The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank 29 30 32
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 3 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.639% 4.094% 0.633%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.108% 13.46% 2.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 1
Average daily rate £350 £403 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +46.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
37 52 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 20.22% 30.41% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 25
Average daily rate £353 £358 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.39% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £403 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
BizTalk Server
South West

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
3 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (60.00%) Commerce Server
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) MVC
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SOAP
5 1 (20.00%) Web Services
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (20.00%) WCF
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Commerce Server
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Developer
3 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Design Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (60.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) SAP