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

LinkRIM Blackberry
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank226239305
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+66
Matching permanent IT job ads7396611197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.864 %0.778 %0.587 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category3.172 %3.287 %2.628 %
Salaries quoted588550965
Average salary£35,000£32,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.370 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£22,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£46,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
+4.830 %+5.080 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
232972011045555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.23 %23.68 %22.34 %
Salaries quoted189381644235983
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

Blackberry
Demand Trend

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

Blackberry Demand Trend

Blackberry
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blackberry within the UK.

Blackberry Salary Trend

Blackberry
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blackberry over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 within the UK.

Blackberry Salary Histogram

Blackberry
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 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
EnglandUp+17730£35,000+7.69 %
LondonNo change0468£37,500+15.38 %
City of LondonUp+6150£42,500+30.76 %
South EastDown-2195£34,000-13.37 %
North WestUp+4668£37,500+25.00 %
ManchesterUp+2035£28,500+3.63 %
East of EnglandDown-333£35,000+27.27 %
SurreyDown-1124£30,500-26.50 %
BerkshireDown-2824£32,500-13.33 %
YorkshireUp+1922£22,500-22.41 %
West YorkshireUp+3019£24,500-18.33 %
CheshireUp+1219£45,000+28.57 %
West MidlandsUp+2518£32,500+18.18 %
East MidlandsDown-516£25,000-
LeedsUp+2214£22,500-48.86 %
EssexUp+3413£37,500+42.85 %
CambridgeshireDown-112£32,500-21.21 %
HampshireUp+1710£26,250-19.23 %
West SussexUp+910£44,000+12.82 %
Docklands, LondonUp+89£46,500-31.11 %
ScotlandUp+89£41,500+62.74 %
South WestDown-59£22,500-9.09 %
ClaphamNew entry-9--
CambridgeDown-98£32,500-27.77 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-7£40,000-
DerbyshireUp+136£21,500-4.44 %
MiddlesexUp+136£47,500+9.82 %
HertfordshireDown-66£58,500+125.00 %
ReadingUp+245£28,500+14.00 %
NottinghamUp+85£25,000+5.26 %

Blackberry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1850 (60.50 %)Windows
2491 (34.95 %)Active Directory
3398 (28.33 %)MS Exchange
3398 (28.33 %)Microsoft
4363 (25.84 %)Windows XP
5315 (22.42 %)Windows Server 2003
6314 (22.35 %)Finance
7304 (21.64 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
8299 (21.28 %)MS Office
9281 (20.00 %)MS Excel
10253 (18.01 %)Exchange Server 2003
11251 (17.86 %)iPhone
12236 (16.80 %)Android
13216 (15.37 %)Microsoft Certification
14202 (14.38 %)VPN
15201 (14.31 %)Citrix
16198 (14.09 %)VMware
17194 (13.81 %)Java
18180 (12.81 %)TCP/IP
19179 (12.74 %)Exchange Server 2007
20173 (12.31 %)DNS
21167 (11.89 %)Cisco
22164 (11.67 %)Banking
23158 (11.25 %)Linux
24151 (10.75 %)J2ME
25150 (10.68 %)SQL Server
26148 (10.53 %)MCSE
27145 (10.32 %)ITIL
28139 (9.893 %)SQL
29132 (9.395 %)Firewall

