The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Nottinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 36 35 33
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 6 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.714% 0.714% 1.286%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% 4.651% 7.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £269 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 £12.25 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.12% -25.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.44%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
48 43 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 13.71% 15.36% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 20
Average daily rate £338 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £225 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £506 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.60 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £27.80 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Blackberry
East Midlands

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Nottingham -1 5 £300 -
Blackberry
East Midlands

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix
3 5 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) VMware
5 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 3 (33.33%) Windows 2000
5 3 (33.33%) IBM
5 3 (33.33%) HP
5 3 (33.33%) SAN
5 3 (33.33%) SQL
6 2 (22.22%) Finance
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 2 (22.22%) Data Management
6 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) IT Support
4 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (22.22%) Administrator
4 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) IT Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Server Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 1 (11.11%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
1 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 2000
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
1 2 (22.22%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCITP
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) CCA
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (11.11%) XenApp
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) IBM
2 3 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Altiris