The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 133 153 145
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 92 87 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.180% 0.857% 1.041%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.886% 4.543% 5.533%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 41 40
Average daily rate £241 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.08% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £140 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £400 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 29
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% +4.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £11.73 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.48 £47.70 £25.01
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +26 42 £220 -23.47%
Surrey +22 21 £133 +11.34%
Hampshire -14 10 £370 +13.84%
Buckinghamshire +9 7 £163 -
West Sussex +13 4 £320 -3.75%
East Sussex +12 3 £258 -
Oxfordshire +4 2 - -
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Kent -1 1 - -
Blackberry
England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 129 (77.71%) Windows
2 69 (41.57%) Active Directory
3 65 (39.16%) Windows XP
4 63 (37.95%) Windows 7
5 54 (32.53%) Microsoft
6 46 (27.71%) Citrix
7 40 (24.10%) MS Office
8 38 (22.89%) VMware
9 36 (21.69%) MS Exchange
10 35 (21.08%) ITIL
11 33 (19.88%) TCP/IP
11 33 (19.88%) Security Cleared
12 31 (18.67%) HP
12 31 (18.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 31 (18.67%) SAN
13 29 (17.47%) LAN
14 28 (16.87%) WAN
15 27 (16.27%) SC Cleared
15 27 (16.27%) Windows Server 2008
16 24 (14.46%) Windows Server 2003
16 24 (14.46%) DHCP
16 24 (14.46%) DNS
16 24 (14.46%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
18 22 (13.25%) Firewall
19 21 (12.65%) Remedy
19 21 (12.65%) iPhone
20 20 (12.05%) SQL
21 19 (11.45%) Exchange Server 2007
22 18 (10.84%) SCCM

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 8 (4.819%) jQuery
1 8 (4.819%) WebSphere
2 7 (4.217%) JSON
2 7 (4.217%) CSS
3 6 (3.614%) XML
3 6 (3.614%) Zend Framework
4 5 (3.012%) Ajax
4 5 (3.012%) Web Services
4 5 (3.012%) HTML5
5 4 (2.410%) HTML
6 3 (1.807%) SOAP
7 2 (1.205%) Struts
7 2 (1.205%) Spring
7 2 (1.205%) Cocoa
7 2 (1.205%) iOS SDK
7 2 (1.205%) REST
7 2 (1.205%) Sencha Touch
7 2 (1.205%) CSS3
7 2 (1.205%) Struts2
7 2 (1.205%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 36 (21.69%) MS Exchange
2 31 (18.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 19 (11.45%) Exchange Server 2007
4 18 (10.84%) Lotus Notes
4 18 (10.84%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (6.627%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (3.614%) SharePoint
7 5 (3.012%) IIS
8 2 (1.205%) CMS
9 1 (0.602%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.602%) QuickPlace
9 1 (0.602%) Site Server
9 1 (0.602%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 40 (24.10%) MS Office
2 14 (8.434%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.205%) MS Project
4 1 (0.602%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.602%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.602%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.205%) assyst
1 2 (1.205%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.602%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.88%) TCP/IP
2 31 (18.67%) SAN
3 29 (17.47%) LAN
4 28 (16.87%) WAN
5 24 (14.46%) DHCP
5 24 (14.46%) DNS
6 22 (13.25%) Firewall
7 17 (10.24%) VPN
8 13 (7.831%) Internet
9 6 (3.614%) Ethernet
10 4 (2.410%) Wireless
11 3 (1.807%) VLAN
11 3 (1.807%) MPLS
11 3 (1.807%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.205%) HTTP
13 1 (0.602%) Network Security
13 1 (0.602%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.602%) IPsec
13 1 (0.602%) ISDN
13 1 (0.602%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.614%) MySQL
2 1 (0.602%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (3.012%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (2.410%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.205%) Subversion
3 2 (1.205%) Xcode
3 2 (1.205%) Selenium
4 1 (0.602%) JIRA
4 1 (0.602%) Bugzilla
General
1 16 (9.639%) Telecoms
2 12 (7.229%) Finance
3 10 (6.024%) Aerospace
4 6 (3.614%) Retail
5 2 (1.205%) Advertising
5 2 (1.205%) Publishing
5 2 (1.205%) Games
6 1 (0.602%) Marketing
6 1 (0.602%) Banking
6 1 (0.602%) Billing
6 1 (0.602%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (21.69%) Analyst
2 27 (16.27%) Support Engineer
3 22 (13.25%) Desktop Support
