Blackberry Contract Job Trends

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 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 522 600
Rank change year-on-year -19 +78 +176
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 24 41 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.072% 0.11% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.36% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 29
10th Percentile £133 £126 £139
25th Percentile £249 £140 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £313 £225
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% +38.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £526 £508 £463
90th Percentile £575 £597 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £140 £425
% change year-on-year +250.00% -67.06% +136.77%

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 11,987 11,547 15,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.03% 30.70% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,361 6,884 10,475
10th Percentile £293 £280 £300
25th Percentile £408 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 637 400 467
10th Percentile £14.29 £16.84 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.33 £47.37 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +5.27% +74.69%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.50 £52.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -49.52% +2.46% +130.28%

Blackberry
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Blackberry relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Blackberry job vacancy trend in the UK

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Blackberry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Blackberry

Blackberry
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blackberry over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blackberry in the UK

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Blackberry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Blackberry

Blackberry
Top 9 Contract Job 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 16 October 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 -28 17 £490 +250.00% 3
England 0 12 £373 -17.22% 4
Northern Ireland +3 11 - -
London +13 7 £373 -6.88% 1
South West +5 4 £490 -18.33%
Work from Home +20 3 £355 -23.24% 1
Scotland -2 1 £130 +1.96%
North of England -23 1 £550 - 2
North West - 1 £550 - 2

Blackberry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) HCL Notes
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
1 3 (12.50%) IP Telephony
2 2 (8.33%) DHCP
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) PBX
3 1 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) MSI
General
1 11 (45.83%) Banking
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Financial Institution
2 10 (41.67%) Investment Banking
3 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Games
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
1 13 (54.17%) Support Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) IT Support
2 12 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Audio Visual Technician
4 1 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.17%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (4.17%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) BYOD
2 4 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (12.50%) Handset
3 3 (12.50%) iPhone
4 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.67%) Android
4 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.33%) Validation
6 1 (4.17%) Backlog Refinement
6 1 (4.17%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (4.17%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (4.17%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.17%) Service Design
6 1 (4.17%) Thought Leadership
6 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) MCP
2 3 (12.50%) MCSE
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Dell Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) MCITP
4 1 (4.17%) MCSA
4 1 (4.17%) MCTS
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (12.50%) Samsung
4 2 (8.33%) Apple
4 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
4 2 (8.33%) Dell
4 2 (8.33%) Lotus
4 2 (8.33%) Reuters
5 1 (4.17%) Avaya
5 1 (4.17%) Ericsson
5 1 (4.17%) F5
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Juniper
5 1 (4.17%) Nokia
5 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.17%) Ribbon
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) VMware