Blackberry Contracts

RIM Blackberry
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blackberry over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 540 649
Rank change year-on-year +55 +109 +107
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 35 42 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% 0.32% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 28 60
10th Percentile £142 - £133
25th Percentile £178 £140 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £225 £250
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -10.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £606 £452 £400
90th Percentile £610 £638 £576
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £215 £275
% change year-on-year +62.79% -21.82% +83.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £30.00 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Blackberry falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,944 13,250 19,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.97% 30.42% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,345 8,502 13,668
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 912 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%

Blackberry
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Blackberry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Blackberry in the UK

Blackberry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Blackberry.

Daily rate trend for Blackberry in the UK

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blackberry over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blackberry in the UK

Blackberry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Blackberry.

Hourly rate trend for Blackberry in the UK

Blackberry
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +75 27 £350 +62.79% 5
England +42 26 £563 +150.00% 10
South West +48 11 £369 -42.64% 1
Work from Home +41 8 £556 -5.32% 6
London +17 6 £588 +161.11% 6
East of England - 5 £538 -
Scotland +16 4 £158 -4.55%
North of England - 4 - - 2
North West - 4 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £160 -

Blackberry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (31.43%) Skype for Business
3 5 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (5.71%) IBM Notes
5 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) PaaS
1 10 (28.57%) SaaS
2 5 (14.29%) Cohesity
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 4 (11.43%) OneDrive
4 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) Skype
2 10 (28.57%) PBX
2 10 (28.57%) VoIP
3 8 (22.86%) SMTP
4 4 (11.43%) IMAP
4 4 (11.43%) PSTN
4 4 (11.43%) SAN
5 3 (8.57%) DHCP
5 3 (8.57%) DNS
5 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.57%) VPN
6 2 (5.71%) Firewall
7 1 (2.86%) 4G
7 1 (2.86%) 5G
7 1 (2.86%) Internet
7 1 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
7 1 (2.86%) VSAN
7 1 (2.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
General
1 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
2 5 (14.29%) Banking
2 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 3 (8.57%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Electronics
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (14.29%) Analyst
1 5 (14.29%) Messaging Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Collaboration Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Exchange Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Mobile Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support
4 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Service Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) IT Support
5 1 (2.86%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (11.43%) Handset
3 2 (5.71%) BYOD
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) iPhone
4 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.86%) PDA
4 1 (2.86%) PKI
4 1 (2.86%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Android
1 11 (31.43%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.43%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.86%) Linux
4 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.86%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Migration
2 13 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
3 10 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (25.71%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (25.71%) Impact Assessments
4 9 (25.71%) Validation
5 8 (22.86%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (22.86%) Product Roadmap
5 8 (22.86%) Roadmaps
5 8 (22.86%) Service Design
5 8 (22.86%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (17.14%) ITIL
6 6 (17.14%) Problem Management
7 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (5.71%) Change Management
9 2 (5.71%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (48.57%) SC Cleared
3 14 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (28.57%) CCNP
5 10 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (20.00%) Degree
7 3 (8.57%) A+ Certification
7 3 (8.57%) MCP
8 2 (5.71%) Dell Certification
8 2 (5.71%) MCSE
8 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (37.14%) Active Directory
2 11 (31.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.71%) BitLocker
4 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.71%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (20.00%) SCCM
3 3 (8.57%) AirWatch
4 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (5.71%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 2 (5.71%) SCOM
5 1 (2.86%) Ansible
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (2.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (54.29%) VMware
3 14 (40.00%) Ribbon
4 11 (31.43%) Cisco
5 10 (28.57%) Avaya
5 10 (28.57%) Ericsson
5 10 (28.57%) F5
5 10 (28.57%) Juniper
5 10 (28.57%) Nokia
5 10 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 5 (14.29%) Apple
7 4 (11.43%) Clearswift
7 4 (11.43%) NetApp
8 2 (5.71%) Citrix
8 2 (5.71%) Dell
8 2 (5.71%) Equitrac
8 2 (5.71%) HP
8 2 (5.71%) Lotus
8 2 (5.71%) SAP
9 1 (2.86%) Bomgar