4 17 (10.24%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (9.639%) Desktop Engineer
6 14 (8.434%) Developer
6 14 (8.434%) Service Analyst
6 14 (8.434%) Service Desk Analyst
7 12 (7.229%) Support Analyst
8 11 (6.627%) 3rd Line Support
9 10 (6.024%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (5.422%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 9 (5.422%) IT Support
11 8 (4.819%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (4.217%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (4.217%) Architect
13 6 (3.614%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 6 (3.614%) IT Support Engineer
13 6 (3.614%) PHP Developer
13 6 (3.614%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.65%) iPhone
2 17 (10.24%) iPad
3 12 (7.229%) Clustering
4 7 (4.217%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.614%) PDA
6 5 (3.012%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.807%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.807%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.807%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.205%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.205%) Handset
8 2 (1.205%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.602%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 129 (77.71%) Windows
2 65 (39.16%) Windows XP
3 63 (37.95%) Windows 7
4 27 (16.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (14.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 13 (7.831%) Android
7 12 (7.229%) Windows 8
7 12 (7.229%) Apple iOS
8 10 (6.024%) Windows Vista
9 7 (4.217%) Linux
9 7 (4.217%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (3.614%) Mac OS X
11 5 (3.012%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.807%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.602%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.602%) VMS
13 1 (0.602%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.08%) ITIL
2 15 (9.036%) Incident Management
2 15 (9.036%) Configuration Management
3 14 (8.434%) Software Deployment
4 11 (6.627%) MVC
5 7 (4.217%) Software Distribution
6 6 (3.614%) Change Control
6 6 (3.614%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (3.614%) Service Management
6 6 (3.614%) Service Delivery
6 6 (3.614%) Migration
7 5 (3.012%) Test Scripting
8 4 (2.410%) Validation
8 4 (2.410%) Integration Testing
9 3 (1.807%) Risk Management
9 3 (1.807%) Business Continuity
9 3 (1.807%) Quality Management
10 2 (1.205%) OO
10 2 (1.205%) Change Management
10 2 (1.205%) TQM
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.05%) SQL
2 13 (7.831%) JavaScript
3 11 (6.627%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.614%) PHP
4 6 (3.614%) VB
5 5 (3.012%) Objective-C
6 4 (2.410%) Java
7 1 (0.602%) LotusScript
7 1 (0.602%) VBScript
7 1 (0.602%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.27%) SC Cleared
3 24 (14.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (8.434%) MCSE
5 13 (7.831%) MCP
6 9 (5.422%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.217%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.614%) CCNP
8 6 (3.614%) MCDST
9 5 (3.012%) Degree
10 4 (2.410%) MCSD
11 3 (1.807%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.205%) MCSA
12 2 (1.205%) CCNA
12 2 (1.205%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.602%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.036%) SLA
2 2 (1.205%) QA
System Software
1 69 (41.57%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.819%) XenApp
3 8 (4.819%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (4.217%) Xen
5 4 (2.410%) XenDesktop
5 4 (2.410%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.807%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.602%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (10.84%) SCCM
1 18 (10.84%) Backup Exec
2 14 (8.434%) HP SIM
3 11 (6.627%) WSUS
4 9 (5.422%) SCOM
5 7 (4.217%) MIMEsweeper
5 7 (4.217%) Unicenter
6 3 (1.807%) Opalis
7 2 (1.205%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.205%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 54 (32.53%) Microsoft
2 46 (27.71%) Citrix
3 38 (22.89%) VMware
4 31 (18.67%) HP
5 21 (12.65%) Remedy
6 18 (10.84%) Lotus
7 13 (7.831%) CA
7 13 (7.831%) NetApp
8 12 (7.229%) Juniper
8 12 (7.229%) CheckPoint
8 12 (7.229%) ProCurve
9 10 (6.024%) Cisco
10 7 (4.217%) F5
11 6 (3.614%) Royalblue
11 6 (3.614%) Nortel
11 6 (3.614%) NETGEAR
11 6 (3.614%) Zend
11 6 (3.614%) FrontRange
12 5 (3.012%) Altiris
13 4 (2.410%) Apple
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