Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 for the Berkshire region.

 RIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank137113198
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+85
Matching permanent IT job ads245282
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.609 %1.118 %0.694 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category2.700 %5.383 %3.534 %
Salaries quoted213570
Average salary£32,500£37,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+15.38 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£67,000£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
+4.830 %+5.080 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
8899662320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire22.57 %20.77 %19.64 %
Salaries quoted7718131966
Average salary£40,000£42,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.760 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,550£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %
Blackberry South EastBlackberry
South East

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire Blackberry Salary Histogram

Blackberry
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+205£28,500+14.00 %
SloughDown-135£32,500-35.00 %
WindsorNew entry-5£32,500-
NewburyNew entry-2£35,500-
Blackberry South EastBlackberry
South East

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry.

120 (42.55 %)Windows
216 (34.04 %)J2ME
315 (31.91 %)XML
414 (29.79 %)JD Edwards
414 (29.79 %)JSON
414 (29.79 %)iPhone
513 (27.66 %).NET
612 (25.53 %)Active Directory
711 (23.40 %)Microsoft
711 (23.40 %)Windows Server 2003
810 (21.28 %)Web Services
810 (21.28 %)SQL Server
99 (19.15 %)Linux
99 (19.15 %)Windows XP
99 (19.15 %)Cisco
108 (17.02 %)DNS
108 (17.02 %)WAN
108 (17.02 %)DHCP
108 (17.02 %)Lotus
108 (17.02 %)Android
117 (14.89 %)Windows Vista
117 (14.89 %)Windows Mobile
117 (14.89 %)Lotus Notes
117 (14.89 %)Java
126 (12.77 %)MS Exchange
135 (10.64 %)TCP/IP
135 (10.64 %)LAN
135 (10.64 %)MS Excel
135 (10.64 %)MS Office
135 (10.64 %)PDA

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (34.04 %)J2ME
215 (31.91 %)XML
314 (29.79 %)JSON
413 (27.66 %).NET
510 (21.28 %)Web Services
63 (6.383 %)HTML
63 (6.383 %)AJAX
63 (6.383 %)ASP.NET
63 (6.383 %)CSS
63 (6.383 %)SOAP
71 (2.128 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (14.89 %)Lotus Notes
26 (12.77 %)MS Exchange
33 (6.383 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (6.383 %)SugarCRM
33 (6.383 %)Apache
33 (6.383 %)Tomcat
42 (4.255 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (4.255 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (2.128 %)SharePoint
51 (2.128 %)Lotus Domino
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (10.64 %)MS Office
15 (10.64 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (6.383 %)Dynamics CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (17.02 %)WAN
18 (17.02 %)DHCP
18 (17.02 %)DNS
25 (10.64 %)TCP/IP
25 (10.64 %)LAN
33 (6.383 %)HTTP
42 (4.255 %)Wireless
51 (2.128 %)Frame Relay
51 (2.128 %)HSDPA
51 (2.128 %)3G
51 (2.128 %)Ethernet
51 (2.128 %)PBX
51 (2.128 %)SMS
51 (2.128 %)Broadband
51 (2.128 %)GPRS
51 (2.128 %)GSM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (21.28 %)SQL Server
23 (6.383 %)MySQL
31 (2.128 %)MSDE
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (4.255 %)Telecoms
12 (4.255 %)Publishing
12 (4.255 %)Marketing
21 (2.128 %)Retail
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (40.43 %)Developer
211 (23.40 %)Blackberry Developer
36 (12.77 %)Consultant
45 (10.64 %)Analyst
45 (10.64 %)Systems Engineer
45 (10.64 %)Mobile Developer
54 (8.511 %)3rd Line Network Engineer
54 (8.511 %)Applications Developer
54 (8.511 %)Network Engineer
54 (8.511 %)3rd Line Support
54 (8.511 %)Support Analyst
54 (8.511 %)1st Line Support
63 (6.383 %)Support Engineer
63 (6.383 %)Technical Consultant
63 (6.383 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
63 (6.383 %)Mobile Applications Developer
63 (6.383 %)Infrastructure Specialist
72 (4.255 %)2nd Line Support
72 (4.255 %)iPhone Developer
72 (4.255 %)IT Support Analyst
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (29.79 %)iPhone
25 (10.64 %)PDA
33 (6.383 %)Client/Server
33 (6.383 %)SaaS
42 (4.255 %)Handset
51 (2.128 %)Computer Science
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
120 (42.55 %)Windows
211 (23.40 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (19.15 %)Linux
39 (19.15 %)Windows XP
48 (17.02 %)Android
57 (14.89 %)Windows Mobile
57 (14.89 %)Windows Vista
65 (10.64 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (4.255 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (2.128 %)UNIX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (6.383 %)CRM
13 (6.383 %)Network Architecture
21 (2.128 %)ITIL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (14.89 %)Java
24 (8.511 %)C
24 (8.511 %)SQL
33 (6.383 %)Objective-C
33 (6.383 %)C#
33 (6.383 %)C++
33 (6.383 %)JavaScript
33 (6.383 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (2.128 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (25.53 %)Active Directory
25 (10.64 %)Hyper-V
33 (6.383 %)Novell eDirectory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (29.79 %)JD Edwards
211 (23.40 %)Microsoft
39 (19.15 %)Cisco
48 (17.02 %)Lotus
54 (8.511 %)Symbian
54 (8.511 %)HP
63 (6.383 %)Novell
63 (6.383 %)NetSuite
72 (4.255 %)Nokia
72 (4.255 %)Apple
72 (4.255 %)McAfee