	£483	£508
% change on same period last year	-4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£517	£542
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£354
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	1261	1397
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.46	£26.59
Average hourly rate	£24.45	£28.35
% change on same period last year	-13.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.43	£30.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£29.20
% change on same period last year	-16.30 %
Blackberry UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+33	267	£276	-9.19 %
South East	+72	88	£280	-25.13 %
East of England	+5	17	-	-
West Midlands	+14	12	£139	-60.35 %
North East	+22	9	-	-
East Midlands	+1	8	£475	-
North West	-10	7	£200	-50.20 %
Yorkshire	-2	6	-	-
South West	+22	5	£200	-
Midlands	+8	1	£325	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 507 (55.41 %) Windows 2 342 (37.38 %) Active Directory 3 303 (33.11 %) Microsoft 4 259 (28.31 %) MS Office 5 247 (26.99 %) MS Exchange 6 220 (24.04 %) Windows XP 7 212 (23.17 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 157 (17.16 %) MS Excel 9 150 (16.39 %) Finance 10 138 (15.08 %) VPN 11 136 (14.86 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 12 133 (14.54 %) Banking 13 132 (14.43 %) Windows 2000 14 129 (14.10 %) Lotus 15 125 (13.66 %) Lotus Notes

16 123 (13.44 %) Citrix 17 108 (11.80 %) TCP/IP 18 101 (11.04 %) Exchange Server 2000 19 97 (10.60 %) Microsoft Certification 20 84 (9.180 %) Investment Banking 21 82 (8.962 %) Exchange Server 2007 22 81 (8.852 %) HP 22 81 (8.852 %) ITIL 23 72 (7.869 %) DNS 24 71 (7.760 %) Windows Server 2003 25 68 (7.432 %) MCSE 26 63 (6.885 %) Bloomberg 27 62 (6.776 %) Telecoms 27 62 (6.776 %) Cisco 28 60 (6.557 %) LAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development 1 11 (1.202 %) J2ME 2 8 (0.874 %) HTML 3 7 (0.765 %) J2EE 4 6 (0.656 %) AJAX 5 5 (0.546 %) Application Packaging 6 4 (0.437 %) Software Packaging 6 4 (0.437 %) MIDP 6 4 (0.437 %) .NET 7 3 (0.328 %) ASP 8 2 (0.219 %) COM 8 2 (0.219 %) WebServices 9 1 (0.109 %) ODBC 9 1 (0.109 %) Middleware 9 1 (0.109 %) X-Windows	Application Platforms 1 247 (26.99 %) MS Exchange 2 212 (23.17 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 136 (14.86 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 4 125 (13.66 %) Lotus Notes 5 101 (11.04 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 82 (8.962 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 32 (3.497 %) SharePoint 8 31 (3.388 %) Lotus Domino 9 30 (3.279 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 19 (2.077 %) GroupWise 11 11 (1.202 %) Live Communications Server 11 11 (1.202 %) IIS 12 10 (1.093 %) Office Communications Server 13 9 (0.984 %) SharePoint Server 2007 13 9 (0.984 %) CMS 14 8 (0.874 %) MindAlign 15 4 (0.437 %) ColdFusion 16 2 (0.219 %) Documentum 16 2 (0.219 %) WorkSite 17 1 (0.109 %) Rendezvous
Applications 1 259 (28.31 %) MS Office 2 157 (17.16 %) MS Excel 3 14 (1.530 %) MS PowerPoint 4 11 (1.202 %) MS Visio 5 10 (1.093 %) Acrobat 6 6 (0.656 %) DeltaView 7 2 (0.219 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 2 (0.219 %) Spreadsheet 7 2 (0.219 %) Photoshop 7 2 (0.219 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 4 (0.437 %) assyst 2 2 (0.219 %) SoftGrid 2 2 (0.219 %) GoldMine 3 1 (0.109 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 138 (15.08 %) VPN 2 108 (11.80 %) TCP/IP 3 72 (7.869 %) DNS 4 60 (6.557 %) LAN 5 58 (6.339 %) Wireless 6 41 (4.481 %) DHCP 7 36 (3.934 %) Firewall 7 36 (3.934 %) SAN 8 31 (3.388 %) WAN 9 30 (3.279 %) Internet 10 28 (3.060 %) VoIP 11 27 (2.951 %) 3G 12 15 (1.639 %) Broadband 13 13 (1.421 %) IP Telephony 13 13 (1.421 %) Network Security 14 11 (1.202 %) SMTP 15 9 (0.984 %) Intranet 16 8 (0.874 %) SMS 16 8 (0.874 %) Ethernet 17 7 (0.765 %) WLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (3.607 %) SQL Server 2 8 (0.874 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (0.546 %) SQL Server 7 4 4 (0.437 %) Crystal Reports 5 3 (0.328 %) SQL Server 2005 6 2 (0.219 %) MySQL 6 2 (0.219 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (0.109 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.109 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 2 (0.219 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (0.109 %) WinRunner 2 1 (0.109 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.109 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (0.109 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (0.109 %) MSI 2 1 (0.109 %) Bugzilla 2 1 (0.109 %) Subversion 2 1 (0.109 %) FrontPage	General 1 150 (16.39 %) Finance 2 133 (14.54 %) Banking 3 84 (9.180 %) Investment Banking 4 62 (6.776 %) Telecoms 5 59 (6.448 %) Legal 6 58 (6.339 %) Law 7 33 (3.607 %) Government 8 26 (2.842 %) Insurance 9 16 (1.749 %) Financial Institution 10 15 (1.639 %) Front Office 11 13 (1.421 %) Back Office 12 11 (1.202 %) Education 13 7 (0.765 %) Health 14 6 (0.656 %) Retail 15 3 (0.328 %) Billing 15 3 (0.328 %) Pharmaceutical 15 3 (0.328 %) Local Government 15 3 (0.328 %) FMCG 16 2 (0.219 %) Auditing 16 2 (0.219 %) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles 1 305 (33.33 %) Analyst 2 188 (20.55 %) Desktop Support 3 186 (20.33 %) Support Analyst 4 111 (12.13 %) Support Engineer 5 77 (8.415 %) 2nd Line Support 6 76 (8.306 %) Desktop Engineer 7 71 (7.760 %) Desktop Analyst 7 71 (7.760 %) Administrator 8 65 (7.104 %) Service Analyst 8 65 (7.104 %) Desktop Support Analyst 9 60 (6.557 %) Service Desk Analyst 10 59 (6.448 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 52 (5.683 %) Helpdesk Support 12 44 (4.809 %) Helpdesk Analyst 13 37 (4.044 %) 3rd Line Support 14 28 (3.060 %) 1st Line Support 15 25 (2.732 %) Consultant 16 24 (2.623 %) Developer 17 22 (2.404 %) IT Support Analyst 17 22 (2.404 %) Exchange Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 60 (6.557 %) PDA 2 22 (2.404 %) Handset 3 18 (1.967 %) Clustering 3 18 (1.967 %) Video Conferencing 4 13 (1.421 %) Replication 5 12 (1.311 %) Computer Science 6 8 (0.874 %) NHS 7 7 (0.765 %) Web 2.0 8 6 (0.656 %) Fixed Income 8 6 (0.656 %) Mathematics 8 6 (0.656 %) Physics 8 6 (0.656 %) Management Information System 8 6 (0.656 %) CESG 9 5 (0.546 %) CLARiiON 9 5 (0.546 %) Symmetrix 9 5 (0.546 %) EMC Centera 10 3 (0.328 %) Equities 10 3 (0.328 %) Derivative 10 3 (0.328 %) German Language 10 3 (0.328 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 507 (55.41 %) Windows 2 220 (24.04 %) Windows XP 3 132 (14.43 %) Windows 2000 4 71 (7.760 %) Windows Server 2003 5 42 (4.590 %) Windows Mobile 6 37 (4.044 %) UNIX 7 36 (3.934 %) Windows NT 8 18 (1.967 %) Linux 9 10 (1.093 %) Solaris 10 8 (0.874 %) NetWare 11 6 (0.656 %) HPUX 12 4 (0.437 %) Windows Vista 13 1 (0.109 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 81 (8.852 %) ITIL 2 58 (6.339 %) Migration 3 30 (3.279 %) Document Management 4 27 (2.951 %) Service Delivery 5 19 (2.077 %) Disaster Recovery 6 16 (1.749 %) Security Cleared 7 15 (1.639 %) Asset Management 8 10 (1.093 %) Incident Management 8 10 (1.093 %) Project Management 8 10 (1.093 %) CRM 8 10 (1.093 %) Web Testing 9 9 (0.984 %) Test Scripting 10 8 (0.874 %) SC Cleared 11 7 (0.765 %) Resource Management 11 7 (0.765 %) Service Management 11 7 (0.765 %) Change Management 11 7 (0.765 %) TOGAF 12 6 (0.656 %) Data Management 12 6 (0.656 %) Technical Architecture 13 5 (0.546 %) Investment Management
Programming Languages 1 24 (2.623 %) Java 1 24 (2.623 %) SQL 1 24 (2.623 %) VB 2 10 (1.093 %) PowerShell 2 10 (1.093 %) C# 2 10 (1.093 %) JavaScript 3 9 (0.984 %) Perl 4 6 (0.656 %) C 5 5 (0.546 %) VBScript 6 4 (0.437 %) VB6 7 2 (0.219 %) C++ 8 1 (0.109 %) Delphi 8 1 (0.109 %) PHP 8 1 (0.109 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 97 (10.60 %) Microsoft Certification 2 68 (7.432 %) MCSE 3 46 (5.027 %) MCP 4 30 (3.279 %) Degree 5 19 (2.077 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 14 (1.530 %) MCSA 7 10 (1.093 %) Cisco Certification 8 8 (0.874 %) CCNA 8 8 (0.874 %) ISEB 9 7 (0.765 %) CCNP 9 7 (0.765 %) MCDST 10 4 (0.437 %) MOS 11 3 (0.328 %) A+ Certification 12 2 (0.219 %) ITIL Certification 12 2 (0.219 %) HND 12 2 (0.219 %) CCIE 13 1 (0.109 %) HNC 13 1 (0.109 %) CCA 13 1 (0.109 %) Citrix Certification 13 1 (0.109 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 35 (3.825 %) SLA 2 8 (0.874 %) QA 3 1 (0.109 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.109 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 342 (37.38 %) Active Directory 2 24 (2.623 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 20 (2.186 %) VMware ESX 4 19 (2.077 %) Backup Exec 5 18 (1.967 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 17 (1.858 %) ISA Server 7 10 (1.093 %) NetBackup 7 10 (1.093 %) MetaFrame 8 9 (0.984 %) MailMarshal 9 8 (0.874 %) Terminal Server 10 4 (0.437 %) Terminal Services 11 1 (0.109 %) NFS 11 1 (0.109 %) WebMarshal 11 1 (0.109 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 33 (3.607 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 11 (1.202 %) MOM 3 8 (0.874 %) ZENworks 4 7 (0.765 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 5 (0.546 %) EMC TimeFinder 6 4 (0.437 %) WSUS 6 4 (0.437 %) MIIS 6 4 (0.437 %) MIMEsweeper 6 4 (0.437 %) OpenView 7 3 (0.328 %) Unicenter 7 3 (0.328 %) DameWare 8 2 (0.219 %) HP Data Protector 8 2 (0.219 %) OpenView Configuration Management 8 2 (0.219 %) BMC PATROL 8 2 (0.219 %) MAILsweeper 9 1 (0.109 %) BMC Marimba 9 1 (0.109 %) SCCM 9 1 (0.109 %) SCOM 9 1 (0.109 %) ARCserve 9 1 (0.109 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 303 (33.11 %) Microsoft 2 129 (14.10 %) Lotus 3 123 (13.44 %) Citrix 4 81 (8.852 %) HP 5 63 (6.885 %) Bloomberg 6 62 (6.776 %) Cisco 7 58 (6.339 %) VMware 8 57 (6.230 %) Reuters 9 50 (5.464 %) Remedy 10 44 (4.809 %) Dell 11 34 (3.716 %) Novell 12 32 (3.497 %) Symantec 13 26 (2.842 %) VERITAS 14 24 (2.623 %) Interwoven 15 21 (2.295 %) Symbian 16 19 (2.077 %) Altiris 17 16 (1.749 %) Hummingbird 17 16 (1.749 %) IBM 18 14 (1.530 %) Avaya 19 13 (1.421 %) Adobe