The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 77 74 79
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 3 24 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.261% 1.491% 1.122%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.310% 7.692% 5.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 18
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £425 £363
% change year-on-year
-20.29% +17.24%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
229 312 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 19.91% 19.38% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 167 200
Average daily rate £345 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.60% -2.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 21
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £23.85 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
BizTalk Server
South East

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Guildford -10 2 £450 -
BizTalk Server
South East

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (66.67%) WCF
2 3 (50.00%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) LINQ
3 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (33.33%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) XSLT
4 1 (16.67%) Cognos
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
4 1 (16.67%) HTTP
4 1 (16.67%) WSDL
4 1 (16.67%) XML Schema
4 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) XMLSpy
4 1 (16.67%) BPR
4 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (16.67%) soapUI
4 1 (16.67%) Automotive
4 1 (16.67%) IIS
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) LINQ
2 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) WSDL
3 1 (16.67%) XML Schema
3 1 (16.67%) soapUI
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) XMLSpy
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) BizTalk Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) BPR
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cognos
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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