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This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank181214
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads267327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.356 %0.331 %
As % of the category below3.022 %2.375 %
Daily rates quoted7963
Average minimum daily rate£256£290
Average daily rate£276£304
% change on same period last year-9.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£365
% change on same period last year-30.22 %
Hourly rates quoted5886
Average minimum hourly rate£19.03£20.62
Average hourly rate£20.22£21.36
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.42£22.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.29£16.30
% change on same period last year+6.05 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads883613770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.78 %13.93 %
Daily rates quoted43046169
Average minimum daily rate£477£495
Average daily rate£514£532
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£569
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted349416
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.44
Average hourly rate£24.30£26.22
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Blackberry EnglandBlackberry
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
Demand Trend

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

London Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank 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 LondonUp+18108£257+1.35 %
Docklands, LondonUp+297£400-
Canary WharfUp+104£417+220.51 %
BarkingNew entry-2--
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-2--
UxbridgeDown-101--
WestminsterNew entry-1£275-
HammersmithDown-41£280-
LutonNew entry-1--
Blackberry EnglandBlackberry
England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1354 (57.84 %)Windows
2220 (35.95 %)Active Directory
3198 (32.35 %)Microsoft
4195 (31.86 %)MS Office
5169 (27.61 %)Windows XP
6154 (25.16 %)MS Exchange
7132 (21.57 %)Finance
7132 (21.57 %)Banking
8127 (20.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
9102 (16.67 %)MS Excel
10100 (16.34 %)Lotus
1196 (15.69 %)Lotus Notes
1291 (14.87 %)Windows 2000
1384 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
1479 (12.91 %)VPN
1578 (12.75 %)Citrix
1578 (12.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1663 (10.29 %)Bloomberg
1761 (9.967 %)Exchange Server 2007
1859 (9.641 %)Exchange Server 2000
1859 (9.641 %)TCP/IP
1957 (9.314 %)Reuters
2056 (9.150 %)Microsoft Certification
2154 (8.824 %)ITIL
2252 (8.497 %)Law
2252 (8.497 %)Legal
2351 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
2450 (8.170 %)HP
2546 (7.516 %)MCSE
2644 (7.190 %)DNS

