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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

 RIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank102126144
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Up+18
Matching permanent IT job ads34938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester1.261 %0.332 %0.667 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category7.658 %1.907 %4.353 %
Salaries quoted22924
Average salary£28,500£29,000£29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.720 %-2.520 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£19,802£22,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,500£35,000£39,100
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
+4.830 %+5.080 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
444472873
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester16.47 %17.41 %15.33 %
Salaries quoted378383775
Average salary£32,500£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£23,500£22,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£70,000£45,250
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %
Blackberry North WestBlackberry
North West

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
SalfordNew entry-4£33,500-
AltrinchamNew entry-3£20,000-
BuryDown-11£30,000+30.43 %
Blackberry North WestBlackberry
North West

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

139 (59.09 %)iPhone
230 (45.45 %)Android
318 (27.27 %)Java
318 (27.27 %)Windows
413 (19.70 %)SQL
413 (19.70 %)Finance
59 (13.64 %)J2ME
68 (12.12 %)RESTful
68 (12.12 %)Windows Server 2008
68 (12.12 %)Microsoft
68 (12.12 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
77 (10.61 %)Windows XP
77 (10.61 %)Symbian
77 (10.61 %)Computer Science
86 (9.091 %)Handset
86 (9.091 %)Web Services
86 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (9.091 %)Active Directory
95 (7.576 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (7.576 %)Dell
95 (7.576 %)LAN
95 (7.576 %)Mac OS X
95 (7.576 %)WAN
95 (7.576 %)TCP/IP
95 (7.576 %)MS Excel
95 (7.576 %)VMware
95 (7.576 %)Windows Mobile
95 (7.576 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
104 (6.061 %)EqualLogic
104 (6.061 %)CRM

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (13.64 %)J2ME
28 (12.12 %)RESTful
36 (9.091 %)Web Services
43 (4.545 %)XML
43 (4.545 %)Ruby on Rails
52 (3.030 %)XHTML
52 (3.030 %)SOAP
52 (3.030 %).NET
61 (1.515 %)J2EE
61 (1.515 %)CSS
61 (1.515 %)JSP
61 (1.515 %)Struts
61 (1.515 %).NET Framework
61 (1.515 %)Hibernate
61 (1.515 %)HTML
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (12.12 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
24 (6.061 %)MS Exchange
32 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (3.030 %)IIS
41 (1.515 %)SharePoint
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (7.576 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (7.576 %)LAN
15 (7.576 %)WAN
15 (7.576 %)TCP/IP
24 (6.061 %)SAN
32 (3.030 %)Wireless
32 (3.030 %)VPN
41 (1.515 %)Firewall
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.545 %)MySQL
22 (3.030 %)SQL Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (4.545 %)Git (software)
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (19.70 %)Finance
23 (4.545 %)Publishing
23 (4.545 %)Marketing
32 (3.030 %)Manufacturing
41 (1.515 %)Pensions
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
137 (56.06 %)Developer
227 (40.91 %)Mobile Developer
39 (13.64 %)Blackberry Developer
47 (10.61 %)iPhone Developer
56 (9.091 %)Technical Support
65 (7.576 %)Administrator
65 (7.576 %)Field Engineer
65 (7.576 %)Service Manager
74 (6.061 %)Java Developer
74 (6.061 %)Technical Support Officer
74 (6.061 %)Network Administrator
74 (6.061 %)Android Developer
83 (4.545 %)Team Leader
83 (4.545 %)Service Desk Manager
83 (4.545 %)Development Team Leader
83 (4.545 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
92 (3.030 %)IT Services Manager
92 (3.030 %)Technical Support Engineer
92 (3.030 %)Mobile Applications Developer
92 (3.030 %)Technical Engineer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
139 (59.09 %)iPhone
27 (10.61 %)Computer Science
36 (9.091 %)Handset
44 (6.061 %)EqualLogic
52 (3.030 %)N-Tier
61 (1.515 %)Pocket PC
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (45.45 %)Android
218 (27.27 %)Windows
38 (12.12 %)Windows Server 2008
47 (10.61 %)Windows XP
56 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (7.576 %)Windows Mobile
65 (7.576 %)Mac OS X
73 (4.545 %)UNIX
82 (3.030 %)Solaris
91 (1.515 %)Linux
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (7.576 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (6.061 %)CRM
33 (4.545 %)Content Management
42 (3.030 %)Systems Analysis
42 (3.030 %)Supplier Management
42 (3.030 %)Technical Architecture
42 (3.030 %)OO
51 (1.515 %)ITIL
51 (1.515 %)Web Development
51 (1.515 %)User Acceptance Testing
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (27.27 %)Java
213 (19.70 %)SQL
34 (6.061 %)C++
43 (4.545 %)C
43 (4.545 %)Objective-C
43 (4.545 %)Ruby
43 (4.545 %)PHP
52 (3.030 %)PHP5
61 (1.515 %)JavaScript
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (6.061 %)MCSE
14 (6.061 %)CCNA
14 (6.061 %)Cisco Certification
14 (6.061 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (3.030 %)Degree
31 (1.515 %)SC Cleared
31 (1.515 %)Security Cleared
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.030 %)SLA
Manchester IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (9.091 %)Active Directory
25 (7.576 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
33 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.515 %)Hyper-V
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.515 %)MOM
11 (1.515 %)SCOM
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (12.12 %)Microsoft
27 (10.61 %)Symbian
35 (7.576 %)Dell
35 (7.576 %)VMware
43 (4.545 %)Google
43 (4.545 %)Nokia
52 (3.030 %)Sun
52 (3.030 %)Cisco
52 (3.030 %)Oracle
61 (1.515 %)JBoss
61 (1.515 %)Citrix