Cheshire BizTalk Developer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the BizTalk Developer role in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BizTalk Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

BizTalk Developer
Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London East Anglia East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire London Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Somerset South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Warrington West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.198 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£396
% change on same period last year	-7.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£39.38
% change on same period last year	-4.76 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1012	760
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.344 %	0.780 %
Daily rates quoted	319	200
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£302
Average daily rate	£343	£316
% change on same period last year	+8.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	90	57
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.56	£21.54
Average hourly rate	£25.77	£22.61
% change on same period last year	+13.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.97	£23.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.42	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.89 %
BizTalk Developer North West

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BizTalk Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing BizTalk Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Warrington	-	1	-	-

BizTalk Developer North West

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited BizTalk Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with BizTalk Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) BizTalk Server 1 3 (100.00 %) .NET 1 3 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 2 (66.67 %) C# 3 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 3 1 (33.33 %) XML 3 1 (33.33 %) XSLT 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) FpML 3 1 (33.33 %) Front Office 3 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms 3 1 (33.33 %) Finance 3 1 (33.33 %) Agile Software Development 3 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management 3 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005

3 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis

BizTalk Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited BizTalk Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with BizTalk Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (100.00 %) .NET 2 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) XML 2 1 (33.33 %) XSLT 2 1 (33.33 %) FpML 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 3 (100.00 %) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server Integration Services	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Front Office 1 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Agile Software Development 1 1 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages 1 2 (66.67 %) C#	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft