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This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the North East 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4561
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below7.843 %1.053 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£369
% change on same period last year-30.23 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£16.60-
Average hourly rate£17.70-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.80-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.76£16.01
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North East
Matching contract IT job ads10295
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted1523
Average minimum daily rate£350£335
Average daily rate£371£353
% change on same period last year+5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted157
Average minimum hourly rate£18.48£14.50
Average hourly rate£20.26£16.10
% change on same period last year+25.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.05£17.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Tyne and WearUp+202--
DurhamNew entry-2--
TeessideNew entry-1--
Blackberry EnglandBlackberry
England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

15 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
15 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
15 (50.00 %)Lotus
24 (40.00 %)Windows XP
24 (40.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Replication
33 (30.00 %)Active Directory
33 (30.00 %)Firewall
42 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (20.00 %)MS Office
42 (20.00 %)DHCP
42 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (20.00 %)VPN
42 (20.00 %)DNS
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (20.00 %)Adobe
42 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (20.00 %)Internet
51 (10.00 %)Symantec
51 (10.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (10.00 %)Sophos
51 (10.00 %)Cisco
51 (10.00 %)Clearswift
51 (10.00 %)Terminal Server
51 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
51 (10.00 %)MS Excel
51 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
51 (10.00 %)ADSL
51 (10.00 %)Broadband

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
15 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
22 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (10.00 %)CMS
31 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
12 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
21 (10.00 %)Photoshop
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)Firewall
22 (20.00 %)DHCP
22 (20.00 %)VPN
22 (20.00 %)DNS
22 (20.00 %)Internet
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)ADSL
31 (10.00 %)Broadband
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
11 (10.00 %)Government
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Administrator
14 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
22 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
22 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
22 (20.00 %)Analyst
22 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Technical Support
31 (10.00 %)1st Line Support
31 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)1st Line Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Desktop Analyst
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Replication
21 (10.00 %)PDA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)Windows XP
14 (40.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)UNIX
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Incident Management
11 (10.00 %)Release Management
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C
11 (10.00 %)Java
11 (10.00 %)VBScript
11 (10.00 %)VB
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (30.00 %)Active Directory
21 (10.00 %)Terminal Server
21 (10.00 %)Backup Exec
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Lotus
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Adobe
31 (10.00 %)Symantec
31 (10.00 %)Sophos
31 (10.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)Clearswift
31 (10.00 %)VMware
31 (10.00 %)WatchGuard
31 (10.00 %)Finjan