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This section looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank249279
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads459482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.605 %0.511 %
As % of the category below2.772 %2.301 %
Daily rates quoted12195
Average minimum daily rate£271£311
Average daily rate£286£325
% change on same period last year-11.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£301£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£340
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Hourly rates quoted117129
Average minimum hourly rate£17.45£19.67
Average hourly rate£18.81£20.39
% change on same period last year-7.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.18£21.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.47£16.26
% change on same period last year+7.42 %
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1655620948
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.83 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted59807531
Average minimum daily rate£443£473
Average daily rate£476£508
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£509£543
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted13931388
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.51
Average hourly rate£24.00£28.29
% change on same period last year-15.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£30.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Blackberry within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+41445£287-11.49 %
LondonUp+42288£278-12.41 %
City of LondonUp+20109£278+4.43 %
South EastUp+7193£330-4.97 %
BerkshireUp+5630£448+2.59 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1516£483+97.52 %
East of EnglandDown-1615--
SurreyUp+413£262-
ReadingNew entry-13--
Milton KeynesNo change013£483+150.74 %
ScotlandUp+3512£200-
Docklands, LondonUp+2411--
MiddlesexUp+310£308-
West MidlandsUp+810£148-57.61 %
North WestDown-1610--
North EastUp+169--
EdinburghUp+189£200-
East MidlandsDown-29£475+69.64 %
South WestUp+248£200-51.80 %
HampshireUp+227--
YorkshireDown-16--
CambridgeshireDown-46--
MaidenheadNew entry-6--
PeterboroughNew entry-4--
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-4--
BasingstokeNew entry-4--
NorthamptonDown-94--
EpsomNew entry-4--
OxfordshireDown-64£263-
West SussexUp+154£185-

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1562 (55.75 %)Windows
2366 (36.31 %)Active Directory
3321 (31.85 %)Microsoft
4300 (29.76 %)MS Office
5261 (25.89 %)MS Exchange
6240 (23.81 %)Windows XP
7217 (21.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
8181 (17.96 %)Finance
9161 (15.97 %)MS Excel
10150 (14.88 %)Windows 2000
11147 (14.58 %)Banking
12145 (14.38 %)Lotus
13140 (13.89 %)Lotus Notes
13140 (13.89 %)VPN
13140 (13.89 %)Citrix
14139 (13.79 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
15124 (12.30 %)TCP/IP
16112 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
17109 (10.81 %)Microsoft Certification
1898 (9.722 %)ITIL
1991 (9.028 %)Investment Banking
2086 (8.532 %)DNS
2086 (8.532 %)Bloomberg
2185 (8.433 %)LAN
2275 (7.440 %)Reuters
2275 (7.440 %)PDA
2275 (7.440 %)Exchange Server 2007
2372 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
2372 (7.143 %)HP
2470 (6.944 %)MCSE

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
110 (0.992 %)HTML
27 (0.694 %).NET
27 (0.694 %)AJAX
36 (0.595 %)J2EE
36 (0.595 %)WebServices
45 (0.496 %)J2ME
54 (0.397 %)Application Packaging
54 (0.397 %)Software Packaging
63 (0.298 %)ASP
72 (0.198 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.198 %)COM
72 (0.198 %)SVG
81 (0.099 %)Middleware
81 (0.099 %)X-Windows
Application Platforms
1261 (25.89 %)MS Exchange
2217 (21.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
3140 (13.89 %)Lotus Notes
4139 (13.79 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
5112 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
675 (7.440 %)Exchange Server 2007
737 (3.671 %)Exchange Server 5.5
737 (3.671 %)Lotus Domino
737 (3.671 %)SharePoint
818 (1.786 %)IIS
818 (1.786 %)GroupWise
910 (0.992 %)Office Communications Server
109 (0.893 %)SharePoint Server 2007
109 (0.893 %)CMS
118 (0.794 %)Live Communications Server
125 (0.496 %)MindAlign
134 (0.397 %)ColdFusion
143 (0.298 %)Documentum
152 (0.198 %)WorkSite
161 (0.099 %)Rendezvous
Applications
1300 (29.76 %)MS Office
2161 (15.97 %)MS Excel
315 (1.488 %)MS PowerPoint
413 (1.290 %)MS Visio
413 (1.290 %)Acrobat
56 (0.595 %)DeltaView
62 (0.198 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.198 %)Photoshop
62 (0.198 %)MS Project
Business Applications
13 (0.298 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.198 %)assyst
31 (0.099 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.099 %)MarketView
Communications & Networking
1140 (13.89 %)VPN
2124 (12.30 %)TCP/IP
386 (8.532 %)DNS
485 (8.433 %)LAN
561 (6.052 %)Wireless
652 (5.159 %)DHCP
742 (4.167 %)WAN
841 (4.067 %)SAN
940 (3.968 %)Firewall
1039 (3.869 %)VoIP
1133 (3.274 %)Internet
1228 (2.778 %)WINS
1327 (2.679 %)3G
1420 (1.984 %)Ethernet
1516 (1.587 %)SMS
1516 (1.587 %)Broadband
1613 (1.290 %)SMTP
1712 (1.190 %)IP Telephony
1712 (1.190 %)Network Security
1811 (1.091 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
129 (2.877 %)SQL Server
29 (0.893 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (0.496 %)SQL Server 7
44 (0.397 %)Crystal Reports
53 (0.298 %)MySQL
53 (0.298 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (0.198 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.099 %)MS Access
71 (0.099 %)GIS
Development Applications
16 (0.595 %)ClearQuest
25 (0.496 %)TestDirector
34 (0.397 %)MSI
42 (0.198 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.099 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.099 %)Flash
51 (0.099 %)Bugzilla
51 (0.099 %)Subversion
51 (0.099 %)FrontPage
General
1181 (17.96 %)Finance
2147 (14.58 %)Banking
391 (9.028 %)Investment Banking
467 (6.647 %)Telecoms
565 (6.448 %)Law
663 (6.250 %)Legal
740 (3.968 %)Government
829 (2.877 %)Insurance
928 (2.778 %)Financial Institution
1016 (1.587 %)Front Office
1115 (1.488 %)Back Office
1211 (1.091 %)Education
139 (0.893 %)Health
144 (0.397 %)Retail
144 (0.397 %)Pensions
153 (0.298 %)Multimedia
153 (0.298 %)Billing
153 (0.298 %)Pharmaceutical
162 (0.198 %)Wholesale Banking
162 (0.198 %)Local Government
Job Titles
1324 (32.14 %)Analyst
2228 (22.62 %)Desktop Support
3198 (19.64 %)Support Analyst
4127 (12.60 %)Support Engineer
584 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
584 (8.333 %)Desktop Engineer
682 (8.135 %)Administrator
774 (7.341 %)Desktop Analyst
870 (6.944 %)Desktop Support Analyst
965 (6.448 %)Desktop Support Engineer
965 (6.448 %)Service Analyst
1060 (5.952 %)Service Desk Analyst
1152 (5.159 %)Helpdesk Support
1247 (4.663 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1340 (3.968 %)3rd Line Support
1430 (2.976 %)1st Line Support
1430 (2.976 %)Consultant
1525 (2.480 %)IT Support Analyst
1623 (2.282 %)Technical Support
1623 (2.282 %)Exchange Specialist
Miscellaneous
175 (7.440 %)PDA
230 (2.976 %)Handset
322 (2.183 %)Clustering
322 (2.183 %)Video Conferencing
413 (1.290 %)Replication
511 (1.091 %)CESG
511 (1.091 %)Asset Management
511 (1.091 %)Computer Science
67 (0.694 %)Web 2.0
