The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank - 26 35
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.752% 0.292%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 4.651% 1.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.73% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
24 43 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.95% 16.17% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 12
Average daily rate £475 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.00% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £234 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £459 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 15
Average hourly rate £32.00 £41.25 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.42% +65.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Blackberry
England

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend