London Blackberry Enterprise Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Blackberry Enterprise Server over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Bristol Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Cramlington East of England England Essex Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire London Newbury North East North West Northumberland Oxfordshire Reading South East South West Surrey Teesside UK Warrington West Midlands	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	359	454
Rank change on same period last year	+95
Matching contract IT job ads	40	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	0.831 %	0.439 %
Daily rates quoted	17	3
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£190
Average daily rate	£363	£190
% change on same period last year	+91.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£190
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£271
% change on same period last year	+29.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.83	£20.80
Average hourly rate	£21.08	£21.50
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.33	£22.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.67	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+4.41 %
Application Platforms London
Matching contract IT job ads	4814	5695
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.347 %	5.955 %
Daily rates quoted	1867	1807
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£378
Average daily rate	£391	£400
% change on same period last year	-2.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£422
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	383	470
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.22	£23.49
Average hourly rate	£24.58	£24.87
% change on same period last year	-1.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.94	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.67	£24.13
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Blackberry Enterprise Server England

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 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.

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.

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 8 July 2008.

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.

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 8 July 2008.

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-9	21	£363	-
Canary Wharf	-	1	£425	-

Blackberry Enterprise Server England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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.

1 75 (80.65 %) Blackberry 2 62 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 61 (65.59 %) Active Directory 3 61 (65.59 %) Windows 4 40 (43.01 %) MS Exchange 5 34 (36.56 %) Microsoft 6 32 (34.41 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 23 (24.73 %) Banking 8 22 (23.66 %) Finance 9 20 (21.51 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 17 (18.28 %) Windows Server 2003 11 16 (17.20 %) Windows 2000 11 16 (17.20 %) Migration 12 15 (16.13 %) Investment Banking 12 15 (16.13 %) SAN

13 14 (15.05 %) Lotus 13 14 (15.05 %) Lotus Notes 14 13 (13.98 %) SharePoint 14 13 (13.98 %) Windows XP 14 13 (13.98 %) Exchange Server 5.5 15 12 (12.90 %) MS Office 16 11 (11.83 %) Citrix 16 11 (11.83 %) Symantec 16 11 (11.83 %) Clustering 17 10 (10.75 %) VMware 17 10 (10.75 %) Microsoft Certification 17 10 (10.75 %) MCSE 18 9 (9.677 %) HP 18 9 (9.677 %) Replication 19 8 (8.602 %) SLA

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 3 (3.226 %) .NET 2 2 (2.151 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (1.075 %) Software Packaging 3 1 (1.075 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (1.075 %) COM 3 1 (1.075 %) X-Windows 3 1 (1.075 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 62 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 40 (43.01 %) MS Exchange 3 32 (34.41 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 20 (21.51 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 14 (15.05 %) Lotus Notes 6 13 (13.98 %) SharePoint 6 13 (13.98 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 8 (8.602 %) Live Communications Server 8 7 (7.527 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 6 (6.452 %) Lotus Domino 10 5 (5.376 %) MindAlign 10 5 (5.376 %) Office Communications Server 10 5 (5.376 %) GroupWise 11 1 (1.075 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 12 (12.90 %) MS Office 2 8 (8.602 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.151 %) MS Project 4 1 (1.075 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 15 (16.13 %) SAN 2 6 (6.452 %) DNS 2 6 (6.452 %) LAN 3 4 (4.301 %) WAN 3 4 (4.301 %) SMTP 4 3 (3.226 %) Wireless 4 3 (3.226 %) DHCP 4 3 (3.226 %) WINS 4 3 (3.226 %) 3G 5 2 (2.151 %) Broadband 5 2 (2.151 %) IP Telephony 6 1 (1.075 %) IMAP 6 1 (1.075 %) VLAN 6 1 (1.075 %) Firewall 6 1 (1.075 %) ISDN 6 1 (1.075 %) HTTP 6 1 (1.075 %) SNMP 6 1 (1.075 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (1.075 %) VPN 6 1 (1.075 %) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.226 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.151 %) SQL Server 2000	General 1 23 (24.73 %) Banking 2 22 (23.66 %) Finance 3 15 (16.13 %) Investment Banking 4 6 (6.452 %) Law 5 5 (5.376 %) Government 6 4 (4.301 %) Financial Institution 7 3 (3.226 %) Insurance 7 3 (3.226 %) Back Office 7 3 (3.226 %) Legal 8 1 (1.075 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 19 (20.43 %) Analyst 2 16 (17.20 %) Support Analyst 2 16 (17.20 %) Exchange Specialist 3 13 (13.98 %) Administrator 4 9 (9.677 %) Desktop Support 5 8 (8.602 %) Support Engineer 5 8 (8.602 %) Exchange Engineer 6 7 (7.527 %) Messaging Analyst 7 6 (6.452 %) Consultant 7 6 (6.452 %) Messaging Specialist 7 6 (6.452 %) Messaging Engineer 7 6 (6.452 %) Messaging Support Analyst 8 4 (4.301 %) 3rd Line Support 8 4 (4.301 %) Technical Support 8 4 (4.301 %) Desktop Engineer 8 4 (4.301 %) Desktop Support Engineer 8 4 (4.301 %) Exchange Administrator 8 4 (4.301 %) Messaging Consultant 8 4 (4.301 %) Messaging Administrator 9 3 (3.226 %) Desktop Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 75 (80.65 %) Blackberry 2 11 (11.83 %) Clustering 3 9 (9.677 %) Replication 4 7 (7.527 %) Web 2.0 5 5 (5.376 %) CLARiiON 5 5 (5.376 %) Symmetrix 5 5 (5.376 %) EMC Centera 6 2 (2.151 %) Computer Science 7 1 (1.075 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 61 (65.59 %) Windows 2 17 (18.28 %) Windows Server 2003 3 16 (17.20 %) Windows 2000 4 13 (13.98 %) Windows XP 5 6 (6.452 %) Windows NT 6 3 (3.226 %) Linux 7 1 (1.075 %) Windows Mobile 7 1 (1.075 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (17.20 %) Migration 2 6 (6.452 %) ITIL 2 6 (6.452 %) Disaster Recovery 3 4 (4.301 %) Process Management 4 3 (3.226 %) Resource Management 5 2 (2.151 %) CRM 5 2 (2.151 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (2.151 %) Change Management 5 2 (2.151 %) Network Design 6 1 (1.075 %) Data Migration 6 1 (1.075 %) BC Cleared 6 1 (1.075 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 4 (4.301 %) SQL 2 3 (3.226 %) VBScript 2 3 (3.226 %) VB 3 1 (1.075 %) Java	Qualifications 1 10 (10.75 %) Microsoft Certification 1 10 (10.75 %) MCSE 2 4 (4.301 %) Degree 3 2 (2.151 %) MCP 4 1 (1.075 %) MCSA 4 1 (1.075 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (1.075 %) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (8.602 %) SLA 2 2 (2.151 %) QA	System Software 1 61 (65.59 %) Active Directory 2 5 (5.376 %) MailMarshal 3 3 (3.226 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 3 (3.226 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (3.226 %) ISA Server 4 2 (2.151 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 1 (1.075 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 5 (5.376 %) EMC TimeFinder 2 3 (3.226 %) MIMEsweeper 2 3 (3.226 %) ARCserve 3 2 (2.151 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (1.075 %) MAILsweeper	Vendors 1 34 (36.56 %) Microsoft 2 14 (15.05 %) Lotus 3 11 (11.83 %) Citrix 3 11 (11.83 %) Symantec 4 10 (10.75 %) VMware 5 9 (9.677 %) HP 6 7 (7.527 %) Novell 7 5 (5.376 %) VERITAS 7 5 (5.376 %) EMC 8 4 (4.301 %) Sophos 8 4 (4.301 %) Dell 9 3 (3.226 %) Wyse 9 3 (3.226 %) Cisco 9 3 (3.226 %) Bloomberg 10 2 (2.151 %) McAfee Security 10 2 (2.151 %) IBM 10 2 (2.151 %) Sun 10 2 (2.151 %) Compaq 10 2 (2.151 %) Avaya 10 2 (2.151 %) Reuters