The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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 36 49 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 4 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.081% 1.520% 2.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.349% 10.31% 9.474%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £320 £333 £386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% -13.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £18.50 - £11.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 - £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.30 - £18.60
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
63 97 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 17.03% 14.74% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 47 47
Average daily rate £390 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £475 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 7
Average hourly rate £21.75 £26.00 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.34% +19.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +9 1 - -
Worthing 0 1 £320 -1.91%
Blackberry
South East

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) HP
2 11 (57.89%) VMware
3 10 (52.63%) Clustering
3 10 (52.63%) Backup Exec
3 10 (52.63%) Firewall
3 10 (52.63%) ProCurve
3 10 (52.63%) Juniper
3 10 (52.63%) SAN
3 10 (52.63%) NetApp
3 10 (52.63%) CheckPoint
3 10 (52.63%) DHCP
3 10 (52.63%) TCP/IP
3 10 (52.63%) DNS
4 9 (47.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 9 (47.37%) WSUS
5 8 (42.11%) ITIL
6 7 (36.84%) HP SIM
7 6 (31.58%) LAN
7 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
8 5 (26.32%) CCNP
8 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
8 5 (26.32%) Configuration Management
8 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (26.32%) MCSE
8 5 (26.32%) MS Office
8 5 (26.32%) WebSphere
8 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (26.32%) Finance

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 5 (26.32%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (21.05%) MS Exchange
3 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.263%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) Firewall
1 10 (52.63%) SAN
1 10 (52.63%) DHCP
1 10 (52.63%) TCP/IP
1 10 (52.63%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) LAN
3 4 (21.05%) Wireless
3 4 (21.05%) WAN
4 3 (15.79%) VPN
5 2 (10.53%) VLAN
5 2 (10.53%) MPLS
5 2 (10.53%) HTTP
6 1 (5.263%) IP Telephony
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Advertising
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Deskside Support
5 1 (5.263%) Data Centre Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Clustering
2 3 (15.79%) iPad
3 1 (5.263%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) Configuration Management
3 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) CCNP
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (26.32%) MCSE
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
1 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) Backup Exec
2 9 (47.37%) WSUS
3 7 (36.84%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) HP
1 11 (57.89%) VMware
2 10 (52.63%) ProCurve
2 10 (52.63%) Juniper
2 10 (52.63%) NetApp
2 10 (52.63%) CheckPoint
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 5 (26.32%) F5
5 3 (15.79%) Citrix
5 3 (15.79%) Altiris
6 2 (10.53%) SAP
7 1 (5.263%) Lotus
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential skills are skills and experience in similar roles providing 2nd line support to end users :- Windows XP (client moving to Windows 7/8 shortly so skills in...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £15 - £20 per hour + negotiable
Posted: 22 May 2013