| Microsoft BizTalk Server |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 301 | 235 | 255 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -66 |  +20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 64 | 185 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 0.239 % | 0.388 % | 0.505 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 1.861 % | 2.530 % | 3.728 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 28 | 34 | 77 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £444 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 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 | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 3332 | 2530 | 4963 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 12.86 % | 15.33 % | 13.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1654 | 917 | 1820 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £388 | £413 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 135 | 147 | 348 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £23.00 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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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.
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.
