The first table below looks at the demand for bada skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited bada 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 Operating Systems category for the North West 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
Samsung bada
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing bada 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
546 703 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.19% 22.13% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 276 360
Average daily rate £290 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.66% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 70 72
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
bada
England

bada
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing bada across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West bada Jobs Demand Trend

bada
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing bada 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 bada.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Symbian
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 4 (100.00%) Maemo
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 3 (75.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Series 60
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Xcode
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) JSON
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Selenium
4 1 (25.00%) Firebug
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Interactive TV
4 1 (25.00%) Semantic Web

bada
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing bada 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 bada. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 4 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 2 (50.00%) Series 60
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) Xcode
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Firebug
2 1 (25.00%) Robotium
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Interactive TV
2 1 (25.00%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Maemo
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Symbian