Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the London region.

 Microsoft BizTalk Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank301235255
Rank change year-on-year
Down-66Up+20
Matching contract IT job ads6264185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.239 %0.388 %0.505 %
As % of the Application Platforms category1.861 %2.530 %3.728 %
Daily rates quoted283477
Average daily rate£380£444£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.36 %+4.410 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£222£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£448£500£570
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400£425
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-5.880 %
Hourly rates quoted209
Average hourly rate£42.50-£40.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.50-£34.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.50-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.25£24.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
+19.38 %+22.50 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
333225304963
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London12.86 %15.33 %13.54 %
Daily rates quoted16549171820
Average daily rate£400£388£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.220 %-6.060 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£525£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted135147348
Average hourly rate£20.00£23.00£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04 %+6.970 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£14.10£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.60£42.90£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
BizTalk Server EnglandBizTalk Server
England

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.

BizTalk Server
Demand Trend

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

London BizTalk Server Demand Trend

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London BizTalk Server Daily Rate Histogram

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BizTalk Server Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-6211£380-13.14 %
CarshaltonNew entry-3£300-
EnfieldNew entry-1--
HarrowNew entry-1--
BrentfordNew entry-1--
BizTalk Server EnglandBizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1100 (76.92 %).NET
271 (54.62 %)C#
365 (50.00 %)SQL Server
448 (36.92 %)SharePoint
546 (35.38 %)Microsoft
546 (35.38 %)ASP.NET
639 (30.00 %)SQL
734 (26.15 %)XML
734 (26.15 %)SOA
833 (25.38 %)Web Services
930 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
1023 (17.69 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1122 (16.92 %)WCF
1122 (16.92 %)Middleware
1122 (16.92 %)UML
1122 (16.92 %)MS Excel
1220 (15.38 %)Team Foundation Server
1319 (14.62 %)SQL Server 2008
1319 (14.62 %)ESB
1319 (14.62 %)Agile Software Development
1319 (14.62 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1319 (14.62 %)SQL Server 2005
1319 (14.62 %)MSMQ
1418 (13.85 %)WSDL
1418 (13.85 %)ActiveMQ
1517 (13.08 %)NHibernate
1517 (13.08 %)HTML
1616 (12.31 %)MS Visio
1616 (12.31 %)TDD
1715 (11.54 %)Enterprise Architecture

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1100 (76.92 %).NET
246 (35.38 %)ASP.NET
334 (26.15 %)XML
433 (25.38 %)Web Services
522 (16.92 %)WCF
522 (16.92 %)Middleware
618 (13.85 %)WSDL
717 (13.08 %)NHibernate
717 (13.08 %)HTML
814 (10.77 %)iBATIS
814 (10.77 %)WPF
814 (10.77 %)WSE
913 (10.00 %)ASP
1012 (9.231 %)Spring
1111 (8.462 %)WF
1111 (8.462 %)Spring.NET
129 (6.923 %).NET Framework
136 (4.615 %)SOAP
145 (3.846 %)XSD
145 (3.846 %)Silverlight
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
148 (36.92 %)SharePoint
223 (17.69 %)SharePoint Server 2007
319 (14.62 %)ESB
418 (13.85 %)ActiveMQ
57 (5.385 %)WebLogic
63 (2.308 %)Documentum
72 (1.538 %)IIS
81 (0.769 %)CMS
81 (0.769 %)LiveLink
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (16.92 %)MS Excel
216 (12.31 %)MS Visio
32 (1.538 %)MS Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (4.615 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (3.846 %)Microsoft CRM
25 (3.846 %)Dynamics AX
34 (3.077 %)Axapta
42 (1.538 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (1.538 %)SAP HR
51 (0.769 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.769 %)Siebel Analytics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (10.00 %)DSL
22 (1.538 %)FTP
22 (1.538 %)HTTP
22 (1.538 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.538 %)Intranet
22 (1.538 %)Internet
31 (0.769 %)HTTPS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
165 (50.00 %)SQL Server
230 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
319 (14.62 %)SQL Server 2008
319 (14.62 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
319 (14.62 %)SQL Server 2005
412 (9.231 %)SQL Server Integration Services
511 (8.462 %)Crystal Reports
64 (3.077 %)ETL
73 (2.308 %)RDBMS
81 (0.769 %)Siebel EIM
81 (0.769 %)Cognos Impromptu
81 (0.769 %)DTS
81 (0.769 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.769 %)Reference Data
81 (0.769 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.769 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (15.38 %)Team Foundation Server
214 (10.77 %)NUnit
214 (10.77 %)csUnit
313 (10.00 %)ReSharper
411 (8.462 %)Subversion
411 (8.462 %)NCover
411 (8.462 %)VSS/SourceSafe
510 (7.692 %)Selenium
510 (7.692 %)FitNesse
69 (6.923 %)OpenSTA
77 (5.385 %)Visual Studio
86 (4.615 %)InterDev
92 (1.538 %)FrontPage
101 (0.769 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.769 %)LoadRunner
101 (0.769 %)PVCS
101 (0.769 %)TeamCity
101 (0.769 %)WATIR
101 (0.769 %)NDepend
101 (0.769 %)RSpec
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (9.231 %)Finance
26 (4.615 %)Banking
35 (3.846 %)Legal
44 (3.077 %)Investment Banking
53 (2.308 %)Government
53 (2.308 %)Law
53 (2.308 %)Music
62 (1.538 %)Insurance
62 (1.538 %)Advertising
62 (1.538 %)Chemicals
71 (0.769 %)Telecoms
71 (0.769 %)Back Office
71 (0.769 %)Music Industry
71 (0.769 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
161 (46.92 %)Developer
233 (25.38 %)Architect
320 (15.38 %)Solutions Architect
416 (12.31 %).NET Developer
416 (12.31 %)C# Developer
416 (12.31 %)BizTalk Developer
515 (11.54 %)Web Administrator
515 (11.54 %)Administrator
69 (6.923 %)Agile C# Developer
77 (5.385 %)Consultant
85 (3.846 %)Technical Architect
85 (3.846 %)BizTalk Consultant
94 (3.077 %)Applications Architect
94 (3.077 %)Dynamics AX Developer
94 (3.077 %)Designer
94 (3.077 %)Analyst
94 (3.077 %)Lead Developer
94 (3.077 %)Senior Developer
103 (2.308 %)ASP.NET Developer
103 (2.308 %)CRM Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (7.692 %)Open Source
29 (6.923 %)Data Protection Act
34 (3.077 %)Multithreading
34 (3.077 %)Data Integration
43 (2.308 %)NHS
52 (1.538 %)PDA
61 (0.769 %)AS400
61 (0.769 %)Video on Demand
61 (0.769 %)Streaming Media
61 (0.769 %)IPTV
61 (0.769 %)Computer Science
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (10.00 %)Windows
23 (2.308 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.769 %)Linux
31 (0.769 %)Windows Server 2008
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (26.15 %)SOA
222 (16.92 %)UML
319 (14.62 %)Agile Software Development
416 (12.31 %)TDD
515 (11.54 %)Enterprise Architecture
515 (11.54 %)OO
614 (10.77 %)Unit Testing
711 (8.462 %)Refactoring
711 (8.462 %)Continuous Integration
810 (7.692 %)Migration
99 (6.923 %)Load Testing
99 (6.923 %)Data Protection
99 (6.923 %)Web Development
99 (6.923 %)Automated Testing
99 (6.923 %)CRM
108 (6.154 %)Workflow
108 (6.154 %)Scrum
117 (5.385 %)ERP
117 (5.385 %)Pair Programming
126 (4.615 %)Business Desktop Deployment
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
171 (54.62 %)C#
239 (30.00 %)SQL
315 (11.54 %)VB
412 (9.231 %)Java
412 (9.231 %)JavaScript
59 (6.923 %)VB.NET
67 (5.385 %)VBScript
74 (3.077 %)X++
74 (3.077 %)ABAP
74 (3.077 %)VBA
83 (2.308 %)T-SQL
83 (2.308 %)C++
92 (1.538 %)XPath
92 (1.538 %)VB6
101 (0.769 %)C
101 (0.769 %)Ruby
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (3.077 %)MCDBA
14 (3.077 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.769 %)SC Cleared
21 (0.769 %)Security Cleared
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.769 %)HL7
11 (0.769 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
119 (14.62 %)MSMQ
21 (0.769 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (35.38 %)Microsoft
212 (9.231 %)SAP
212 (9.231 %)Oracle
35 (3.846 %)IBM
35 (3.846 %)Siebel
43 (2.308 %)Bloomberg
52 (1.538 %)HP
52 (1.538 %)EMC
52 (1.538 %)Citrix
52 (1.538 %)BT
52 (1.538 %)InterSystems
61 (0.769 %)Open Text
61 (0.769 %)Actuate
61 (0.769 %)Borland
61 (0.769 %)JD Edwards
61 (0.769 %)TIBCO
61 (0.769 %)SeeBeyond
61 (0.769 %)Sybase