Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry Enterprise Server over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the London region.

 Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank305253391
Rank change year-on-year
Down-52Up+138
Matching contract IT job ads644643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.256 %0.274 %0.119 %
As % of the Application Platforms category1.978 %1.776 %0.875 %
Daily rates quoted392318
Average daily rate£340£363£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.200 %+11.53 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£174£204£203
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£422£425£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£235£425£248
% change year-on-year
-44.70 %+71.71 %
Hourly rates quoted752
Average hourly rate£16.00£20.00£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.40£18.80£17.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.40£30.00£19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£20.75£30.00
% change year-on-year
-27.71 %-30.83 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
323625904914
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London12.92 %15.43 %13.58 %
Daily rates quoted16319351782
Average daily rate£400£388£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.220 %-3.120 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£525£583
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£341£370
% change year-on-year
-4.690 %-7.830 %
Hourly rates quoted124160346
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.05£14.20£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.00£41.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.78£23.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.69 %+15.00 %
Blackberry Enterprise Server EnglandBlackberry Enterprise Server
England

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.

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Blackberry Enterprise Server Demand Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the London region.

London Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the London region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

London Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the London region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

London Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the London region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-6316£375-9.09 %
Blackberry Enterprise Server EnglandBlackberry Enterprise Server
England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server.

172 (63.72 %)Blackberry
256 (49.56 %)Windows
353 (46.90 %)MS Exchange
439 (34.51 %)Active Directory
538 (33.63 %)ITIL
637 (32.74 %)Microsoft
733 (29.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
830 (26.55 %)Exchange Server 2007
927 (23.89 %)Windows Server 2003
1023 (20.35 %)Windows XP
1122 (19.47 %)SAN
1220 (17.70 %)MS Office
1317 (15.04 %)Service Delivery
1416 (14.16 %)McAfee
1515 (13.27 %)Cisco
1515 (13.27 %)HP
1614 (12.39 %)Banking
1713 (11.50 %)Law
1713 (11.50 %)Citrix
1713 (11.50 %)Symantec
1812 (10.62 %)Finance
1812 (10.62 %)Migration
1812 (10.62 %)Microsoft Certification
1812 (10.62 %)SQL Server
1911 (9.735 %)MS Excel
1911 (9.735 %)Replication
2010 (8.850 %)Internet
2010 (8.850 %)Lotus
2010 (8.850 %)VPN
219 (7.965 %)DNS

