The first 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 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank 306 272 286
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +14
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 81 149 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.368% 0.545% 0.483%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.986% 3.366% 2.912%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 89 91
Average daily rate £450 £390 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £325 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £505 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £425 £358
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +18.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £39.51 - £54.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.66 - £52.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.52 - £56.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+90.00% +19.04%
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4079 4427 5082
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.55% 16.19% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2612 2745 3123
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 130 172
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
BizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 London region.

London BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London BizTalk Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 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 22 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
City of London -21 26 £450 +31.38%
BizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 132 (61.40%) .NET
2 109 (50.70%) SQL Server
3 96 (44.65%) SharePoint
4 90 (41.86%) C#
4 90 (41.86%) Microsoft
5 69 (32.09%) ASP.NET
6 55 (25.58%) SQL
7 52 (24.19%) CRM
8 44 (20.47%) XML
9 42 (19.53%) Finance
10 38 (17.67%) Windows
11 34 (15.81%) Web Services
12 33 (15.35%) SOA
13 29 (13.49%) .NET Framework
14 28 (13.02%) WCF
15 27 (12.56%) SQL Server 2008
16 26 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
16 26 (12.09%) Asset Management
16 26 (12.09%) MVC
17 25 (11.63%) Visual Studio
18 24 (11.16%) JavaScript
19 22 (10.23%) ITIL
19 22 (10.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 21 (9.767%) IIS
21 20 (9.302%) Dynamics CRM
22 19 (8.837%) InfoPath
22 19 (8.837%) ESB
22 19 (8.837%) ASP.NET MVC
22 19 (8.837%) CSS
23 18 (8.372%) TDD

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 132 (61.40%) .NET
2 69 (32.09%) ASP.NET
3 44 (20.47%) XML
4 34 (15.81%) Web Services
5 29 (13.49%) .NET Framework
6 28 (13.02%) WCF
7 19 (8.837%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (8.837%) CSS
8 18 (8.372%) XSLT
9 17 (7.907%) HTML
9 17 (7.907%) Middleware
10 15 (6.977%) jQuery
11 12 (5.581%) SOAP
12 7 (3.256%) JSP
13 6 (2.791%) REST
13 6 (2.791%) WebSphere
13 6 (2.791%) Struts
13 6 (2.791%) XSD
14 5 (2.326%) XML Schema
14 5 (2.326%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 96 (44.65%) SharePoint
2 21 (9.767%) IIS
3 19 (8.837%) ESB
4 18 (8.372%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (3.256%) SharePoint 2013
6 5 (2.326%) MS Exchange
7 4 (1.860%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (1.860%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.860%) MTS
8 3 (1.395%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (1.395%) MSMQ
8 3 (1.395%) Lync
9 2 (0.930%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.930%) SharePoint Foundation
9 2 (0.930%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.930%) Apache
10 1 (0.465%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.465%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.465%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.465%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 19 (8.837%) InfoPath
2 15 (6.977%) MS Excel
3 7 (3.256%) MS Office
4 2 (0.930%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (9.302%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.791%) 3000 Xtra
2 6 (2.791%) RMDS
3 4 (1.860%) Aligne
3 4 (1.860%) ZaiNet
3 4 (1.860%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.860%) Endur
4 3 (1.395%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.465%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.326%) Extranet
2 4 (1.860%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (1.860%) HTTP
3 3 (1.395%) Firewall
3 3 (1.395%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.395%) FTP
3 3 (1.395%) Internet
3 3 (1.395%) SAN
3 3 (1.395%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.930%) DNS
4 2 (0.930%) LAN
5 1 (0.465%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.465%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.465%) RFID
5 1 (0.465%) Intranet
5 1 (0.465%) LDAP
5 1 (0.465%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (50.70%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 22 (10.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (7.442%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (6.512%) SQL Server 2012
7 9 (4.186%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.256%) Crystal Reports
9 6 (2.791%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.326%) Oracle 11g
11 4 (1.860%) Oracle 10g
12 3 (1.395%) SQL Server 2000
13 2 (0.930%) Oracle 8/8i
14 1 (0.465%) DataStage
14 1 (0.465%) Informix
14 1 (0.465%) NoSQL
14 1 (0.465%) Big Data
14 1 (0.465%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (11.63%) Visual Studio
2 17 (7.907%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (2.326%) JIRA
4 3 (1.395%) InstallShield
4 3 (1.395%) CruiseControl
4 3 (1.395%) MSI
4 3 (1.395%) MSBuild
5 2 (0.930%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (0.930%) Subversion
6 1 (0.465%) NUnit
6 1 (0.465%) XMLSpy
6 1 (0.465%) PVCS
6 1 (0.465%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.465%) NMock
6 1 (0.465%) Moq
6 1 (0.465%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.465%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.465%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.465%) GitHub
General
1 42 (19.53%) Finance
2 14 (6.512%) Banking
3 7 (3.256%) Advertising
4 3 (1.395%) Investment Banking
5 2 (0.930%) Retail
5 2 (0.930%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.930%) Legal
6 1 (0.465%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.465%) Law
6 1 (0.465%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (0.465%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 91 (42.33%) Developer
2 48 (22.33%) Architect
3 38 (17.67%) BizTalk Developer
4 36 (16.74%) Analyst
5 33 (15.35%) .NET Developer
6 22 (10.23%) Solutions Architect
7 19 (8.837%) Support Analyst
8 12 (5.581%) C# Developer
9 10 (4.651%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.721%) Administrator
