The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Kent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 37 35 30
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -5
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 1 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.397% 0.797% 2.589%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.887% 4.444% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £138 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -45.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £269 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.44%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
53 45 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.03% 17.93% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 22
Average daily rate £323 £260 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.03% -0.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £129 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 12
Average hourly rate £20.85 £10.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.45% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.39 £9.38 £8.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £129.31 £67.50 £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Kent Blackberry Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dartford - - - -
Tonbridge - - - -
Tunbridge Wells - - - - 1
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
3 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) DHCP
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (14.29%) JSON
5 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
5 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) VBScript
5 1 (14.29%) SOAP
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Avaya
5 1 (14.29%) Veritas

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Veritas
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Posted: 18 June 2013