The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 47 54 49
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 2 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.463% 0.625% 0.676%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.279% 3.704% 4.286%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 £18.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-7.23% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
61 108 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 14.12% 16.88% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 50 22
Average daily rate £400 £300 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £215 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 7
Average hourly rate £23.75 £24.75 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.04% +76.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.80 £16.87 £12.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £30.00 £23.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +2 1 - -
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
3 4 (57.14%) iPad
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 3 (42.86%) Remedy
4 3 (42.86%) iPhone
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) HP
5 2 (28.57%) Dell
5 2 (28.57%) MS Project
5 2 (28.57%) MS Office
6 1 (14.29%) XML
6 1 (14.29%) ODBC
6 1 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (14.29%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (14.29%) LDAP
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) MS Access
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) Lotus
6 1 (14.29%) Apple
6 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) ODBC
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (14.29%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (14.29%) QuickPlace
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
General
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lotus Notes Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Domino Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Mac Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) iPad
2 3 (42.86%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Remedy
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) LANDesk