The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the County Antrim region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank 23 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +12
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 9 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 4.615% 1.786% 1.791%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.13% 7.143% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £425 £363
% change year-on-year
-20.29% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+90.00% +19.04%
All Application Platforms
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
32 42 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 16.41% 25.00% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 17
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
BizTalk Server
Northern Ireland

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BizTalk Server across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

County Antrim BizTalk Server Jobs Demand Trend

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BizTalk Server across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast +3 9 £325 -
BizTalk Server
Northern Ireland

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing BizTalk Server 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited BizTalk Server.

1 13 (68.42%) C#
1 13 (68.42%) Dojo
2 11 (57.89%) jQuery
2 11 (57.89%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) Java
2 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
3 7 (36.84%) E-Commerce
3 7 (36.84%) CSS
3 7 (36.84%) OO
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 7 (36.84%) Web Development
3 7 (36.84%) Web Design
3 7 (36.84%) TDD
3 7 (36.84%) HTML5
3 7 (36.84%) CSS3
3 7 (36.84%) Responsive Web Design
4 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
4 6 (31.58%) WebSphere
4 6 (31.58%) .NET
5 4 (21.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (21.05%) MVC
5 4 (21.05%) Ajax
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
6 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
6 2 (10.53%) SQL
6 2 (10.53%) MS Excel

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing BizTalk Server also 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 that cited BizTalk Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (68.42%) Dojo
2 11 (57.89%) jQuery
3 7 (36.84%) CSS
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 7 (36.84%) HTML5
3 7 (36.84%) CSS3
4 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
4 6 (31.58%) WebSphere
4 6 (31.58%) .NET
5 4 (21.05%) Ajax
6 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
7 1 (5.263%) Node.js
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
3 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) E-Commerce
1 7 (36.84%) OO
1 7 (36.84%) Web Development
1 7 (36.84%) Web Design
1 7 (36.84%) TDD
1 7 (36.84%) Responsive Web Design
2 4 (21.05%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) C#
2 11 (57.89%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) Java
2 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft