The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Lancashire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 22 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 12 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.687% 1.214% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.09% 7.042% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.73% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
46 71 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 21.80% 17.23% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 12
Average daily rate £256 £340 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.63% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £169 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £488 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 15
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.80 £17.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.40 £20.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Preston - 7 - -
Lancaster - 1 - -
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) MS Office
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) Windows Vista
2 11 (84.62%) SCCM
2 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
2 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 11 (84.62%) Windows 7
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (76.92%) SLA
4 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
4 9 (69.23%) CA
4 9 (69.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (69.23%) Software Deployment
5 8 (61.54%) Lumension
5 8 (61.54%) AppSense
6 4 (30.77%) TQM
7 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
8 1 (7.692%) Qt
8 1 (7.692%) Android
8 1 (7.692%) Banking
8 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
8 1 (7.692%) Marketing
8 1 (7.692%) ITIL
8 1 (7.692%) Nokia
8 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
8 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
8 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (7.692%) Qt
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (7.692%) Banking
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Support Engineer
2 10 (76.92%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (69.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
5 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Applications Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) SCCM Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Windows Vista
2 11 (84.62%) Windows 7
3 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
4 1 (7.692%) Android
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
4 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Software Deployment
2 4 (30.77%) TQM
3 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 11 (84.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
1 11 (84.62%) Citrix
2 9 (69.23%) CA
3 8 (61.54%) Lumension
3 8 (61.54%) AppSense
4 1 (7.692%) Nokia
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013