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (1.307 %)J2ME
25 (0.817 %)Application Packaging
34 (0.654 %)Software Packaging
34 (0.654 %)MIDP
34 (0.654 %).NET
43 (0.490 %)ASP
52 (0.327 %)J2EE
52 (0.327 %)HTML
61 (0.163 %)Middleware
61 (0.163 %)X-Windows
61 (0.163 %)COM
61 (0.163 %)ODBC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1154 (25.16 %)MS Exchange
2127 (20.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
396 (15.69 %)Lotus Notes
478 (12.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
561 (9.967 %)Exchange Server 2007
659 (9.641 %)Exchange Server 2000
727 (4.412 %)SharePoint
819 (3.105 %)Lotus Domino
917 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1016 (2.614 %)GroupWise
1111 (1.797 %)Live Communications Server
129 (1.471 %)Office Communications Server
129 (1.471 %)SharePoint Server 2007
138 (1.307 %)MindAlign
138 (1.307 %)IIS
147 (1.144 %)CMS
154 (0.654 %)ColdFusion
162 (0.327 %)Documentum
162 (0.327 %)WorkSite
171 (0.163 %)Rendezvous
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1195 (31.86 %)MS Office
2102 (16.67 %)MS Excel
312 (1.961 %)MS PowerPoint
410 (1.634 %)Acrobat
56 (0.980 %)MS Visio
65 (0.817 %)DeltaView
72 (0.327 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.327 %)MS Project
81 (0.163 %)Photoshop
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.327 %)assyst
21 (0.163 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.163 %)GoldMine
21 (0.163 %)SoftGrid
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (12.91 %)VPN
259 (9.641 %)TCP/IP
344 (7.190 %)DNS
441 (6.699 %)Wireless
534 (5.556 %)LAN
626 (4.248 %)SAN
725 (4.085 %)Firewall
821 (3.431 %)WAN
920 (3.268 %)DHCP
920 (3.268 %)VoIP
1018 (2.941 %)3G
1112 (1.961 %)IP Telephony
1112 (1.961 %)Network Security
1211 (1.797 %)Internet
1211 (1.797 %)SMTP
136 (0.980 %)PBX
136 (0.980 %)Broadband
136 (0.980 %)Intranet
136 (0.980 %)SMS
145 (0.817 %)Cisco IPT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (2.451 %)SQL Server
24 (0.654 %)Crystal Reports
33 (0.490 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.327 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.163 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.163 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.163 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.163 %)ClearQuest
11 (0.163 %)MSI
11 (0.163 %)FrontPage
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1132 (21.57 %)Finance
1132 (21.57 %)Banking
284 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
352 (8.497 %)Law
352 (8.497 %)Legal
434 (5.556 %)Telecoms
523 (3.758 %)Government
523 (3.758 %)Insurance
615 (2.451 %)Financial Institution
615 (2.451 %)Front Office
713 (2.124 %)Back Office
811 (1.797 %)Education
93 (0.490 %)Health
93 (0.490 %)Retail
102 (0.327 %)Local Government
102 (0.327 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.327 %)Wholesale Banking
102 (0.327 %)Auditing
111 (0.163 %)Marketing
111 (0.163 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1225 (36.76 %)Analyst
2140 (22.88 %)Support Analyst
3139 (22.71 %)Desktop Support
458 (9.477 %)Service Analyst
554 (8.824 %)Desktop Analyst
653 (8.660 %)Service Desk Analyst
752 (8.497 %)Desktop Support Analyst
752 (8.497 %)Support Engineer
849 (8.007 %)Administrator
946 (7.516 %)Desktop Engineer
1044 (7.190 %)2nd Line Support
1133 (5.392 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1231 (5.065 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1330 (4.902 %)Helpdesk Support
1422 (3.595 %)3rd Line Support
1422 (3.595 %)Consultant
1520 (3.268 %)Exchange Specialist
1617 (2.778 %)1st Line Support
1617 (2.778 %)IT Support Analyst
1715 (2.451 %)Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (2.941 %)PDA
212 (1.961 %)Clustering
212 (1.961 %)Handset
39 (1.471 %)Video Conferencing
47 (1.144 %)Web 2.0
47 (1.144 %)Replication
47 (1.144 %)NHS
56 (0.980 %)Fixed Income
56 (0.980 %)CESG
56 (0.980 %)Computer Science
65 (0.817 %)CLARiiON
65 (0.817 %)Symmetrix
65 (0.817 %)EMC Centera
73 (0.490 %)Management Information System
73 (0.490 %)Equities
73 (0.490 %)Derivative
73 (0.490 %)Spanish Language
82 (0.327 %)French Language
82 (0.327 %)German Language
82 (0.327 %)Italian Language
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1354 (57.84 %)Windows
2169 (27.61 %)Windows XP
391 (14.87 %)Windows 2000
451 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
528 (4.575 %)Windows Mobile
528 (4.575 %)UNIX
624 (3.922 %)Windows NT
711 (1.797 %)Linux
87 (1.144 %)Solaris
96 (0.980 %)NetWare
104 (0.654 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.490 %)HPUX
121 (0.163 %)Mac OS X
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (8.824 %)ITIL
232 (5.229 %)Migration
326 (4.248 %)Service Delivery
425 (4.085 %)Document Management
517 (2.778 %)Disaster Recovery
612 (1.961 %)Asset Management
710 (1.634 %)Web Testing
89 (1.471 %)CRM
98 (1.307 %)Incident Management
107 (1.144 %)Test Scripting
107 (1.144 %)TOGAF
107 (1.144 %)Change Management
116 (0.980 %)Service Management
116 (0.980 %)Technical Architecture
116 (0.980 %)Data Management
116 (0.980 %)Security Cleared
125 (0.817 %)Investment Management
134 (0.654 %)System Testing
134 (0.654 %)Resource Management
134 (0.654 %)Process Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (3.595 %)VB
219 (3.105 %)SQL
314 (2.288 %)Java
410 (1.634 %)C#
410 (1.634 %)PowerShell
54 (0.654 %)VB6
54 (0.654 %)JavaScript
63 (0.490 %)Perl
63 (0.490 %)VBScript
63 (0.490 %)C
72 (0.327 %)C++
81 (0.163 %)Delphi
81 (0.163 %)PHP
81 (0.163 %)JCL
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
156 (9.150 %)Microsoft Certification
246 (7.516 %)MCSE
322 (3.595 %)Degree
421 (3.431 %)MCP
58 (1.307 %)MCSA
67 (1.144 %)Cisco Certification
76 (0.980 %)CCNA
76 (0.980 %)ISEB
85 (0.817 %)CCNP
94 (0.654 %)MOS
94 (0.654 %)MCDST
102 (0.327 %)A+ Certification
102 (0.327 %)HND
111 (0.163 %)CCIE
111 (0.163 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.163 %)IBM Certification
111 (0.163 %)MCTS
111 (0.163 %)MCITP
111 (0.163 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (4.412 %)SLA
27 (1.144 %)QA
31 (0.163 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1220 (35.95 %)Active Directory
211 (1.797 %)ISA Server
310 (1.634 %)NetBackup
310 (1.634 %)Backup Exec
49 (1.471 %)MailMarshal
57 (1.144 %)Terminal Server
66 (0.980 %)VMware ESX
66 (0.980 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (0.654 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.327 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.163 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.163 %)WebMarshal
91 (0.163 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (2.614 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.144 %)ZENworks
35 (0.817 %)EMC TimeFinder
35 (0.817 %)MOM
44 (0.654 %)Norton AntiVirus
44 (0.654 %)MIIS
53 (0.490 %)MIMEsweeper
62 (0.327 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.327 %)OpenView
62 (0.327 %)DameWare
62 (0.327 %)WSUS
71 (0.163 %)SCCM
71 (0.163 %)SCOM
71 (0.163 %)Tivoli
71 (0.163 %)ARCserve
71 (0.163 %)MAILsweeper
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1198 (32.35 %)Microsoft
2100 (16.34 %)Lotus
378 (12.75 %)Citrix
463 (10.29 %)Bloomberg
557 (9.314 %)Reuters
650 (8.170 %)HP
738 (6.209 %)Cisco
833 (5.392 %)Remedy
927 (4.412 %)Novell
1026 (4.248 %)Dell
1125 (4.085 %)VMware
1224 (3.922 %)Interwoven
1321 (3.431 %)Symantec
1420 (3.268 %)VERITAS
1516 (2.614 %)Hummingbird
1615 (2.451 %)Symbian
1712 (1.961 %)Avaya
1811 (1.797 %)Adobe
1910 (1.634 %)IBM
209 (1.471 %)EMC
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