The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 23 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 South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank 180 145 133
Rank change year-on-year
-35 -12
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 43 99 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.552% 0.974% 1.270%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.997% 6.250% 7.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 48 62
Average daily rate £375 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £324 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £487
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £425 £363
% change year-on-year
-20.29% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+90.00% +19.04%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1435 1584 1800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.44% 15.58% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 771 760
Average daily rate £348 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 81 159
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.35 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hampshire +10 28 £320 -28.88%
Kent +2 5 £340 -
Berkshire +11 4 £425 +6.25%
Surrey -3 3 £450 +2.85%
Buckinghamshire -11 1 - -
BizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 83 (62.88%) SQL Server
2 67 (50.76%) .NET
2 67 (50.76%) C#
3 60 (45.45%) WCF
4 46 (34.85%) Windows
5 44 (33.33%) SQL
6 39 (29.55%) Web Services
7 38 (28.79%) Java
8 37 (28.03%) SOAP
9 35 (26.52%) Java EE
10 32 (24.24%) soapUI
11 31 (23.48%) Scrum
12 30 (22.73%) SOA
12 30 (22.73%) BDD
13 28 (21.21%) Git (software)
14 27 (20.45%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (19.70%) .NET Framework
16 25 (18.94%) Spring
16 25 (18.94%) Maven
16 25 (18.94%) XML
16 25 (18.94%) HTML
17 24 (18.18%) MVC
18 23 (17.42%) Finance
18 23 (17.42%) Hibernate
18 23 (17.42%) JAXB
18 23 (17.42%) IIS
18 23 (17.42%) EJB
18 23 (17.42%) JMS
18 23 (17.42%) JTA
18 23 (17.42%) Agile Software Development

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 67 (50.76%) .NET
2 60 (45.45%) WCF
3 39 (29.55%) Web Services
4 37 (28.03%) SOAP
5 35 (26.52%) Java EE
6 32 (24.24%) soapUI
7 26 (19.70%) .NET Framework
8 25 (18.94%) Spring
8 25 (18.94%) XML
8 25 (18.94%) HTML
9 23 (17.42%) Hibernate
9 23 (17.42%) JAXB
9 23 (17.42%) EJB
9 23 (17.42%) JMS
9 23 (17.42%) JTA
9 23 (17.42%) Spring Security
9 23 (17.42%) Spring Web Flow
9 23 (17.42%) JSON
9 23 (17.42%) Spring MVC
9 23 (17.42%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 23 (17.42%) IIS
2 21 (15.91%) Windows Azure
3 17 (12.88%) SharePoint
4 15 (11.36%) ESB
5 5 (3.788%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.758%) Confluence
6 1 (0.758%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 19 (14.39%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.303%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.788%) MS Office
4 4 (3.030%) MS Project
5 3 (2.273%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (7.576%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.758%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.273%) SAN
2 2 (1.515%) NAS
2 2 (1.515%) HTTP
2 2 (1.515%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.758%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.758%) LAN
3 1 (0.758%) WAN
3 1 (0.758%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (62.88%) SQL Server
2 23 (17.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 23 (17.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (12.12%) NoSQL
5 12 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (5.303%) RDBMS
7 6 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.515%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.758%) DB2
9 1 (0.758%) Oracle 9i
9 1 (0.758%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.758%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.758%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.758%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.758%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (21.21%) Git (software)
2 25 (18.94%) Maven
3 23 (17.42%) Selenium
4 16 (12.12%) Mockito
4 16 (12.12%) JUnit
5 14 (10.61%) Visual Studio
6 10 (7.576%) MSBuild
7 9 (6.818%) TeamCity
7 9 (6.818%) JBehave
8 5 (3.788%) WebDriver
8 5 (3.788%) FitNesse
8 5 (3.788%) WATIR
8 5 (3.788%) SpecFlow
9 3 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (2.273%) NUnit
10 1 (0.758%) PVCS
10 1 (0.758%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 1 (0.758%) XMLSpy
10 1 (0.758%) JMeter
10 1 (0.758%) Firebug
General
1 23 (17.42%) Finance
2 4 (3.030%) Spanish Language
3 3 (2.273%) Banking
4 2 (1.515%) Marketing
4 2 (1.515%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.758%) Automotive
5 1 (0.758%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.758%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (44.70%) Developer
2 21 (15.91%) Consultant
3 18 (13.64%) C# Developer
4 16 (12.12%) Analyst
4 16 (12.12%) Java Developer
5 13 (9.848%) BizTalk Developer
6 10 (7.576%) BizTalk Consultant
6 10 (7.576%) Architect
7 9 (6.818%) Technical Leader
8 8 (6.061%) Software Architect
8 8 (6.061%) Administrator
9 7 (5.303%) Release Manager
9 7 (5.303%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (5.303%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.303%) Test Analyst
9 7 (5.303%) Build Manager
10 5 (3.788%) Applications Developer
10 5 (3.788%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.788%) Systems Developer
10 5 (3.788%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.788%) Clustering
1 5 (3.788%) Kindle
2 3 (2.273%) SaaS
2 3 (2.273%) Wiki
2 3 (2.273%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.758%) HACMP
3 1 (0.758%) NHS
3 1 (0.758%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.758%) Replication
3 1 (0.758%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 46 (34.85%) Windows
2 23 (17.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (10.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (4.545%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (3.030%) Windows NT
6 2 (1.515%) Linux
6 2 (1.515%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.758%) UNIX
7 1 (0.758%) AIX
7 1 (0.758%) Solaris
7 1 (0.758%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.48%) Scrum
2 30 (22.73%) SOA
2 30 (22.73%) BDD
3 27 (20.45%) Continuous Integration
4 24 (18.18%) MVC
5 23 (17.42%) Agile Software Development
5 23 (17.42%) Web Development
6 22 (16.67%) UML
7 19 (14.39%) Software Architecture
8 18 (13.64%) Dependency Injection
8 18 (13.64%) OOD
9 17 (12.88%) TDD
10 13 (9.848%) Pair Programming
11 12 (9.091%) CRM
12 9 (6.818%) Test Scripting
13 7 (5.303%) Workflow
13 7 (5.303%) Project Management
13 7 (5.303%) Release Management
13 7 (5.303%) Unit Testing
13 7 (5.303%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 67 (50.76%) C#
2 44 (33.33%) SQL
3 38 (28.79%) Java
4 20 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.576%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.545%) PL/SQL
7 5 (3.788%) Perl
7 5 (3.788%) C
7 5 (3.788%) C++
7 5 (3.788%) Python
7 5 (3.788%) X++
8 4 (3.030%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.758%) VBScript
9 1 (0.758%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (6.061%) SC Cleared
1 8 (6.061%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.303%) Degree
3 3 (2.273%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.515%) MCSE
5 1 (0.758%) MCAD
5 1 (0.758%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.788%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.273%) QA
3 1 (0.758%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (6.818%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.788%) VMware ESX
3 4 (3.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.030%) Terminal Services
3 4 (3.030%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.758%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.758%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.758%) XenApp
4 1 (0.758%) vSphere
4 1 (0.758%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (4.545%) SCOM
2 4 (3.030%) BladeLogic
3 2 (1.515%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.758%) Foglight
4 1 (0.758%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.12%) JBoss
3 9 (6.818%) Twitter
3 9 (6.818%) Oracle
4 7 (5.303%) VMware
5 5 (3.788%) Citrix
6 2 (1.515%) Intel
7 1 (0.758%) Cognos
7 1 (0.758%) Lagan
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