The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 17 May 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 78 78 59
Rank change year-on-year
0 -19
Permanent jobs citing Blackberry 10 12 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.953% 1.259% 2.899%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.663% 4.819% 8.176%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 25
Average salary £33,000 £27,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -29.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £18,725 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,250 £40,600
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
273 249 318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.02% 26.13% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 256 196 306
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £49,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Blackberry
Wales

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blackberry across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Cardiff -22 6 £38,000 +55.10%
Bridgend - 2 £28,750 -
Blackberry
Wales

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Android
3 10 (47.62%) VMware
3 10 (47.62%) SOAP
3 10 (47.62%) Web Services
3 10 (47.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (47.62%) Apple iOS
3 10 (47.62%) REST
4 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
4 8 (38.10%) MS Exchange
4 8 (38.10%) Cisco
5 7 (33.33%) SAN
5 7 (33.33%) Scrum
5 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (33.33%) Selenium
5 7 (33.33%) soapUI
6 6 (28.57%) Maven
6 6 (28.57%) VMware ESX
6 6 (28.57%) SQL
7 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
7 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (23.81%) HP
7 5 (23.81%) Dell
7 5 (23.81%) Banking
7 5 (23.81%) iPhone
7 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
7 5 (23.81%) Mobile Banking

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (47.62%) SOAP
1 10 (47.62%) Web Services
1 10 (47.62%) REST
2 7 (33.33%) soapUI
3 3 (14.29%) J2EE
4 1 (4.762%) COM
4 1 (4.762%) WML
4 1 (4.762%) UIKit
4 1 (4.762%) XML
4 1 (4.762%) Flash
4 1 (4.762%) XHTML
4 1 (4.762%) CGI
4 1 (4.762%) BREW
4 1 (4.762%) Java ME
4 1 (4.762%) JSON
4 1 (4.762%) Google Maps API
4 1 (4.762%) Core Animation
Application Platforms
1 10 (47.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 8 (38.10%) MS Exchange
3 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) SAN
2 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
2 4 (19.05%) LAN
2 4 (19.05%) WAN
2 4 (19.05%) DHCP
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (19.05%) DNS
2 4 (19.05%) Wireless
3 3 (14.29%) 2G
3 3 (14.29%) 4G
3 3 (14.29%) 3G
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (9.524%) Nortel Alteon
5 1 (4.762%) VLAN
5 1 (4.762%) NFC
5 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Selenium
2 6 (28.57%) Maven
3 4 (19.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (14.29%) WebDriver
4 3 (14.29%) JIRA
5 1 (4.762%) Git (software)
5 1 (4.762%) Mercurial
5 1 (4.762%) Ant
5 1 (4.762%) JUnit
5 1 (4.762%) Eclipse
5 1 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (4.762%) LoadRunner
5 1 (4.762%) Xcode
5 1 (4.762%) Subversion
5 1 (4.762%) Hudson
General
1 5 (23.81%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 2 (9.524%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.762%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Test Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Test Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Server Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Mobile Tester
3 3 (14.29%) Applications Tester
3 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Tester
4 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Graduate
4 2 (9.524%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Android Developer
5 1 (4.762%) iOS Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) iPhone
1 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
1 5 (23.81%) Mobile Banking
2 4 (19.05%) EqualLogic
2 4 (19.05%) Handset
3 3 (14.29%) Clustering
3 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 3 (14.29%) iPad
3 3 (14.29%) iSeries
4 1 (4.762%) Flash Lite
4 1 (4.762%) Java Card
4 1 (4.762%) Animation
4 1 (4.762%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Android
3 10 (47.62%) Apple iOS
4 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (19.05%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Scrum
1 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (19.05%) Regression Testing
2 4 (19.05%) Communications Security
2 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
2 4 (19.05%) BDD
2 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (14.29%) OO
4 2 (9.524%) Mobile Commerce
4 2 (9.524%) TDD
4 2 (9.524%) Automation Testing
5 1 (4.762%) MVC
5 1 (4.762%) Memory Management
5 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
5 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.762%) System Testing
5 1 (4.762%) OOP
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Java
2 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 3 (14.29%) VBScript
4 1 (4.762%) Objective-C
4 1 (4.762%) C
4 1 (4.762%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (19.05%) MCSE
2 3 (14.29%) MCP
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (28.57%) VMware ESX
3 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
5 3 (14.29%) Terminal Services
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 3 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (14.29%) ARCserve
2 3 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 3 (14.29%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.762%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) VMware
2 8 (38.10%) Cisco
2 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) HP
3 5 (23.81%) Dell
4 4 (19.05%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (14.29%) IBM
5 3 (14.29%) Nortel
5 3 (14.29%) Citrix
5 3 (14.29%) Avaya
5 3 (14.29%) Symantec
5 3 (14.29%) Remedy
5 3 (14.29%) McAfee
5 3 (14.29%) Sophos
6 2 (9.524%) Radware
6 2 (9.524%) Brocade
7 1 (4.762%) Oracle
7 1 (4.762%) Google
7 1 (4.762%) Apple