The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 69 66 50
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -16
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 7 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.940% 0.225% 1.118%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.487% 1.471% 4.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
Average daily rate £275 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-7.23% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
156 136 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 20.94% 15.28% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 72 74
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 10
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.79 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £19.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Blackberry
West Yorkshire

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 14 (70.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (45.00%) Windows 2000
4 8 (40.00%) GPRS
4 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (35.00%) Internet
5 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
6 5 (25.00%) MCP
6 5 (25.00%) Network Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
8 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
8 2 (10.00%) MCSE
8 2 (10.00%) MS Office
8 2 (10.00%) Android
8 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.000%) Finance
9 1 (5.000%) Law
9 1 (5.000%) Legal
9 1 (5.000%) VMware
9 1 (5.000%) Service Management
9 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
9 1 (5.000%) ITSM
9 1 (5.000%) Wyse
9 1 (5.000%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (5.000%) MCITP
9 1 (5.000%) iPhone
9 1 (5.000%) Security Architecture

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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
1 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.000%) WorkSite
2 1 (5.000%) Lync
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) GPRS
2 7 (35.00%) Internet
3 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.000%) VPN
3 1 (5.000%) DNS
3 1 (5.000%) SSL
General
1 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Law
2 1 (5.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 5 (25.00%) Blackberry Support
2 5 (25.00%) Technical Advisor
3 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.000%) Trainer
5 1 (5.000%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.000%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Training Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Thin Client
1 1 (5.000%) Fat Client
1 1 (5.000%) iPhone
1 1 (5.000%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 14 (70.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 9 (45.00%) Windows 2000
4 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (10.00%) Android
7 1 (5.000%) Windows 8
7 1 (5.000%) Windows Phone
7 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
7 1 (5.000%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (5.000%) ITIL
2 1 (5.000%) CRM
2 1 (5.000%) Service Management
2 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.000%) ITSM
2 1 (5.000%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.000%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) C
1 1 (5.000%) C++
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
1 1 (5.000%) VBScript
1 1 (5.000%) Assembly Language
1 1 (5.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) MCP
3 2 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (5.000%) MCITP
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) Terminal Services
2 1 (5.000%) Xen
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Citrix
2 1 (5.000%) Apple
2 1 (5.000%) Wyse
2 1 (5.000%) VMware