The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Merseyside 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank - 33 -
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.386% -
As % of the Application Platforms category - 1.667% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +21.42%
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
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
29 60 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.49% 23.17% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 24
Average daily rate £425 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £178 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.16 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.98% -16.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
BizTalk Server
North West

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside BizTalk Server Hourly Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Siebel
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siebel