The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South Wales 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
RIM Blackberry
Rank 32 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 2.128% 0.995% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.45% 5.195% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £90 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £13.25 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.83 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-6.88% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 77 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.36% 19.15% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 32 53
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £105 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £14.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £13.10 £7.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £16.10 £22.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Blackberry
Wales

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cardiff +7 5 - -
Bridgend +1 1 - -
Blackberry
Wales

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) HP
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) NetApp
5 2 (25.00%) Sun
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (25.00%) Internet
5 2 (25.00%) ISA Server
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (25.00%) Solaris
5 2 (25.00%) MS Office
5 2 (25.00%) UNIX

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (25.00%) DHCP
2 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Support
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (25.00%) Solaris
4 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (25.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
1 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 1 (12.50%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) Sun
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) Veritas