The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 81 90 65
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -25
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 11 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.857% 0.312% 0.639%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.247% 2.252% 3.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
Average daily rate £275 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.91% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
259 222 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 20.17% 13.84% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 112 95
Average daily rate £300 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £213 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 18
Average hourly rate £13.75 £18.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.65% +65.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.97 £11.00 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.35 £27.25 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Blackberry
Yorkshire

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Blackberry Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -2 7 £275 -
Wakefield -2 2 - -
Huddersfield -1 1 - -
Blackberry
Yorkshire

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 23 (76.67%) Windows
2 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
3 15 (50.00%) Windows 2000
4 11 (36.67%) Windows 7
5 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (26.67%) GPRS
8 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
8 7 (23.33%) Windows XP
8 7 (23.33%) Internet
9 6 (20.00%) MCP
9 6 (20.00%) Windows Vista
10 5 (16.67%) Network Architecture
11 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
11 3 (10.00%) iPhone
11 3 (10.00%) MS Office
11 3 (10.00%) ITIL
11 3 (10.00%) Citrix
12 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
12 2 (6.667%) Finance
12 2 (6.667%) VMware
12 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
12 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
12 2 (6.667%) VPN
12 2 (6.667%) DNS
12 2 (6.667%) Lotus
12 2 (6.667%) Android
12 2 (6.667%) iPad
13 1 (3.333%) EqualLogic

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (3.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.333%) Lync
2 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.333%) WorkSite
2 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.333%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) GPRS
2 7 (23.33%) Internet
3 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.667%) VPN
3 2 (6.667%) DNS
4 1 (3.333%) NAS
4 1 (3.333%) SAN
4 1 (3.333%) SSL
4 1 (3.333%) Firewall
4 1 (3.333%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
1 2 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Law
2 1 (3.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (26.67%) Desktop Support
3 8 (26.67%) Technical Support
3 8 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IT Support
4 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Blackberry Support
5 5 (16.67%) Technical Advisor
6 2 (6.667%) Support Technician
6 2 (6.667%) Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.667%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Server Technician
7 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 1 (3.333%) IT Trainer
7 1 (3.333%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) iPhone
2 2 (6.667%) iPad
3 1 (3.333%) EqualLogic
3 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.333%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.333%) Celerra
3 1 (3.333%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.333%) NHS
3 1 (3.333%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.333%) CLARiiON
3 1 (3.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (76.67%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 11 (36.67%) Windows 7
4 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (23.33%) Windows XP
6 6 (20.00%) Windows Vista
7 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
8 2 (6.667%) Android
9 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
9 1 (3.333%) Windows Phone
9 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (3.333%) Mac OS X
9 1 (3.333%) Linux
9 1 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 3 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (3.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.333%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Problem Management
3 1 (3.333%) Security Architecture
3 1 (3.333%) CRM
3 1 (3.333%) Information Security
3 1 (3.333%) Migration
3 1 (3.333%) Service Management
3 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.333%) Change Management
3 1 (3.333%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.333%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.333%) Assembly Language
1 1 (3.333%) C
1 1 (3.333%) C++
1 1 (3.333%) SQL
1 1 (3.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (3.333%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Xen
2 1 (3.333%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) DameWare
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (6.667%) VMware
3 2 (6.667%) Lotus
4 1 (3.333%) Apple
4 1 (3.333%) Avaya
4 1 (3.333%) Cisco
4 1 (3.333%) HP
4 1 (3.333%) Dell
4 1 (3.333%) EMC
4 1 (3.333%) Wyse