The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 21 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 West Sussex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank - 39 50
Contract jobs citing BizTalk Server 0 17 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - 2.632% 0.455%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 20.99% 2.740%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 1
Average daily rate - £500 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £425 £351
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +20.99%
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
70 81 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 18.37% 12.54% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 16
Average daily rate £425 £400 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +39.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £505 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 13
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 - £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.55 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
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 West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex BizTalk Server Daily Rate Trend

BizTalk Server
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 2 (66.67%) IIS
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (66.67%) soapUI
2 1 (33.33%) MSBuild
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) AppFabric
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) soapUI
2 1 (33.33%) AppFabric
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Environment Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft