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This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Glasgow region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5768
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.061 %1.227 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£340
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.00
Average hourly rate-£21.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.47£16.26
% change on same period last year+7.42 %
Miscellaneous GlasgowMiscellaneous
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads98163
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted3052
Average minimum daily rate£334£304
Average daily rate£357£319
% change on same period last year+12.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted98
Average minimum hourly rate£18.77£19.06
Average hourly rate£19.82£20.62
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.86£22.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %
Blackberry ScotlandBlackberry
Scotland

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.

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

112 (80.00 %)Finance
29 (60.00 %)Windows
38 (53.33 %)Active Directory
47 (46.67 %)DNS
56 (40.00 %)WINS
56 (40.00 %)Microsoft
56 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
65 (33.33 %)DHCP
65 (33.33 %)Windows NT
74 (26.67 %)Windows XP
74 (26.67 %)VPN
74 (26.67 %)Reuters
74 (26.67 %)Bloomberg
74 (26.67 %)Banking
83 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
83 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
92 (13.33 %)MS Office
92 (13.33 %)SLA
92 (13.33 %)Dell
92 (13.33 %)Citrix
92 (13.33 %)Financial Institution
92 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
92 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (13.33 %)Law
101 (6.667 %)Clustering
101 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (6.667 %)PDA
101 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
101 (6.667 %)Disaster Recovery
101 (6.667 %)Change Management

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
13 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
12 (13.33 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
17 (46.67 %)DNS
26 (40.00 %)WINS
35 (33.33 %)DHCP
44 (26.67 %)VPN
51 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
General
112 (80.00 %)Finance
24 (26.67 %)Banking
32 (13.33 %)Law
32 (13.33 %)Financial Institution
41 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
Job Titles
110 (66.67 %)Desktop Support
26 (40.00 %)Analyst
35 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
44 (26.67 %)Technical Support
44 (26.67 %)Technical Analyst
44 (26.67 %)Consultant
44 (26.67 %)Support Consultant
44 (26.67 %)Technical Support Analyst
52 (13.33 %)Desktop Support Analyst
52 (13.33 %)Senior Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Support Engineer
52 (13.33 %)Desktop Analyst
52 (13.33 %)Senior Support Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Senior Desktop Support
61 (6.667 %)Desktop Engineer
61 (6.667 %)Systems Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Clustering
11 (6.667 %)PDA
Operating Systems
19 (60.00 %)Windows
25 (33.33 %)Windows NT
34 (26.67 %)Windows XP
42 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
51 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
11 (6.667 %)ITIL
11 (6.667 %)CRM
11 (6.667 %)Change Management
11 (6.667 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
11 (6.667 %)VB
11 (6.667 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
11 (6.667 %)MCP
11 (6.667 %)MCSE
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (13.33 %)SLA
System Software
18 (53.33 %)Active Directory
26 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
Vendors
16 (40.00 %)Microsoft
24 (26.67 %)Reuters
24 (26.67 %)Bloomberg
32 (13.33 %)Dell
32 (13.33 %)Citrix
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