South West BizTalk Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft BizTalk Server skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BizTalk Server over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft BizTalk Server
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Cumbria Dorking Dorset Dundee Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Essex Falkirk Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grangemouth Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Kent Leeds Leicestershire London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newport North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	112	118
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	25	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.040 %
As % of the category below	5.308 %	5.496 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£375
Average daily rate	-	£413
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£407	£391
% change on same period last year	+3.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£38.50	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-3.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.00	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.53	£40.05
% change on same period last year	-3.80 %
Application Platforms South West
Matching contract IT job ads	471	655
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.604 %	0.736 %
Daily rates quoted	83	137
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£326
Average daily rate	£356	£339
% change on same period last year	+5.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	75
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.70	£21.71
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£23.26
% change on same period last year	-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.82	£24.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
BizTalk Server England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BizTalk Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

BizTalk Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the South West region.

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing BizTalk Server across the South West region.

BizTalk Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the South West region over the past 3 months.

BizTalk Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the South West region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Gloucestershire	+9	9	-	-
2	Dorset	-	2	-	-
2	Wiltshire	-7	2	-	-
3	Somerset	+7	1	-	-

BizTalk Server England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing BizTalk Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BizTalk Server.

1 30 (68.18 %) C# 2 25 (56.82 %) .NET 3 24 (54.55 %) SQL Server 4 19 (43.18 %) SOA 5 15 (34.09 %) Agile Software Development 6 12 (27.27 %) SQL 7 8 (18.18 %) Oracle 8 6 (13.64 %) TDD 9 5 (11.36 %) Insurance 9 5 (11.36 %) ASP.NET 9 5 (11.36 %) N-Tier 10 4 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 10 4 (9.091 %) Middleware 11 3 (6.818 %) ISEB 11 3 (6.818 %) Process Management

11 3 (6.818 %) Scrum 11 3 (6.818 %) SQL Server 2005 11 3 (6.818 %) BPM 11 3 (6.818 %) Document Management 11 3 (6.818 %) Microsoft 11 3 (6.818 %) XML 11 3 (6.818 %) XSLT 11 3 (6.818 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 3 (6.818 %) QA 11 3 (6.818 %) Load Testing 12 2 (4.545 %) Load Balancing 12 2 (4.545 %) Software Engineering 12 2 (4.545 %) Performance Testing 12 2 (4.545 %) MCP 12 2 (4.545 %) Visual Studio

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing BizTalk Server also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BizTalk Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 25 (56.82 %) .NET 2 5 (11.36 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (9.091 %) Middleware 4 3 (6.818 %) XML 4 3 (6.818 %) XSLT 5 1 (2.273 %) HTML 5 1 (2.273 %) AJAX 5 1 (2.273 %) .NET Framework 5 1 (2.273 %) WCF 5 1 (2.273 %) WF 5 1 (2.273 %) WSE 5 1 (2.273 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 1 (2.273 %) CSS 5 1 (2.273 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (6.818 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 2 (4.545 %) SharePoint 3 1 (2.273 %) IIS
Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.273 %) LDAP 1 1 (2.273 %) Intranet 1 1 (2.273 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (54.55 %) SQL Server 2 3 (6.818 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (4.545 %) RDBMS 3 2 (4.545 %) Oracle 10g 4 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (2.273 %) MySQL 4 1 (2.273 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 2 (4.545 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (4.545 %) NUnit	General 1 5 (11.36 %) Insurance 2 1 (2.273 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 29 (65.91 %) Developer 2 25 (56.82 %) BizTalk Developer 3 4 (9.091 %) Architect 4 3 (6.818 %) Tester 4 3 (6.818 %) Technical Architect 4 3 (6.818 %) Consultant 4 3 (6.818 %) Performance Tester 5 2 (4.545 %) Senior Consultant 5 2 (4.545 %) Software Engineer 5 2 (4.545 %) BizTalk Consultant 5 2 (4.545 %) Technical Lead 6 1 (2.273 %) .NET Developer 6 1 (2.273 %) C# Developer 6 1 (2.273 %) Technical Specialist 6 1 (2.273 %) SharePoint Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 5 (11.36 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 2 (4.545 %) Windows 2 1 (2.273 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (43.18 %) SOA 2 15 (34.09 %) Agile Software Development 3 6 (13.64 %) TDD 4 4 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (6.818 %) Process Management 5 3 (6.818 %) BPM 5 3 (6.818 %) Scrum 5 3 (6.818 %) Document Management 5 3 (6.818 %) Load Testing 6 2 (4.545 %) Load Balancing 6 2 (4.545 %) Performance Testing 6 2 (4.545 %) Software Engineering 6 2 (4.545 %) Software Testing 6 2 (4.545 %) RAD 7 1 (2.273 %) Service Management 7 1 (2.273 %) Web Design 7 1 (2.273 %) Risk Management 7 1 (2.273 %) Business Development 7 1 (2.273 %) Data Protection
Programming Languages 1 30 (68.18 %) C# 2 12 (27.27 %) SQL 3 1 (2.273 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (2.273 %) VB.NET 3 1 (2.273 %) DHTML 3 1 (2.273 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 3 (6.818 %) ISEB 2 2 (4.545 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (4.545 %) MCP 3 1 (2.273 %) MCAD 3 1 (2.273 %) MCSD 3 1 (2.273 %) MCSE 3 1 (2.273 %) MCSA 3 1 (2.273 %) MCTS 3 1 (2.273 %) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (6.818 %) QA 2 1 (2.273 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (2.273 %) Active Directory 1 1 (2.273 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors 1 8 (18.18 %) Oracle 2 3 (6.818 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.273 %) Citrix