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1151 (10.75 %)J2ME
276 (5.409 %).NET
364 (4.555 %)XML
444 (3.132 %)CSS
540 (2.847 %)Web Services
633 (2.349 %)AJAX
633 (2.349 %)JSON
732 (2.278 %)Java ME
829 (2.064 %)jQuery
924 (1.708 %)Spring
1023 (1.637 %)Java SE
1121 (1.495 %)HTML
1220 (1.423 %)Java EE
1220 (1.423 %)Silverlight
1220 (1.423 %)J2EE
1220 (1.423 %)Flash
1220 (1.423 %)XHTML
1220 (1.423 %)Middleware
1319 (1.352 %)ASP.NET
1418 (1.281 %)Adobe Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1398 (28.33 %)MS Exchange
2304 (21.64 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
3253 (18.01 %)Exchange Server 2003
4179 (12.74 %)Exchange Server 2007
5104 (7.402 %)Lotus Notes
687 (6.192 %)SharePoint
759 (4.199 %)IIS
850 (3.559 %)Lotus Domino
925 (1.779 %)Exchange Server 2000
1015 (1.068 %)GroupWise
1113 (0.925 %)Apache
128 (0.569 %)Tomcat
128 (0.569 %)SharePoint Server 2007
137 (0.498 %)Office Communications Server
137 (0.498 %)Moodle
146 (0.427 %)Exchange Server 5.5
155 (0.356 %)CMS
164 (0.285 %)nginx
164 (0.285 %)Oracle Application Server
173 (0.214 %)Office Project Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1299 (21.28 %)MS Office
2281 (20.00 %)MS Excel
332 (2.278 %)MS PowerPoint
416 (1.139 %)MS Visio
512 (0.854 %)Photoshop
67 (0.498 %)MS Project
75 (0.356 %)Adobe Illustrator
83 (0.214 %)DeltaView
83 (0.214 %)Acrobat
83 (0.214 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.071 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
138 (2.705 %)RMDS
28 (0.569 %)3000 Xtra
36 (0.427 %)SAP Business One
43 (0.214 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.142 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (0.071 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.071 %)assyst
61 (0.071 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1202 (14.38 %)VPN
2180 (12.81 %)TCP/IP
3173 (12.31 %)DNS
4132 (9.395 %)Firewall
5122 (8.683 %)LAN
6117 (8.327 %)Internet
7107 (7.616 %)WAN
884 (5.979 %)VoIP
982 (5.836 %)DHCP
1077 (5.480 %)SAN
1150 (3.559 %)3G
1245 (3.203 %)SSL
1338 (2.705 %)IP Telephony
1432 (2.278 %)Wireless
1522 (1.566 %)Intranet
1621 (1.495 %)Wi-Fi
1720 (1.423 %)xDSL
1720 (1.423 %)SMTP
1815 (1.068 %)NAS
1815 (1.068 %)PBX
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1150 (10.68 %)SQL Server
239 (2.776 %)SQL Server 2005
331 (2.206 %)MySQL
423 (1.637 %)SQL Server 2008
515 (1.068 %)SQL Server 2000
610 (0.712 %)GIS
76 (0.427 %)PostgreSQL
85 (0.356 %)MS Access
85 (0.356 %)DB2
94 (0.285 %)Crystal Reports
94 (0.285 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.142 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.142 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.142 %)Data Mining
111 (0.071 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111 (0.071 %)ETL
111 (0.071 %)OLAP
111 (0.071 %)MSDE
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (2.562 %)Maven
225 (1.779 %)Ant
312 (0.854 %)Xcode
46 (0.427 %)PVCS
54 (0.285 %)JIRA
63 (0.214 %)Git (software)
63 (0.214 %)Subversion
71 (0.071 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1314 (22.35 %)Finance
2164 (11.67 %)Banking
375 (5.338 %)Telecoms
461 (4.342 %)Law
555 (3.915 %)Pensions
650 (3.559 %)Investment Banking
737 (2.633 %)Front Office
836 (2.562 %)Legal
836 (2.562 %)Health
932 (2.278 %)Insurance
1022 (1.566 %)Games
1121 (1.495 %)Retail
1219 (1.352 %)Financial Institution
1219 (1.352 %)Marketing
1315 (1.068 %)Music
1315 (1.068 %)Publishing
1412 (0.854 %)Advertising
1412 (0.854 %)Education
1412 (0.854 %)Mobile Games
1510 (0.712 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1300 (21.35 %)Analyst
2267 (19.00 %)Developer
3210 (14.95 %)Support Analyst
4138 (9.822 %)Desktop Support
5120 (8.541 %)Support Engineer
6101 (7.189 %)Administrator
799 (7.046 %)Mobile Developer
870 (4.982 %)IT Support
969 (4.911 %)Desktop Analyst
1061 (4.342 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1160 (4.270 %)2nd Line Support
1255 (3.915 %)Java Developer
1349 (3.488 %)Consultant
1443 (3.060 %)Systems Engineer
1443 (3.060 %)Technical Support
1542 (2.989 %)Systems Administrator
1636 (2.562 %)3rd Line Support
1735 (2.491 %)Blackberry Support
1735 (2.491 %)Team Leader
1735 (2.491 %)Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1251 (17.86 %)iPhone
273 (5.196 %)PDA
357 (4.057 %)Client/Server
448 (3.416 %)Handset
