Cambridgeshire BizTalk Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft BizTalk Server skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BizTalk Server over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft BizTalk Server
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Cumbria Dorking Dorset Dundee Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Essex Falkirk Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grangemouth Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Kent Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newport North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	54
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	24	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	9.836 %	14.12 %
Daily rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£320
Average daily rate	£364	£320
% change on same period last year	+13.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£411	£393
% change on same period last year	+4.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£35.50
% change on same period last year	-15.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£39.65
% change on same period last year	-5.42 %
Application Platforms Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	244	85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.313 %	0.095 %
Daily rates quoted	46	24
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£299
Average daily rate	£327	£304
% change on same period last year	+7.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£309
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.56	£23.80
Average hourly rate	£22.51	£26.08
% change on same period last year	-13.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.46	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
BizTalk Server East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BizTalk Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the Cambridgeshire region.

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the Cambridgeshire region.

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

BizTalk Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Cambridge	+7	14	-	-

BizTalk Server East of England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing BizTalk Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BizTalk Server.

1 68 (93.15 %) .NET 2 60 (82.19 %) SQL Server 2 60 (82.19 %) XML 3 45 (61.64 %) C# 4 32 (43.84 %) Oracle 5 30 (41.10 %) ASP.NET 6 29 (39.73 %) XML Schema 6 29 (39.73 %) Agile Software Development 7 27 (36.99 %) Windows 8 26 (35.62 %) ADO.NET 9 25 (34.25 %) Active Directory 10 21 (28.77 %) Delphi 11 10 (13.70 %) WebServices 12 5 (6.849 %) ISEB 12 5 (6.849 %) SharePoint

12 5 (6.849 %) Java 12 5 (6.849 %) ISEB Practitioner 13 4 (5.479 %) Content Management 13 4 (5.479 %) SQL 13 4 (5.479 %) Microsoft 13 4 (5.479 %) Content Management Server 13 4 (5.479 %) Project Management 14 3 (4.110 %) Migration 14 3 (4.110 %) Middleware 14 3 (4.110 %) .NET Framework 15 2 (2.740 %) Software Testing 15 2 (2.740 %) Dynamics AX 15 2 (2.740 %) Intranet 15 2 (2.740 %) Internet 15 2 (2.740 %) Axapta

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing BizTalk Server also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BizTalk Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 68 (93.15 %) .NET 2 60 (82.19 %) XML 3 30 (41.10 %) ASP.NET 4 29 (39.73 %) XML Schema 5 26 (35.62 %) ADO.NET 6 10 (13.70 %) WebServices 7 3 (4.110 %) Middleware 7 3 (4.110 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (1.370 %) ASP 8 1 (1.370 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.849 %) SharePoint 2 4 (5.479 %) Content Management Server 3 1 (1.370 %) CMS 3 1 (1.370 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 1 (1.370 %) IIS
Applications 1 2 (2.740 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.370 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (2.740 %) Axapta 1 2 (2.740 %) Dynamics AX 2 1 (1.370 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.740 %) Intranet 1 2 (2.740 %) Internet 2 1 (1.370 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 60 (82.19 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.370 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.370 %) SQL Server Integration Services 2 1 (1.370 %) IDMS
Development Applications 1 2 (2.740 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.370 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 1 (1.370 %) Manufacturing 1 1 (1.370 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 34 (46.58 %) Developer 2 22 (30.14 %) Analyst 3 21 (28.77 %) Architect 4 18 (24.66 %) Systems Analyst 4 18 (24.66 %) Systems Architect 5 6 (8.219 %) Consultant 6 5 (6.849 %) BizTalk Specialist 7 4 (5.479 %) Implementation Manager 7 4 (5.479 %) BizTalk Developer 7 4 (5.479 %) BizTalk Consultant 7 4 (5.479 %) Applications Support Analyst 7 4 (5.479 %) Support Analyst 7 4 (5.479 %) Applications Support 7 4 (5.479 %) .NET Developer 8 3 (4.110 %) Test Coordinator 8 3 (4.110 %) Technical Architect 8 3 (4.110 %) Coordinator 9 2 (2.740 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 2 (2.740 %) Test Manager 9 2 (2.740 %) C# Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.370 %) Thin Client 1 1 (1.370 %) AS400 1 1 (1.370 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 27 (36.99 %) Windows 2 1 (1.370 %) AIX 2 1 (1.370 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (39.73 %) Agile Software Development 2 4 (5.479 %) Project Management 2 4 (5.479 %) Content Management 3 3 (4.110 %) Migration 4 2 (2.740 %) Software Testing 5 1 (1.370 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 1 (1.370 %) Time Management 5 1 (1.370 %) Logistics 5 1 (1.370 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (1.370 %) Zachman Framework 5 1 (1.370 %) TOGAF 5 1 (1.370 %) OOA/OOD 5 1 (1.370 %) RUP 5 1 (1.370 %) CRM 5 1 (1.370 %) E-Commerce 5 1 (1.370 %) OOD 5 1 (1.370 %) SOA
Programming Languages 1 45 (61.64 %) C# 2 21 (28.77 %) Delphi 3 5 (6.849 %) Java 4 4 (5.479 %) SQL 5 2 (2.740 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (2.740 %) VB 5 2 (2.740 %) PL/SQL 6 1 (1.370 %) VB.NET 6 1 (1.370 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 5 (6.849 %) ISEB 1 5 (6.849 %) ISEB Practitioner
System Software 1 25 (34.25 %) Active Directory 2 2 (2.740 %) MSMQ	Vendors 1 32 (43.84 %) Oracle 2 4 (5.479 %) Microsoft 3 1 (1.370 %) IBM