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The table below looks at the demand for RIM Blackberry skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank128-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads160
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.174 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted160
Average minimum salary£44,500-
Average salary£45,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,500-
UK excluding London average salary£31,385£35,430
% change on same period last year-11.41 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads736755
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.407 %0.317 %
Salaries quoted630605
Average minimum salary£33,162£35,742
Average salary£37,238£39,205
% change on same period last year-5.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,315£42,667
UK excluding London average salary£37,737£39,061
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Blackberry CambridgeshireBlackberry
Cambridgeshire

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Cambridge Blackberry Salary Histogram

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

119 (100.00 %)Windows
216 (84.21 %)Windows Mobile
315 (78.95 %)iPhone
315 (78.95 %)Symbian
412 (63.16 %)J2ME
58 (42.11 %)Series 60
67 (36.84 %)Automated Testing
76 (31.58 %)Degree
76 (31.58 %)Handset
85 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
85 (26.32 %)Sony
85 (26.32 %)Regression Testing
85 (26.32 %)Scrum
85 (26.32 %)Ericsson
85 (26.32 %)Motorola
85 (26.32 %)Nokia
94 (21.05 %)OO
94 (21.05 %)Eclipse
94 (21.05 %)Active Directory
94 (21.05 %)Linux
94 (21.05 %)Java
94 (21.05 %)VMware
94 (21.05 %)VMware ESX
94 (21.05 %)Firewall
94 (21.05 %)TDD
103 (15.79 %)IP Telephony
103 (15.79 %)CruiseControl
103 (15.79 %)Subversion
103 (15.79 %)3G
103 (15.79 %)Backup Exec

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (63.16 %)J2ME
28 (42.11 %)Series 60
33 (15.79 %)UIQ
41 (5.263 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.263 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (21.05 %)Firewall
23 (15.79 %)IP Telephony
23 (15.79 %)SAN
23 (15.79 %)VoIP
23 (15.79 %)3G
31 (5.263 %)DHCP
31 (5.263 %)VPN
31 (5.263 %)DNS
31 (5.263 %)Intranet
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)MySQL
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (21.05 %)Eclipse
23 (15.79 %)CruiseControl
23 (15.79 %)Subversion
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Pensions
21 (5.263 %)Marketing
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Software Engineer
17 (36.84 %)Developer
17 (36.84 %)Test Engineer
17 (36.84 %)Software Test Engineer
24 (21.05 %)Systems Administrator
24 (21.05 %)Administrator
33 (15.79 %)Symbian Developer
42 (10.53 %)C++ Developer
51 (5.263 %)Java Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (78.95 %)iPhone
26 (31.58 %)Handset
33 (15.79 %)CCTV
33 (15.79 %)Client/Server
41 (5.263 %)Social Network
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (100.00 %)Windows
216 (84.21 %)Windows Mobile
34 (21.05 %)Linux
41 (5.263 %)Windows XP
41 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (5.263 %)Debian
41 (5.263 %)Ubuntu
41 (5.263 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (36.84 %)Automated Testing
25 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
25 (26.32 %)Regression Testing
25 (26.32 %)Scrum
34 (21.05 %)OO
34 (21.05 %)TDD
43 (15.79 %)CRM
43 (15.79 %)Unit Testing
52 (10.53 %)Information Security
61 (5.263 %)Software Testing
61 (5.263 %)Technical Architecture
61 (5.263 %)UML
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (21.05 %)Java
22 (10.53 %)C++
31 (5.263 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (31.58 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (21.05 %)Active Directory
14 (21.05 %)VMware ESX
23 (15.79 %)Backup Exec
31 (5.263 %)VMware Server
31 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (78.95 %)Symbian
25 (26.32 %)Ericsson
25 (26.32 %)Motorola
25 (26.32 %)Nokia
25 (26.32 %)Sony
34 (21.05 %)VMware
43 (15.79 %)Sage
43 (15.79 %)Cisco
43 (15.79 %)EMC
43 (15.79 %)Juniper
51 (5.263 %)Microsoft