The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 21 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 Southampton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 34 31 20
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 1 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.334% 0.431% 3.867%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.587% 1.695% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.91% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £11.00 £9.94 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.66% -57.44%
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
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
63 59 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 21.07% 25.43% 19.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 10
Average daily rate £338 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £216 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £479 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 12
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £26.68
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -17.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.47 £14.01 £20.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £37.15 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Blackberry
Hampshire

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) MCP

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft