The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

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.

RIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank175166243
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+77
Matching contract IT job ads611712348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.032 %1.160 %0.632 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category4.371 %4.231 %2.198 %
Number of daily rates quoted317296104
Average daily rate£291£265£250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.90 %+6.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£140£125£120
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£308£140
% change year-on-year
-2.43 %+119.64 %
Number of hourly rates quoted9111077
Average hourly rate£18.75£17.50£17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14 %+2.94 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.50£11.35
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.70£27.50£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£15.25£15.00
% change year-on-year
+11.47 %+1.66 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
139801683015833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.62 %27.43 %28.76 %
Number of daily rates quoted8259100028854
Average daily rate£435£525£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14 %+5.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£285£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£604£650£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£338£315
% change year-on-year
+2.22 %+7.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted657720644
Average hourly rate£22.50£22.63£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.55 %+7.73 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£11.37£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£25.83£20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.14 %+29.15 %

Blackberry
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012.

Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

Blackberry
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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-11586£300+13.20 %
LondonUp+15399£286+27.22 %
City of LondonUp+37128£294+30.55 %
South EastDown-2882£288-11.53 %
East of EnglandNo change037£250+66.66 %
BerkshireDown-728£288-11.53 %
South WestDown-2726£225-25.00 %
North WestDown-1619£300-25.00 %
EssexUp+217£380+153.33 %
SurreyDown-416£130-65.92 %
HampshireDown-1315£325+8.33 %
ColchesterNo change013£323+134.54 %
WiltshireNew entry-13£400-
ManchesterDown-1711£275-
West SussexDown-79£333-31.44 %
SuffolkUp+28£195+77.27 %
ScotlandDown-128£200-3.61 %
West MidlandsDown-238£325+20.37 %
SwindonNew entry-8£400-
BracknellNew entry-7£263-
NorfolkNew entry-7£275-
StaffordshireUp+106£325-
Stoke-on-TrentUp+26£325-
ReadingDown-46£300-5.88 %
IpswichUp+65£181+64.54 %
East MidlandsDown-85£300-
West YorkshireDown-215--
YorkshireDown-225--
LancashireNew entry-5£300-
BasingstokeNew entry-5£338-

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

1779 (63.03 %)Windows
2491 (39.72 %)Active Directory
3396 (32.04 %)Microsoft
4359 (29.05 %)Windows XP
5322 (26.05 %)Windows 7
6320 (25.89 %)MS Office
7313 (25.32 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
8296 (23.95 %)MS Exchange
9278 (22.49 %)Finance
10271 (21.93 %)Android
11222 (17.96 %)ITIL
12218 (17.64 %)Citrix
13216 (17.48 %)iPhone
14209 (16.91 %)MS Excel
15173 (14.00 %)Windows Server 2003
16166 (13.43 %)Windows Server 2008
17160 (12.94 %)Apple iOS
17160 (12.94 %)Banking
18150 (12.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
19141 (11.41 %)TCP/IP
20134 (10.84 %)Microsoft Certification
21132 (10.68 %)Cisco
22130 (10.52 %)VMware
23129 (10.44 %)VPN
24126 (10.19 %)Exchange Server 2010
25117 (9.466 %)Lotus
26113 (9.142 %)DNS
27111 (8.981 %)Lotus Notes
28107 (8.657 %)LAN
2996 (7.767 %)HP