10 8 (3.721%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.721%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.721%) SharePoint Developer
11 7 (3.256%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.256%) SOA Architect
11 7 (3.256%) BizTalk Administrator
11 7 (3.256%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (3.256%) Designer
12 6 (2.791%) Applications Support Analyst
13 5 (2.326%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.791%) N-Tier
1 6 (2.791%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (2.791%) NHS
2 5 (2.326%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.860%) Open Source
3 4 (1.860%) Computer Science
3 4 (1.860%) Blackberry
3 4 (1.860%) Clustering
4 3 (1.395%) PKI
5 2 (0.930%) Data Integration
5 2 (0.930%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.465%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.465%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.465%) CMDB
6 1 (0.465%) Social Media
6 1 (0.465%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.465%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.67%) Windows
2 15 (6.977%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (3.256%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (2.326%) UNIX
5 3 (1.395%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.19%) CRM
2 33 (15.35%) SOA
3 26 (12.09%) Asset Management
3 26 (12.09%) MVC
4 22 (10.23%) ITIL
5 18 (8.372%) TDD
6 16 (7.442%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (7.442%) Workflow
7 15 (6.977%) User Acceptance Testing
7 15 (6.977%) Root Cause Analysis
8 14 (6.512%) Investment Management
8 14 (6.512%) Release Management
9 13 (6.047%) Problem Management
10 12 (5.581%) OO
10 12 (5.581%) Scrum
11 11 (5.116%) Project Management
12 10 (4.651%) Migration
13 9 (4.186%) Software Testing
14 8 (3.721%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (3.256%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 90 (41.86%) C#
2 55 (25.58%) SQL
3 24 (11.16%) JavaScript
4 18 (8.372%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.047%) Java
6 10 (4.651%) VBScript
6 10 (4.651%) VB
7 9 (4.186%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.791%) VBA
8 6 (2.791%) VB6
9 5 (2.326%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.395%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.395%) ActionScript
10 3 (1.395%) C++
10 3 (1.395%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.930%) Perl
12 1 (0.465%) Ruby
12 1 (0.465%) XQuery
12 1 (0.465%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.465%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (1.860%) Degree
1 4 (1.860%) ISTQB
1 4 (1.860%) ISEB
1 4 (1.860%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (0.930%) Security Cleared
2 2 (0.930%) PMP
2 2 (0.930%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.465%) MBA
3 1 (0.465%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.465%) MCAD
3 1 (0.465%) MCSD
3 1 (0.465%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.465%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.326%) QA
2 4 (1.860%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.930%) HL7
4 1 (0.465%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (4.186%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.395%) XenApp
4 2 (0.930%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.465%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.465%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 4 (1.860%) SCCM
2 3 (1.395%) WMI
3 1 (0.465%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 90 (41.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.116%) Oracle
3 10 (4.651%) Business Objects
4 9 (4.186%) Citrix
5 8 (3.721%) VMware
6 6 (2.791%) Cadis
6 6 (2.791%) Reuters
6 6 (2.791%) SunGard
7 5 (2.326%) IBM
8 4 (1.860%) Charles River
8 4 (1.860%) NetApp
8 4 (1.860%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.860%) Cisco
9 3 (1.395%) HP
9 3 (1.395%) Intel
10 2 (0.930%) Typemock
10 2 (0.930%) Cognos
10 2 (0.930%) Adobe
11 1 (0.465%) Teradata
11 1 (0.465%) Blue Coat
West London
BizTalk Developer, Integration, Start ASAP, 3+ months, West London, £325+,My client is searching for a BizTalk Developer to start ASAP in West London.
Mint
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
East London
Senior Integration Developer (BizTalk, .Net/ C#, SQL 2008/2012, WCF & WPF, Agile) - East London... The successful candidate will need strong skills and experience with all of the following...
Ashdown IT
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Location:London Start date: asap Duration: 5 - 6 months Hours per week: 40 Rate : 70-75 euros an hour The Treasury IT landscape comprises around 30 disperse IT...
Huxley Associates
Rate: 70 - 80 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Technical Skills - PL/SQL, Oracle 10g/11g, XML/API, Visual Basic Application, Visual Studio .net (C#, VB), Biztalk, Microsoft Office Suite. A familiarity with ETRM systems (Zainet Aligne,...
MBA Ltd
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Solutions Architect - BizTalk -6 months - £500pd - London, City Our client, a prestigious Private Bank based in the City, is upgrading its Card System for Authorisations and Payments. The...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
With expertise designing and modelling n-tier developments?... Create functional and technical specification and documentation of these requirementsBe the conduit between the development team and the presales teamGet...
OCC Computing
Rate: £350 - 400 per day
Posted: 26 April 2013
London
Technical Skills and Experience: MANDATORY: - Gas and Power experience in applications - Eurorunner, MTS Trade. Experience of supporting interfaces between ETRM and Gas Scheduling systems. Technical Skills - PL/SQL,...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 15 May 2013
Central London / West End
Technical Skills - PL/SQL, Oracle 10g/11g, XML/API, Visual Basic Application, Visual Studio .net (C#, VB), Biztalk, Microsoft Office Suite OPTIONAL: ITIL certification preferable... Familiarity with ETRM...
Eaglecliff
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Our London based client is looking for an experienced Solution Architect for a range of design and integration projects mainly around BizTalk. You will be responsible for leading...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Our London based client is looking for an experienced Solution Architect for a range of design and integration projects mainly around BizTalk. You will be responsible for leading...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
A BizTalk Specialist with excellent knowledge to SME level and strong consulting and communication skills is required for a major Organisation in Central London. As the BizTalk Consultant,...
Connectus
Rate: £540 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013