The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 60 68 54
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -14
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 3 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.471% 0.206% 1.133%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.030% 1.802% 7.576%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
Average daily rate £388 - £375
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
99 111 132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.54% 11.43% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 48 65
Average daily rate £325 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £222 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 11
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -50.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.38 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.30 £25.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
BizTalk Server
East of England

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BizTalk Server across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire BizTalk Server Hourly Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 5 (83.33%) SOA
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) Web Services
3 3 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (50.00%) N-Tier
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 3 (50.00%) Refactoring
3 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (50.00%) AOP
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (33.33%) Ab Initio
4 2 (33.33%) TIBCO
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (50.00%) Web Services
1 3 (50.00%) XML
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Server Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) TIBCO Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Server Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) SOA
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (50.00%) AOP
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 2 (33.33%) TIBCO