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The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank100126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.839 %2.866 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£170
Average daily rate-£170
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£170
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£255
% change on same period last year+21.89 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£18.33£12.62
Average hourly rate£18.83£13.22
% change on same period last year+42.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.33£13.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.70£16.73
% change on same period last year+11.76 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads834628
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.322 %0.668 %
Daily rates quoted209112
Average minimum daily rate£362£303
Average daily rate£389£328
% change on same period last year+18.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted5876
Average minimum hourly rate£20.72£21.56
Average hourly rate£22.60£23.93
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.49£26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Blackberry EnglandBlackberry
England

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Yorkshire Blackberry Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
West YorkshireDown-55--
North YorkshireUp+171--
Blackberry EnglandBlackberry
England

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

17 (43.75 %)Microsoft
26 (37.50 %)Windows
35 (31.25 %)Active Directory
44 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
44 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (25.00 %)PDA
53 (18.75 %)Management Information System
53 (18.75 %)SSL
53 (18.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
53 (18.75 %)MS Office
53 (18.75 %)Windows Mobile
62 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
62 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
62 (12.50 %)J2ME
62 (12.50 %)ITIL
62 (12.50 %)Windows XP
62 (12.50 %)Symantec
62 (12.50 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (12.50 %)Avaya
62 (12.50 %)DEFINITY
62 (12.50 %)Juniper
62 (12.50 %)Novell
62 (12.50 %)Lotus
62 (12.50 %)ISO17799
62 (12.50 %)NetWare
62 (12.50 %)VPN
62 (12.50 %)CMS
62 (12.50 %)Telecoms
62 (12.50 %)Firewall
62 (12.50 %)Penetration Testing

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (12.50 %)J2ME
21 (6.250 %)Ruby on Rails
21 (6.250 %)J2EE
21 (6.250 %)JSP
21 (6.250 %)WebServices
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (18.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
32 (12.50 %)CMS
32 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
41 (6.250 %)Lotus Domino
41 (6.250 %)Apache
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (18.75 %)MS Office
21 (6.250 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (18.75 %)SSL
22 (12.50 %)DEFINITY
22 (12.50 %)Firewall
22 (12.50 %)VPN
31 (6.250 %)LAN
31 (6.250 %)DHCP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)MySQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)JBuilder
11 (6.250 %)Eclipse
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (12.50 %)Telecoms
21 (6.250 %)Finance
21 (6.250 %)Marketing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (25.00 %)Analyst
14 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
23 (18.75 %)Support Engineer
32 (12.50 %)Senior Systems Engineer
32 (12.50 %)Developer
32 (12.50 %)Systems Engineer
32 (12.50 %)2nd Line Support
32 (12.50 %)Administrator
41 (6.250 %)Java Developer
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
41 (6.250 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (6.250 %)IT Support Engineer
41 (6.250 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
41 (6.250 %)Security Engineer
41 (6.250 %)Senior Security Engineer
41 (6.250 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (6.250 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
41 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Analyst
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (25.00 %)PDA
23 (18.75 %)Management Information System
31 (6.250 %)Handset
31 (6.250 %)Replication
31 (6.250 %)Video Conferencing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)Windows
24 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (18.75 %)Windows Mobile
42 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
42 (12.50 %)Windows XP
42 (12.50 %)NetWare
51 (6.250 %)Linux
51 (6.250 %)Windows Vista
51 (6.250 %)Windows 2000 Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (12.50 %)ITIL
12 (12.50 %)Penetration Testing
21 (6.250 %)Digital Marketing
21 (6.250 %)Migration
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (6.250 %)Java
11 (6.250 %)JavaScript
11 (6.250 %)PHP
11 (6.250 %)SQL
11 (6.250 %)Ruby
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (12.50 %)ISO17799
12 (12.50 %)ISO27001
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (31.25 %)Active Directory
22 (12.50 %)Novell eDirectory
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (12.50 %)Norton AntiVirus
12 (12.50 %)WSUS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (43.75 %)Microsoft
22 (12.50 %)Avaya
22 (12.50 %)Juniper
22 (12.50 %)Novell
22 (12.50 %)Lotus
22 (12.50 %)Symantec
31 (6.250 %)Intel
31 (6.250 %)Sybase