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The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Home Counties 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£277£316
% change on same period last year-12.38 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.08£15.57
% change on same period last year+9.74 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads1645
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£190£220
Average daily rate£209£220
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£228£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£7.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£8.50
% change on same period last year+76.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Blackberry South EastBlackberry
South East

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
13 (75.00 %)Handset
21 (25.00 %)Network Design
21 (25.00 %)NGN
21 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Novell
21 (25.00 %)Lotus
21 (25.00 %)GroupWise
21 (25.00 %)Project Management

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)GroupWise
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)NGN
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Analyst
13 (75.00 %)Administrator
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms Analyst
21 (25.00 %)BlackBerry Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Implementation Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Systems Engineer
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Handset
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Migration
11 (25.00 %)Network Design
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Novell
11 (25.00 %)Lotus