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.770 %).NET
12 (1.770 %)ADSI
21 (0.885 %)Application Packaging
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (46.90 %)MS Exchange
233 (29.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
330 (26.55 %)Exchange Server 2007
48 (7.080 %)SharePoint
57 (6.195 %)Lotus Domino
65 (4.425 %)Lotus Notes
65 (4.425 %)Office Communications Server
74 (3.540 %)Exchange Server 5.5
82 (1.770 %)Exchange Server 2000
82 (1.770 %)IIS
91 (0.885 %)Apache
91 (0.885 %)Tomcat
91 (0.885 %)Office Project Server
91 (0.885 %)WorkSite
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (17.70 %)MS Office
211 (9.735 %)MS Excel
31 (0.885 %)DeltaView
31 (0.885 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.885 %)CINEMA 4D
31 (0.885 %)Vectorworks
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.770 %)3000 Xtra
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (19.47 %)SAN
210 (8.850 %)Internet
210 (8.850 %)VPN
39 (7.965 %)DNS
39 (7.965 %)LAN
39 (7.965 %)Firewall
39 (7.965 %)IP Telephony
48 (7.080 %)WAN
56 (5.310 %)SMTP
56 (5.310 %)DHCP
65 (4.425 %)TCP/IP
65 (4.425 %)SSL
65 (4.425 %)S/MIME
74 (3.540 %)VLAN
83 (2.655 %)Wi-Fi
91 (0.885 %)VoIP
91 (0.885 %)Wireless
91 (0.885 %)Cisco IPT
91 (0.885 %)Cisco ASA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (10.62 %)SQL Server
23 (2.655 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.885 %)EDRMS
41 (0.885 %)SQL Server 2008
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (12.39 %)Banking
213 (11.50 %)Law
312 (10.62 %)Finance
48 (7.080 %)Legal
54 (3.540 %)Investment Banking
54 (3.540 %)Financial Institution
54 (3.540 %)Government
54 (3.540 %)Front Office
62 (1.770 %)Insurance
62 (1.770 %)Health
71 (0.885 %)Construction
71 (0.885 %)Back Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
142 (37.17 %)Analyst
221 (18.58 %)Support Analyst
311 (9.735 %)Consultant
410 (8.850 %)Desktop Support
59 (7.965 %)Administrator
68 (7.080 %)Support Engineer
68 (7.080 %)Infrastructure Analyst
77 (6.195 %)Architect
77 (6.195 %)Server Analyst
77 (6.195 %)Blackberry Support
77 (6.195 %)Messaging Engineer
86 (5.310 %)Exchange Engineer
86 (5.310 %)Desktop Support Analyst
86 (5.310 %)Desktop Analyst
95 (4.425 %)3rd Line Support
95 (4.425 %)Helpdesk Analyst
95 (4.425 %)Operations Manager
95 (4.425 %)Exchange Specialist
104 (3.540 %)Messaging Analyst
104 (3.540 %)Service Manager
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
172 (63.72 %)Blackberry
211 (9.735 %)Replication
36 (5.310 %)Clustering
45 (4.425 %)NHS
52 (1.770 %)PDA
52 (1.770 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.885 %)Thin Client
61 (0.885 %)Management Information System
61 (0.885 %)SecurID
61 (0.885 %)Fat Client
61 (0.885 %)Video Conferencing
61 (0.885 %)iPhone
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
156 (49.56 %)Windows
227 (23.89 %)Windows Server 2003
323 (20.35 %)Windows XP
48 (7.080 %)Windows Server 2008
56 (5.310 %)Windows 2000
65 (4.425 %)Windows Vista
74 (3.540 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (3.540 %)Linux
82 (1.770 %)Windows 7
91 (0.885 %)Windows NT
91 (0.885 %)UNIX
91 (0.885 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.885 %)Windows CE
91 (0.885 %)Debian
91 (0.885 %)OpenBSD
91 (0.885 %)Ubuntu
91 (0.885 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.885 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
138 (33.63 %)ITIL
217 (15.04 %)Service Delivery
312 (10.62 %)Migration
45 (4.425 %)Problem Management
54 (3.540 %)Service Management
63 (2.655 %)Systems Analysis
63 (2.655 %)Load Balancing
72 (1.770 %)Electronic Trading
72 (1.770 %)Disaster Recovery
81 (0.885 %)DNA
81 (0.885 %)Project Management
81 (0.885 %)Change Management
81 (0.885 %)Document Management
81 (0.885 %)Release Management
81 (0.885 %)Time Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (3.540 %)SQL
14 (3.540 %)VBScript
23 (2.655 %)VB
23 (2.655 %)C
23 (2.655 %)PowerShell
32 (1.770 %)VB6
32 (1.770 %)JavaScript
32 (1.770 %)VB.NET
41 (0.885 %)VBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (10.62 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (7.080 %)MCSE
37 (6.195 %)ITIL Certification
45 (4.425 %)MCP
54 (3.540 %)Security Cleared
63 (2.655 %)MCITP
72 (1.770 %)SC Cleared
72 (1.770 %)Degree
81 (0.885 %)MCSA
81 (0.885 %)MCTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.425 %)QA
23 (2.655 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
139 (34.51 %)Active Directory
24 (3.540 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (3.540 %)VMware ESX
33 (2.655 %)XenApp
42 (1.770 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (1.770 %)Terminal Services
42 (1.770 %)ISA Server
51 (0.885 %)MetaFrame
51 (0.885 %)MailMarshal
51 (0.885 %)Postfix
51 (0.885 %)XenServer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (6.195 %)McAfee ePO
24 (3.540 %)MIMEsweeper
24 (3.540 %)OpenView
33 (2.655 %)MAILsweeper
33 (2.655 %)WSUS
33 (2.655 %)SCCM
42 (1.770 %)NetBackup
42 (1.770 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (1.770 %)MOM
51 (0.885 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.885 %)CONTROL-M
51 (0.885 %)OVSD
51 (0.885 %)SCOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (32.74 %)Microsoft
216 (14.16 %)McAfee
315 (13.27 %)Cisco
315 (13.27 %)HP
413 (11.50 %)Citrix
413 (11.50 %)Symantec
510 (8.850 %)Lotus
69 (7.965 %)VMware
69 (7.965 %)IronPort
78 (7.080 %)Altiris
85 (4.425 %)Clearswift
85 (4.425 %)Tumbleweed
94 (3.540 %)NetApp
103 (2.655 %)Dell
103 (2.655 %)Reuters
103 (2.655 %)Bloomberg
103 (2.655 %)Sophos
112 (1.770 %)Infoblox
112 (1.770 %)eSpeed
112 (1.770 %)Lucent