The first table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 22 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Manchester 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Rank 72 84 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.318% 0.305% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.604% 1.515% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 £14.75 £23.36
% change year-on-year
+13.55% -36.85%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
187 264 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 19.85% 20.11% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 142 89
Average daily rate £295 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £197 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £443 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 20 18
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% +38.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £24.75 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Blackberry Enterprise Server
North West

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Manchester Blackberry Enterprise Server Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (50.00%) iPad
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
3 2 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
3 2 (50.00%) iPhone
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) 3G
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) NetScaler

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (50.00%) iPad
2 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 2 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (25.00%) DameWare
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft