The first table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry Enterprise Server over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Application Platforms category for the South 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Research In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Rank 103 129 117
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -12
Contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.344% 0.195% 0.361%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.983% 1.119% 2.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
Average daily rate £215 £450 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.22% +63.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £450 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £315 £275
% change year-on-year
-4.60% +14.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £15.63 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+8.80% -32.06%
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
353 536 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.33% 17.39% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 329 271
Average daily rate £350 £358 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +19.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 36
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.88 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.41% +32.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £30.00 £32.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Blackberry Enterprise Server
England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West Blackberry Enterprise Server Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server across the South West region.

South West Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dorset - 4 £210 -
Wiltshire +1 2 - -
Bristol +18 1 £288 - 5
Gloucestershire - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Blackberry Enterprise Server
England

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server.

1 14 (93.33%) Blackberry
2 13 (86.67%) Windows
3 10 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 9 (60.00%) LAN
5 8 (53.33%) ITIL
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
6 7 (46.67%) HP
6 7 (46.67%) Citrix
6 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (46.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (40.00%) Wireless
7 6 (40.00%) Internet
7 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (40.00%) VPN
7 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
7 6 (40.00%) Handset
8 5 (33.33%) VMware
8 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (33.33%) Network Management
8 5 (33.33%) DNS
8 5 (33.33%) DHCP
8 5 (33.33%) MCSE
9 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
9 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
9 4 (26.67%) VoIP
9 4 (26.67%) Cisco
9 4 (26.67%) Avaya

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Blackberry Enterprise Server 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 Enterprise Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) IBM Notes
2 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 9 (60.00%) LAN
3 6 (40.00%) Wireless
3 6 (40.00%) Internet
3 6 (40.00%) VPN
4 5 (33.33%) DNS
4 5 (33.33%) DHCP
5 4 (26.67%) VoIP
6 2 (13.33%) Firewall
6 2 (13.33%) WAN
6 2 (13.33%) SAN
7 1 (6.667%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Legal
3 1 (6.667%) Law
3 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 4 (26.67%) Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Support
5 2 (13.33%) Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) IT Support
6 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Assistant
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Server Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Server Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) Blackberry
2 6 (40.00%) Handset
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (20.00%) Clustering
5 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
5 1 (6.667%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
3 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.667%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 7 (46.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (33.33%) Network Management
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (26.67%) Information Management
5 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
6 1 (6.667%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (6.667%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.667%) VBScript
1 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (33.33%) MCSE
3 3 (20.00%) MCDST
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (6.667%) MCITP
4 1 (6.667%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.667%) vSphere
3 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
3 1 (6.667%) XenApp
3 1 (6.667%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
2 2 (13.33%) HP SIM
3 1 (6.667%) SCOM
3 1 (6.667%) DameWare
3 1 (6.667%) MOM
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) HP
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
3 5 (33.33%) VMware
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 4 (26.67%) Avaya
5 3 (20.00%) ProCurve
6 2 (13.33%) NetApp
6 2 (13.33%) Lotus
6 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 2 (13.33%) Juniper
7 1 (6.667%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (6.667%) Compuware
7 1 (6.667%) Symantec