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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Blackberry Enterprise Server skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry Enterprise Server over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkResearch In Motion Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank415380517
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Up+137
Matching contract IT job ads786183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.161 %0.155 %0.101 %
As % of the Application Platforms category1.147 %1.081 %0.755 %
Daily rates quoted432929
Average daily rate£340£400£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00 %+33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£169£283£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£468£459£495
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£419£255
% change year-on-year
-43.28 %+64.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1163
Average hourly rate£15.75£20.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.25 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.55£18.50£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.90£26.25£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£20.75£30.00
% change year-on-year
-27.71 %-30.83 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Demand Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the UK.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the UK.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry Enterprise Server within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 21 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-2478£340-15.00 %
LondonDown-4558£340-9.33 %
City of LondonDown-6715£375-9.09 %
South WestNew entry-10£229-
South EastUp+18£488+7.14 %
SomersetNew entry-8£229-
TauntonNew entry-7£229-
HampshireUp+25£488-
LeedsUp+83--
YorkshireUp+73--
West YorkshireDown-73--
BasingstokeNew entry-2£488-
Canary WharfNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1--
OxfordshireNew entry-1--
DorsetNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£125-
StreetNew entry-1--
OxfordNew entry-1--
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£125-

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1103 (66.45 %)Blackberry
282 (52.90 %)Windows
379 (50.97 %)MS Exchange
458 (37.42 %)Active Directory
553 (34.19 %)ITIL
652 (33.55 %)Microsoft
743 (27.74 %)Windows Server 2003
743 (27.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
840 (25.81 %)Exchange Server 2007
935 (22.58 %)Windows XP
1033 (21.29 %)SAN
1130 (19.35 %)MS Office
1222 (14.19 %)Microsoft Certification
1320 (12.90 %)Symantec
1419 (12.26 %)Cisco
1518 (11.61 %)Citrix
1518 (11.61 %)Service Delivery
1617 (10.97 %)McAfee
1617 (10.97 %)Lotus
1617 (10.97 %)HP
1617 (10.97 %)Altiris
1617 (10.97 %)Windows Server 2008
1716 (10.32 %)MS Excel
1815 (9.677 %)DNS
1815 (9.677 %)Finance
1914 (9.032 %)Law
1914 (9.032 %)Clustering
1914 (9.032 %)SharePoint
1914 (9.032 %)Windows 2000
1914 (9.032 %)SQL Server

Blackberry Enterprise Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (1.935 %)XML
22 (1.290 %)ADSI
22 (1.290 %).NET
31 (0.645 %)Application Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
179 (50.97 %)MS Exchange
243 (27.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
340 (25.81 %)Exchange Server 2007
414 (9.032 %)SharePoint
511 (7.097 %)Lotus Domino
69 (5.806 %)Lotus Notes
76 (3.871 %)Office Communications Server
84 (2.581 %)Exchange Server 5.5
84 (2.581 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (1.290 %)IIS
101 (0.645 %)Apache
101 (0.645 %)Tomcat
101 (0.645 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.645 %)WorkSite
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
130 (19.35 %)MS Office
216 (10.32 %)MS Excel
31 (0.645 %)CINEMA 4D
31 (0.645 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.645 %)DeltaView
31 (0.645 %)Vectorworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (3.871 %)assyst
22 (1.290 %)3000 Xtra
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (21.29 %)SAN
215 (9.677 %)DNS
313 (8.387 %)Firewall
412 (7.742 %)Internet
412 (7.742 %)DHCP
412 (7.742 %)VPN
510 (6.452 %)LAN
510 (6.452 %)WAN
510 (6.452 %)TCP/IP
69 (5.806 %)IP Telephony
78 (5.161 %)SMTP
86 (3.871 %)SSL
95 (3.226 %)S/MIME
95 (3.226 %)VLAN
103 (1.935 %)Wi-Fi
103 (1.935 %)Wireless
111 (0.645 %)DSL
111 (0.645 %)VoIP
111 (0.645 %)SNMP
111 (0.645 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (9.032 %)SQL Server
24 (2.581 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.935 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.645 %)EDRMS
41 (0.645 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.645 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (9.677 %)Finance
214 (9.032 %)Law
313 (8.387 %)Banking
410 (6.452 %)Government
58 (5.161 %)Legal
66 (3.871 %)Front Office
74 (2.581 %)Investment Banking
74 (2.581 %)Financial Institution
82 (1.290 %)Back Office
82 (1.290 %)Telecoms
82 (1.290 %)Health
82 (1.290 %)Insurance
91 (0.645 %)Local Government
91 (0.645 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (30.32 %)Analyst
225 (16.13 %)Support Analyst
318 (11.61 %)Consultant
416 (10.32 %)Administrator
511 (7.097 %)Support Engineer
511 (7.097 %)Desktop Support
610 (6.452 %)2nd Line Support
79 (5.806 %)Infrastructure Analyst
88 (5.161 %)Messaging Engineer
88 (5.161 %)3rd Line Support
97 (4.516 %)Exchange Engineer
106 (3.871 %)IT Support
106 (3.871 %)Desktop Support Analyst
106 (3.871 %)Enterprise Consultant
106 (3.871 %)Desktop Analyst
106 (3.871 %)Exchange Administrator
106 (3.871 %)Messaging Analyst
106 (3.871 %)Blackberry Support
106 (3.871 %)Server Analyst
115 (3.226 %)Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1103 (66.45 %)Blackberry
214 (9.032 %)Clustering
313 (8.387 %)Replication
45 (3.226 %)NHS
54 (2.581 %)Video Conferencing
62 (1.290 %)Fixed Income
62 (1.290 %)PDA
71 (0.645 %)Thin Client
71 (0.645 %)Management Information System
71 (0.645 %)SecurID
71 (0.645 %)Fat Client
71 (0.645 %)French Language
71 (0.645 %)iPhone
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
182 (52.90 %)Windows
243 (27.74 %)Windows Server 2003
335 (22.58 %)Windows XP
417 (10.97 %)Windows Server 2008
514 (9.032 %)Windows 2000
612 (7.742 %)Windows Vista
76 (3.871 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (3.871 %)Linux
76 (3.871 %)UNIX
84 (2.581 %)Solaris
93 (1.935 %)AIX
93 (1.935 %)Windows 7
102 (1.290 %)Windows Mobile
102 (1.290 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.645 %)Windows CE
111 (0.645 %)HPUX
111 (0.645 %)Windows NT
111 (0.645 %)NetWare
111 (0.645 %)Ubuntu
111 (0.645 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
153 (34.19 %)ITIL
218 (11.61 %)Service Delivery
313 (8.387 %)Migration
412 (7.742 %)Service Management
55 (3.226 %)Problem Management
64 (2.581 %)Project Management
73 (1.935 %)Systems Analysis
73 (1.935 %)Load Balancing
73 (1.935 %)Workflow
82 (1.290 %)Electronic Trading
82 (1.290 %)Disaster Recovery
91 (0.645 %)Change Management
91 (0.645 %)DNA
91 (0.645 %)Document Management
91 (0.645 %)Penetration Testing
91 (0.645 %)Incident Management
91 (0.645 %)Release Management
91 (0.645 %)Time Management
91 (0.645 %)Capacity Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (7.742 %)C
210 (6.452 %)SQL
35 (3.226 %)Shell Script
35 (3.226 %)Perl
44 (2.581 %)VBScript
53 (1.935 %)VB
53 (1.935 %)PowerShell
62 (1.290 %)VB6
62 (1.290 %)VB.NET
62 (1.290 %)JavaScript
62 (1.290 %)REXX
71 (0.645 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (14.19 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (9.032 %)Security Cleared
312 (7.742 %)MCSE
411 (7.097 %)MCP
510 (6.452 %)SC Cleared
68 (5.161 %)MCITP
77 (4.516 %)ITIL Certification
85 (3.226 %)MCTS
93 (1.935 %)Degree
101 (0.645 %)MCSA
101 (0.645 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.226 %)QA
24 (2.581 %)SLA
31 (0.645 %)ISO17799
31 (0.645 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
158 (37.42 %)Active Directory
27 (4.516 %)VMware ESX
36 (3.871 %)XenApp
36 (3.871 %)Citrix Presentation Server
45 (3.226 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (1.935 %)ISA Server
53 (1.935 %)XenDesktop
62 (1.290 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.645 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.645 %)Novell eDirectory
71 (0.645 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
71 (0.645 %)MailMarshal
71 (0.645 %)Postfix
71 (0.645 %)XenServer
71 (0.645 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (4.516 %)McAfee ePO
26 (3.871 %)WSUS
26 (3.871 %)Norton AntiVirus
34 (2.581 %)EMC NetWorker
34 (2.581 %)OpenView
34 (2.581 %)BMC PATROL
34 (2.581 %)MIMEsweeper
34 (2.581 %)MAILsweeper
43 (1.935 %)MOM
43 (1.935 %)Backup Exec
52 (1.290 %)NetBackup
52 (1.290 %)SCCM
52 (1.290 %)SCOM
52 (1.290 %)ARCserve
61 (0.645 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.645 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.645 %)OVSD
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
152 (33.55 %)Microsoft
220 (12.90 %)Symantec
319 (12.26 %)Cisco
418 (11.61 %)Citrix
517 (10.97 %)McAfee
517 (10.97 %)Lotus
517 (10.97 %)HP
517 (10.97 %)Altiris
611 (7.097 %)VMware
710 (6.452 %)IronPort
85 (3.226 %)Clearswift
85 (3.226 %)Adobe
85 (3.226 %)Dell
85 (3.226 %)EMC
85 (3.226 %)BMC
85 (3.226 %)NetApp
85 (3.226 %)Tumbleweed
94 (2.581 %)Remedy
103 (1.935 %)Reuters
103 (1.935 %)Bloomberg