76 (0.595 %)Fixed Income
76 (0.595 %)Mathematics
76 (0.595 %)Physics
76 (0.595 %)NHS
85 (0.496 %)CLARiiON
85 (0.496 %)Symmetrix
85 (0.496 %)EMC Centera
85 (0.496 %)Management Information System
85 (0.496 %)AS400
94 (0.397 %)Client/Server
94 (0.397 %)Spanish Language
Operating Systems
1562 (55.75 %)Windows
2240 (23.81 %)Windows XP
3150 (14.88 %)Windows 2000
472 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
544 (4.365 %)Windows NT
642 (4.167 %)Unix
734 (3.373 %)Windows Mobile
819 (1.885 %)Linux
910 (0.992 %)Solaris
910 (0.992 %)NetWare
108 (0.794 %)Windows Vista
116 (0.595 %)HPUX
121 (0.099 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
198 (9.722 %)ITIL
258 (5.754 %)Migration
331 (3.075 %)Document Management
331 (3.075 %)Service Delivery
428 (2.778 %)Security Cleared
524 (2.381 %)Disaster Recovery
616 (1.587 %)SC Cleared
715 (1.488 %)Project Management
812 (1.190 %)PRINCE2
911 (1.091 %)CRM
911 (1.091 %)Incident Management
1010 (0.992 %)Change Management
119 (0.893 %)Service Management
119 (0.893 %)Test Scripting
128 (0.794 %)Web Testing
137 (0.694 %)Resource Management
137 (0.694 %)TOGAF
146 (0.595 %)Data Management
146 (0.595 %)Technical Architecture
155 (0.496 %)Investment Management
Programming Languages
125 (2.480 %)VB
223 (2.282 %)SQL
321 (2.083 %)Java
411 (1.091 %)JavaScript
411 (1.091 %)C#
510 (0.992 %)Perl
66 (0.595 %)C
75 (0.496 %)VBScript
84 (0.397 %)VB6
84 (0.397 %)VBA
92 (0.198 %)PHP
101 (0.099 %)C++
101 (0.099 %)Delphi
101 (0.099 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
1109 (10.81 %)Microsoft Certification
270 (6.944 %)MCSE
356 (5.556 %)MCP
426 (2.579 %)Degree
518 (1.786 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
613 (1.290 %)MCSA
711 (1.091 %)Cisco Certification
810 (0.992 %)ISEB
99 (0.893 %)CCNA
108 (0.794 %)CCNP
116 (0.595 %)MCDST
116 (0.595 %)IBM Certification
124 (0.397 %)MOS
133 (0.298 %)ITIL Certification
133 (0.298 %)CNA
133 (0.298 %)CNE
133 (0.298 %)Novell Certification
133 (0.298 %)CCIE
142 (0.198 %)HNC
142 (0.198 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
142 (4.167 %)SLA
28 (0.794 %)QA
31 (0.099 %)ISO9001
31 (0.099 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1366 (36.31 %)Active Directory
225 (2.480 %)VMware Infrastructure
324 (2.381 %)Backup Exec
419 (1.885 %)VMware ESX
518 (1.786 %)ISA Server
617 (1.687 %)Citrix Presentation Server
79 (0.893 %)MetaFrame
87 (0.694 %)NetBackup
95 (0.496 %)Terminal Server
95 (0.496 %)MailMarshal
104 (0.397 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.099 %)NFS
111 (0.099 %)NDS
111 (0.099 %)WebMarshal
111 (0.099 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
134 (3.373 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
29 (0.893 %)WSUS
38 (0.794 %)ZENworks
47 (0.694 %)Norton AntiVirus
47 (0.694 %)MOM
55 (0.496 %)EMC TimeFinder
64 (0.397 %)MIIS
64 (0.397 %)MIMEsweeper
73 (0.298 %)OpenView
73 (0.298 %)Unicenter
73 (0.298 %)DameWare
82 (0.198 %)OpenView Configuration Management
82 (0.198 %)MAILsweeper
82 (0.198 %)HP Data Protector
91 (0.099 %)Tivoli
91 (0.099 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
91 (0.099 %)ARCserve
91 (0.099 %)BMC Marimba
91 (0.099 %)SCCM
91 (0.099 %)SCOM
Vendors
1321 (31.85 %)Microsoft
2145 (14.38 %)Lotus
3140 (13.89 %)Citrix
486 (8.532 %)Bloomberg
575 (7.440 %)Reuters
672 (7.143 %)HP
768 (6.746 %)Remedy
866 (6.548 %)Cisco
956 (5.556 %)VMware
1055 (5.456 %)Dell
1134 (3.373 %)Novell
1227 (2.679 %)Symantec
1326 (2.579 %)VERITAS
1424 (2.381 %)Interwoven
1522 (2.183 %)BT
1620 (1.984 %)IBM
1718 (1.786 %)Symbian
1718 (1.786 %)Altiris
1817 (1.687 %)Hummingbird
1913 (1.290 %)Tandberg
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