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This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Hertfordshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7787
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.041 %1.911 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£367£110
Average daily rate£367£115
% change on same period last year+218.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£369
% change on same period last year-30.23 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.00
Average hourly rate-£11.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.76£16.01
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads196314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.313 %
Daily rates quoted59140
Average minimum daily rate£332£322
Average daily rate£362£336
% change on same period last year+7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted5247
Average minimum hourly rate£28.21£28.26
Average hourly rate£29.62£29.96
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.03£31.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
Blackberry East of EnglandBlackberry
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

16 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)MySQL
23 (37.50 %)Oracle
23 (37.50 %)UNIX
23 (37.50 %)SMTP
23 (37.50 %)FTP
23 (37.50 %)HTTP
23 (37.50 %)DNS
23 (37.50 %)RTSP
23 (37.50 %)Degree
32 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (25.00 %)Korn
32 (25.00 %)PDA
32 (25.00 %)Windows XP
32 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
32 (25.00 %)SLA
32 (25.00 %)Microsoft
32 (25.00 %)Active Directory
32 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (25.00 %)Perl
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)Solaris
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
41 (12.50 %)Linux
41 (12.50 %)Intel
41 (12.50 %)Lotus
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (12.50 %)WAP

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)WAP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
12 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)SMTP
13 (37.50 %)FTP
13 (37.50 %)HTTP
13 (37.50 %)DNS
13 (37.50 %)RTSP
22 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (37.50 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Support Analyst
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Desktop Support
21 (12.50 %)UNIX Consultant
21 (12.50 %)Consultant
21 (12.50 %)Systems Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Technical Support
21 (12.50 %)Service Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Technical Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Desktop Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Technical Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Service Desk Analyst
21 (12.50 %)UNIX Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Desktop Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Wintel Support
21 (12.50 %)Data Consultant
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)PDA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)UNIX
32 (25.00 %)Windows XP
32 (25.00 %)Solaris
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (12.50 %)Linux
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)Korn
12 (25.00 %)Perl
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (37.50 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (25.00 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Oracle
22 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (12.50 %)Intel
31 (12.50 %)Lotus