The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 57 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing Blackberry 3 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.647% 0.391% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.488% 1.923% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £31,750 £26,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.81% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -2.94%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
86 104 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.53% 20.35% 23.10%
Number of salaries quoted 73 98 75
Average salary £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £47,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Blackberry Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blackberry across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston - 2 £45,000 -
Darwen 0 1 £18,500 -30.18%
Blackberry
North West

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 22 (95.65%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Mobile App
3 13 (56.52%) Android
3 13 (56.52%) Java
4 12 (52.17%) C#
4 12 (52.17%) C++
5 11 (47.83%) Symbian
5 11 (47.83%) Windows Phone
6 10 (43.48%) HTML5
6 10 (43.48%) Apple iOS
6 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
7 9 (39.13%) Objective-C
7 9 (39.13%) Flash
7 9 (39.13%) ActionScript
7 9 (39.13%) Qt
7 9 (39.13%) ActionScript 3.0
8 8 (34.78%) JSON
8 8 (34.78%) XML
8 8 (34.78%) MS Office
8 8 (34.78%) Windows XP
8 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
9 7 (30.43%) OOD
9 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
9 7 (30.43%) SQL
9 7 (30.43%) Windows 7
10 6 (26.09%) Office 365
10 6 (26.09%) Oracle
10 6 (26.09%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
10 6 (26.09%) Oracle Reports

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 10 (43.48%) HTML5
2 9 (39.13%) Qt
2 9 (39.13%) Flash
3 8 (34.78%) XML
3 8 (34.78%) JSON
4 4 (17.39%) OpenGL
5 1 (4.348%) HTML
5 1 (4.348%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) MS Office
2 6 (26.09%) Office 365
3 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.348%) VoIP
3 1 (4.348%) DHCP
3 1 (4.348%) HTTP
3 1 (4.348%) DNS
3 1 (4.348%) HTTPS
3 1 (4.348%) SAN
3 1 (4.348%) Internet
3 1 (4.348%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (26.09%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (26.09%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Xcode
2 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (26.09%) Games
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Law
2 1 (4.348%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Developer
2 9 (39.13%) Mobile Developer
3 8 (34.78%) Applications Developer
4 7 (30.43%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 6 (26.09%) Support Technician
5 6 (26.09%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (26.09%) IT Support
6 3 (13.04%) Android Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Java Mobile Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Developer
7 2 (8.696%) C++/Java Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Symbian Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Software Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support
7 2 (8.696%) Java Developer
7 2 (8.696%) C++ Developer
8 1 (4.348%) C# Developer
8 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (4.348%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.696%) New Media
3 1 (4.348%) Social Network
3 1 (4.348%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (95.65%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Android
3 11 (47.83%) Windows Phone
4 10 (43.48%) Apple iOS
5 8 (34.78%) Windows XP
6 7 (30.43%) Windows 7
7 1 (4.348%) Windows Phone 7
7 1 (4.348%) Linux
7 1 (4.348%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) OOD
2 5 (21.74%) OO
2 5 (21.74%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (8.696%) Scrum
4 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.348%) TDD
5 1 (4.348%) Project Management
5 1 (4.348%) ITIL
5 1 (4.348%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) Java
2 12 (52.17%) C#
2 12 (52.17%) C++
3 9 (39.13%) ActionScript
3 9 (39.13%) Objective-C
3 9 (39.13%) ActionScript 3.0
4 7 (30.43%) SQL
5 1 (4.348%) C
5 1 (4.348%) XAML
5 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.348%) Terminal Server
3 1 (4.348%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) ARCserve
1 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Symbian
2 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) Oracle
4 4 (17.39%) Nokia
5 2 (8.696%) VMware
6 1 (4.348%) McAfee
6 1 (4.348%) Cisco