The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 75 111 91
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -20
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 33 25 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.636% 0.773% 1.095%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.168% 3.962% 6.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 7
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £95 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £435 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
Average hourly rate £10.00 £10.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -37.50%
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
404 631 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.03% 19.51% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 335 215
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £264 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 42 56
Average hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Somerset +14 12 - -
Wiltshire -7 7 £350 -15.15%
Dorset - 6 £210 -
Gloucestershire +31 4 £130 +36.84%
Bristol +13 3 £294 -9.61%
Blackberry
England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 53 (94.64%) Windows
2 37 (66.07%) Active Directory
2 37 (66.07%) Windows 7
3 35 (62.50%) Windows XP
4 33 (58.93%) MS Office
5 27 (48.21%) Microsoft
6 22 (39.29%) Apple
6 22 (39.29%) MS Excel
7 20 (35.71%) SCCM
7 20 (35.71%) VMware
8 19 (33.93%) Kaspersky
9 17 (30.36%) VMware Infrastructure
10 16 (28.57%) Citrix
10 16 (28.57%) Cisco
11 13 (23.21%) TCP/IP
11 13 (23.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 13 (23.21%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (19.64%) ITIL
12 11 (19.64%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (17.86%) LAN
13 10 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
14 9 (16.07%) VPN
14 9 (16.07%) Apple iOS
15 8 (14.29%) Windows Phone
15 8 (14.29%) HTML5
15 8 (14.29%) Android
16 7 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
16 7 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
16 7 (12.50%) Finance

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (14.29%) HTML5
2 7 (12.50%) Web Services
3 4 (7.143%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (1.786%) .NET
4 1 (1.786%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 13 (23.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 5 (8.929%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.357%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.786%) GroupWise
Applications
1 33 (58.93%) MS Office
2 22 (39.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.21%) TCP/IP
2 10 (17.86%) LAN
3 9 (16.07%) VPN
4 6 (10.71%) Internet
4 6 (10.71%) Wireless
5 5 (8.929%) DNS
5 5 (8.929%) VoIP
5 5 (8.929%) DHCP
6 3 (5.357%) WAN
7 2 (3.571%) SAN
7 2 (3.571%) Firewall
8 1 (1.786%) Network Security
8 1 (1.786%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.786%) 3G
8 1 (1.786%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.357%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (8.929%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 7 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (5.357%) Legal
3 1 (1.786%) Back Office
3 1 (1.786%) Law
3 1 (1.786%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (41.07%) 2nd Line Support
2 17 (30.36%) Support Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Support Technician
4 11 (19.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Help Desk Support
5 9 (16.07%) Desktop Support
5 9 (16.07%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 9 (16.07%) Service Desk Technician
5 9 (16.07%) Helpdesk Technician
5 9 (16.07%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 6 (10.71%) Developer
6 6 (10.71%) Mobile Developer
7 5 (8.929%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (7.143%) Technical Support
8 4 (7.143%) Architect
8 4 (7.143%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (5.357%) Desktop Technician
9 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.357%) Desktop Support Technician
10 2 (3.571%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (10.71%) Handset
3 5 (8.929%) Mobile App
3 5 (8.929%) Digital Media
4 4 (7.143%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.357%) iPhone
5 3 (5.357%) Clustering
6 1 (1.786%) PDA
6 1 (1.786%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.786%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 53 (94.64%) Windows
2 37 (66.07%) Windows 7
3 35 (62.50%) Windows XP
4 11 (19.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (16.07%) Apple iOS
7 8 (14.29%) Windows Phone
7 8 (14.29%) Android
8 2 (3.571%) Windows Phone 8
8 2 (3.571%) BlackBerry OS
9 1 (1.786%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.786%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.64%) ITIL
2 7 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (8.929%) Network Management
4 4 (7.143%) Information Management
4 4 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (7.143%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (5.357%) ITIL V3
5 3 (5.357%) Software Deployment
5 3 (5.357%) Problem Management
5 3 (5.357%) Asset Management
5 3 (5.357%) Change Management
6 2 (3.571%) Configuration Management
6 2 (3.571%) Business Continuity
6 2 (3.571%) Mobile Application Development
7 1 (1.786%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (1.786%) Migration
7 1 (1.786%) Quality Management
7 1 (1.786%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.929%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.50%) MCSE
3 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.929%) MCITP
4 5 (8.929%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.929%) MCP
5 4 (7.143%) MCDST
6 1 (1.786%) MCTS
6 1 (1.786%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.929%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.786%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (66.07%) Active Directory
2 17 (30.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.786%) vSphere
3 1 (1.786%) XenApp
3 1 (1.786%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.786%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (35.71%) SCCM
2 3 (5.357%) Backup Exec
3 2 (3.571%) HP SIM
3 2 (3.571%) WSUS
4 1 (1.786%) DameWare
Vendors
1 27 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 22 (39.29%) Apple
3 20 (35.71%) VMware
4 19 (33.93%) Kaspersky
5 16 (28.57%) Citrix
5 16 (28.57%) Cisco
6 7 (12.50%) HP
6 7 (12.50%) Oracle
6 7 (12.50%) McAfee
7 5 (8.929%) Appcelerator
7 5 (8.929%) Sencha
8 4 (7.143%) Avaya
9 3 (5.357%) ProCurve
10 2 (3.571%) Juniper
10 2 (3.571%) Dell
10 2 (3.571%) CheckPoint
10 2 (3.571%) NetApp
10 2 (3.571%) AppSense
11 1 (1.786%) Mitel
11 1 (1.786%) Reuters
Swindon, Wiltshire
Senior Desktop Support Engineer - Windows 7, Active Directory, Lotus Notes, Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), Laptop support... The successful Senior Desktop Support Engineer will have excellent experience of working...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £10 - £15 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013