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
196 (7.767 %)J2ME
259 (4.773 %)RESTful
356 (4.531 %)XML
453 (4.288 %)CSS
543 (3.479 %)HTML
639 (3.155 %)Web Services
736 (2.913 %)HTML5
830 (2.427 %).NET
927 (2.184 %)XHTML
927 (2.184 %)Cocoa
1025 (2.023 %)JSON
1025 (2.023 %)CSS3
1122 (1.780 %)Ajax
1219 (1.537 %)XSLT
1219 (1.537 %)jQuery
1316 (1.294 %)SOAP
1413 (1.052 %)ASP.NET
1413 (1.052 %)REST
1512 (0.971 %)Java ME
1611 (0.890 %)iOS SDK
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1313 (25.32 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
2296 (23.95 %)MS Exchange
3150 (12.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
4126 (10.19 %)Exchange Server 2010
5111 (8.981 %)Lotus Notes
678 (6.311 %)Exchange Server 2007
760 (4.854 %)SharePoint
831 (2.508 %)IIS
930 (2.427 %)Lotus Domino
930 (2.427 %)Lync
1013 (1.052 %)SharePoint 2010
118 (0.647 %)Office Communications Server
127 (0.566 %)ColdFusion
136 (0.485 %)Live Communications Server
145 (0.405 %)CMS
145 (0.405 %)Exchange Server 2000
154 (0.324 %)WorkSite
154 (0.324 %)Confluence
163 (0.243 %)LiveLink
172 (0.162 %)Quickr
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1320 (25.89 %)MS Office
2209 (16.91 %)MS Excel
334 (2.751 %)MS Visio
433 (2.670 %)MS PowerPoint
517 (1.375 %)Photoshop
614 (1.133 %)Adobe Illustrator
79 (0.728 %)Acrobat
79 (0.728 %)Google Apps
88 (0.647 %)Office 365
88 (0.647 %)AutoCAD
97 (0.566 %)Vectorworks
97 (0.566 %)OmniGraffle
106 (0.485 %)CINEMA 4D
115 (0.405 %)DeltaView
124 (0.324 %)MS Project
132 (0.162 %)Fireworks
141 (0.081 %)InDesign
141 (0.081 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (0.647 %)Google Analytics
24 (0.324 %)3000 Xtra
32 (0.162 %)LatentZero
41 (0.081 %)RMDS
41 (0.081 %)Misys Midas
41 (0.081 %)assyst
41 (0.081 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.081 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.081 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.081 %)EMB Igloo
41 (0.081 %)SiteCatalyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1141 (11.41 %)TCP/IP
2129 (10.44 %)VPN
3113 (9.142 %)DNS
4107 (8.657 %)LAN
594 (7.605 %)WAN
691 (7.362 %)Firewall
785 (6.877 %)VoIP
785 (6.877 %)DHCP
879 (6.392 %)SAN
955 (4.450 %)Internet
1045 (3.641 %)SMTP
1131 (2.508 %)Wireless
1226 (2.104 %)3G
1325 (2.023 %)NAS
1423 (1.861 %)HTTP
1516 (1.294 %)IP Telephony
1614 (1.133 %)LDAP
1614 (1.133 %)Ethernet
1712 (0.971 %)SSL
1811 (0.890 %)Broadband
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (5.583 %)SQL Server
218 (1.456 %)SQL Server 2008
313 (1.052 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (0.890 %)SQLite
57 (0.566 %)PostgreSQL
57 (0.566 %)MS Access
66 (0.485 %)MySQL
66 (0.485 %)UniData
75 (0.405 %)SQL Server 2000
84 (0.324 %)Data Mining
93 (0.243 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.162 %)MongoDB
102 (0.162 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.162 %)Oracle 11g
102 (0.162 %)Oracle OLAP
102 (0.162 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
102 (0.162 %)ETL
102 (0.162 %)Data Warehouse
102 (0.162 %)OLTP
102 (0.162 %)Star Schema
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (1.780 %)Xcode
220 (1.618 %)Eclipse
318 (1.456 %)JIRA
410 (0.809 %)Subversion
58 (0.647 %)JUnit
67 (0.566 %)Maven
67 (0.566 %)Ant
67 (0.566 %)Git (software)
75 (0.405 %)MSI
75 (0.405 %)PhoneGap
84 (0.324 %)Axure RP
84 (0.324 %)TestDirector
92 (0.162 %)K2 blackpoint
92 (0.162 %)Mercurial
92 (0.162 %)NetBeans
101 (0.081 %)Visual Studio
101 (0.081 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.081 %)Selenium
101 (0.081 %)Hudson
101 (0.081 %)Appcelerator Titanium
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1278 (22.49 %)Finance
2160 (12.94 %)Banking
378 (6.311 %)Telecoms
458 (4.693 %)Investment Banking
549 (3.964 %)Legal
636 (2.913 %)Retail
728 (2.265 %)Law
827 (2.184 %)Back Office
925 (2.023 %)Games
1021 (1.699 %)Front Office
1118 (1.456 %)Billing
1212 (0.971 %)French Language
1212 (0.971 %)Multimedia
139 (0.728 %)Publishing
139 (0.728 %)German Language
148 (0.647 %)Dutch Language
148 (0.647 %)Music
148 (0.647 %)Automotive
156 (0.485 %)Retail Banking
156 (0.485 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1335 (27.10 %)Analyst
2236 (19.09 %)Developer
3207 (16.75 %)Support Analyst
4178 (14.40 %)Desktop Support
5133 (10.76 %)Support Engineer
6127 (10.28 %)2nd Line Support
787 (7.039 %)Desktop Engineer
881 (6.553 %)Service Analyst
979 (6.392 %)Service Desk Analyst
1073 (5.906 %)Desktop Analyst
1170 (5.663 %)Blackberry Developer
1269 (5.583 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1358 (4.693 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1456 (4.531 %)IT Support
1554 (4.369 %)Administrator
1647 (3.803 %)3rd Line Support
1647 (3.803 %)Android Developer
1746 (3.722 %)Mobile Developer
1840 (3.236 %)Applications Developer
1939 (3.155 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1216 (17.48 %)iPhone
282 (6.634 %)iPad
352 (4.207 %)Clustering
442 (3.398 %)Video Conferencing
538 (3.074 %)Handset
629 (2.346 %)Replication
723 (1.861 %)PDA
818 (1.456 %)Computer Science
818 (1.456 %)Client/Server
915 (1.214 %)Smartphone
915 (1.214 %)Mathematics
1013 (1.052 %)N-Tier
1013 (1.052 %)Statistics
1112 (0.971 %)Digital Media
1211 (0.890 %)Management Information System
1211 (0.890 %)WURFL
139 (0.728 %)Thin Client
139 (0.728 %)Fat Client
139 (0.728 %)Hedge funds
147 (0.566 %)CLARiiON
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1779 (63.03 %)Windows
2359 (29.05 %)Windows XP
3322 (26.05 %)Windows 7
4271 (21.93 %)Android
5173 (14.00 %)Windows Server 2003
6166 (13.43 %)Windows Server 2008
7160 (12.94 %)Apple iOS
868 (5.502 %)Windows Phone 7
956 (4.531 %)Windows Mobile
1054 (4.369 %)Windows Vista
1136 (2.913 %)Linux
1234 (2.751 %)UNIX
1323 (1.861 %)BlackBerry OS
1422 (1.780 %)Mac OS X
1520 (1.618 %)Windows 2000
1612 (0.971 %)Windows 2000 Server
176 (0.485 %)Ubuntu
176 (0.485 %)Windows CE
185 (0.405 %)Windows NT
193 (0.243 %)webOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1222 (17.96 %)ITIL
290 (7.282 %)Agile Software Development
385 (6.877 %)Migration
460 (4.854 %)Incident Management
555 (4.450 %)Service Delivery
654 (4.369 %)Document Management
741 (3.317 %)Continuous Improvement
840 (3.236 %)Project Management
935 (2.832 %)Change Management
1032 (2.589 %)Disaster Recovery
1032 (2.589 %)Service Management
1032 (2.589 %)Problem Management
1127 (2.184 %)ITSM
1222 (1.780 %)Asset Management
1319 (1.537 %)TDD
1319 (1.537 %)User Acceptance Testing
1319 (1.537 %)Investment Management
1418 (1.456 %)OO
1418 (1.456 %)E-Commerce
1517 (1.375 %)Test Scripting
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (7.686 %)Java
277 (6.230 %)SQL
348 (3.883 %)Objective-C
348 (3.883 %)JavaScript
436 (2.913 %)PowerShell
524 (1.942 %)C++
622 (1.780 %)VBScript
721 (1.699 %)PHP
820 (1.618 %)C#
820 (1.618 %)VB
916 (1.294 %)Ruby
1011 (0.890 %)VB.NET
1110 (0.809 %)Shell Script
129 (0.728 %)VBA
129 (0.728 %)C
137 (0.566 %)LINC
143 (0.243 %)ActionScript
143 (0.243 %)Perl
152 (0.162 %)Python
152 (0.162 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1134 (10.84 %)Microsoft Certification
280 (6.472 %)Degree
375 (6.068 %)MCSE
469 (5.583 %)MCP
549 (3.964 %)Security Cleared
641 (3.317 %)SC Cleared
739 (3.155 %)MCITP
833 (2.670 %)Cisco Certification
931 (2.508 %)ITIL Certification
931 (2.508 %)CCNA
1022 (1.780 %)MCDST
1120 (1.618 %)MCSA
1213 (1.052 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
138 (0.647 %)MCTS
147 (0.566 %)MOS
147 (0.566 %)CCDP
147 (0.566 %)CCA
147 (0.566 %)Citrix Certification
147 (0.566 %)CCNP
155 (0.405 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
160 (4.854 %)SLA
231 (2.508 %)QA
38 (0.647 %)ISO/IEC 27001
42 (0.162 %)BS7799
51 (0.081 %)ISO 9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1491 (39.72 %)Active Directory
276 (6.149 %)VMware Infrastructure
329 (2.346 %)vSphere
428 (2.265 %)VMware ESX
527 (2.184 %)XenApp
625 (2.023 %)Terminal Services
713 (1.052 %)ISA Server
812 (0.971 %)Sendmail
812 (0.971 %)VMware ESXi
99 (0.728 %)Hyper-V
108 (0.647 %)MailMarshal
108 (0.647 %)Citrix Presentation Server
108 (0.647 %)XenDesktop
116 (0.485 %)XenServer
125 (0.405 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
134 (0.324 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
134 (0.324 %)MetaFrame
134 (0.324 %)Terminal Server
134 (0.324 %)VMware Workstation
142 (0.162 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
171 (5.744 %)SCCM
241 (3.317 %)Backup Exec
337 (2.994 %)WSUS
426 (2.104 %)SCOM
523 (1.861 %)Norton AntiVirus
523 (1.861 %)NetBackup
616 (1.294 %)McAfee ePO
713 (1.052 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
811 (0.890 %)DameWare
910 (0.809 %)EMC NetWorker
109 (0.728 %)CA SiteMinder
117 (0.566 %)HP SIM
125 (0.405 %)MIMEsweeper
125 (0.405 %)ARCserve
134 (0.324 %)vCenter
134 (0.324 %)Windows Storage Server
143 (0.243 %)MAILsweeper
152 (0.162 %)Business Desktop Deployment
152 (0.162 %)Sysprep
152 (0.162 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1396 (32.04 %)Microsoft
2218 (17.64 %)Citrix
3132 (10.68 %)Cisco
4130 (10.52 %)VMware
5117 (9.466 %)Lotus
696 (7.767 %)HP
783 (6.715 %)Symantec
876 (6.149 %)Bloomberg
971 (5.744 %)Reuters
1054 (4.369 %)Dell
1150 (4.045 %)Remedy
1244 (3.560 %)McAfee
1341 (3.317 %)Symbian
1438 (3.074 %)Apple
1537 (2.994 %)IBM
1630 (2.427 %)NetApp
1630 (2.427 %)Altiris
1726 (2.104 %)EMC
1825 (2.023 %)Avaya
1923 (1.861 %)Google