538 (2.705 %)Video Conferencing
625 (1.779 %)Derivative
722 (1.566 %)German Language
821 (1.495 %)Spread Betting
917 (1.210 %)Clustering
1016 (1.139 %)Computer Science
1114 (0.996 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1114 (0.996 %)Smartphone
1213 (0.925 %)Multithreading
1213 (0.925 %)W3C
1310 (0.712 %)Thin Client
1310 (0.712 %)Fat Client
149 (0.641 %)Wiki
149 (0.641 %)Data Protection Act
158 (0.569 %)Fixed Income
158 (0.569 %)SaaS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1850 (60.50 %)Windows
2363 (25.84 %)Windows XP
3315 (22.42 %)Windows Server 2003
4236 (16.80 %)Android
5158 (11.25 %)Linux
6120 (8.541 %)Windows 2000
7118 (8.399 %)Windows Mobile
8111 (7.900 %)Windows Vista
9109 (7.758 %)Windows Server 2008
1093 (6.619 %)UNIX
1165 (4.626 %)Windows 2000 Server
1240 (2.847 %)Windows 7
1339 (2.776 %)Mac OS X
1423 (1.637 %)Windows NT
1521 (1.495 %)Solaris
1616 (1.139 %)Mac OS
1713 (0.925 %)Red Hat Linux
1811 (0.783 %)Ubuntu
196 (0.427 %)VMS
196 (0.427 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (10.32 %)ITIL
237 (2.633 %)OO
335 (2.491 %)Service Management
335 (2.491 %)Disaster Recovery
335 (2.491 %)CRM
433 (2.349 %)Problem Management
529 (2.064 %)Project Management
625 (1.779 %)Scrum
724 (1.708 %)Agile Software Development
821 (1.495 %)Business Continuity
919 (1.352 %)E-Commerce
1016 (1.139 %)OOP
1115 (1.068 %)Investment Management
1115 (1.068 %)Incident Management
1115 (1.068 %)Document Management
1214 (0.996 %)MVC
1313 (0.925 %)Enterprise Architecture
1411 (0.783 %)Configuration Management
1510 (0.712 %)Migration
1510 (0.712 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1194 (13.81 %)Java
2139 (9.893 %)SQL
376 (5.409 %)C++
470 (4.982 %)C
562 (4.413 %)Objective-C
661 (4.342 %)C#
742 (2.989 %)PHP
836 (2.562 %)JavaScript
916 (1.139 %)Perl
1015 (1.068 %)PHP5
1015 (1.068 %)VBA
1111 (0.783 %)VB.NET
129 (0.641 %)VB
138 (0.569 %)VBScript
138 (0.569 %)Bash shell
138 (0.569 %)Ruby
146 (0.427 %)LotusScript
155 (0.356 %)PowerShell
155 (0.356 %)ActionScript 3.0
155 (0.356 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1216 (15.37 %)Microsoft Certification
2148 (10.53 %)MCSE
368 (4.840 %)Degree
464 (4.555 %)MCP
549 (3.488 %)Cisco Certification
640 (2.847 %)CCNA
730 (2.135 %)MCSA
828 (1.993 %)Citrix Certification
924 (1.708 %)MCITP
1022 (1.566 %)MOS
1121 (1.495 %)MCT
1216 (1.139 %)CCNP
1315 (1.068 %)CCEA
1411 (0.783 %)Security Cleared
1411 (0.783 %)ITIL Certification
158 (0.569 %)A+ Certification
158 (0.569 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
167 (0.498 %)MCDST
167 (0.498 %)CCVP
176 (0.427 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
145 (3.203 %)SLA
215 (1.068 %)QA
34 (0.285 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1491 (34.95 %)Active Directory
292 (6.548 %)VMware Infrastructure
351 (3.630 %)Citrix Presentation Server
446 (3.274 %)VMware ESX
524 (1.708 %)ISA Server
620 (1.423 %)Hyper-V
620 (1.423 %)XenApp
714 (0.996 %)Terminal Services
810 (0.712 %)XenServer
99 (0.641 %)XenDesktop
107 (0.498 %)vSphere
107 (0.498 %)VMware Workstation
116 (0.427 %)Terminal Server
125 (0.356 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
134 (0.285 %)MSMQ
134 (0.285 %)VMware GSX
143 (0.214 %)Xen
143 (0.214 %)Novell eDirectory
152 (0.142 %)Nmap
152 (0.142 %)DFS Replication
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
166 (4.698 %)Backup Exec
246 (3.274 %)Norton AntiVirus
321 (1.495 %)NetBackup
420 (1.423 %)WSUS
518 (1.281 %)SCOM
616 (1.139 %)DameWare
713 (0.925 %)SCCM
89 (0.641 %)MOM
98 (0.569 %)McAfee ePO
107 (0.498 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
107 (0.498 %)MAILsweeper
107 (0.498 %)ARCserve
114 (0.285 %)EMC NetWorker
123 (0.214 %)MSI
132 (0.142 %)MIMEsweeper
132 (0.142 %)BMC PATROL
132 (0.142 %)ServiceCenter
141 (0.071 %)OpenView Configuration Management
141 (0.071 %)Tivoli
141 (0.071 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1398 (28.33 %)Microsoft
2201 (14.31 %)Citrix
3198 (14.09 %)VMware
4167 (11.89 %)Cisco
5109 (7.758 %)Lotus
5109 (7.758 %)Symbian
6103 (7.331 %)HP
6103 (7.331 %)Bloomberg
797 (6.904 %)Reuters
886 (6.121 %)Symantec
955 (3.915 %)Dell
1043 (3.060 %)Avaya
1135 (2.491 %)Apple
1232 (2.278 %)Syntegra
1232 (2.278 %)Oracle
1331 (2.206 %)IBM
1429 (2.064 %)Altiris
1526 (1.851 %)NetApp
1623 (1.637 %)Veritas
1722 (1.566 %)Intel