The first table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Rank 214 227 180
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -47
Permanent jobs citing BizTalk Server 34 24 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.477% 0.340% 0.889%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.520% 1.581% 4.667%
Number of salaries quoted 27 23 53
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -26.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £28,750 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £38,750 £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.32%
All Application Platforms
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1349 1518 1307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 18.92% 21.53% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1145 1347 1187
Average salary £36,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.46% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
BizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West BizTalk Server Jobs Demand Trend

BizTalk Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the North West region.

North West BizTalk Server Salary Trend

BizTalk Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BizTalk Server across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West BizTalk Server Salary Histogram

BizTalk Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -6 32 £42,500 +30.76%
Cheshire +3 1 - -
Lancashire +1 1 - -
BizTalk Server
England

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BizTalk Server.

1 65 (89.04%) .NET
2 55 (75.34%) SQL Server
3 47 (64.38%) Microsoft
3 47 (64.38%) C#
4 41 (56.16%) VB.NET
5 38 (52.05%) ASP.NET
6 36 (49.32%) Windows
7 35 (47.95%) SharePoint
8 34 (46.58%) Web Services
9 33 (45.21%) SQL
9 33 (45.21%) WCF
10 31 (42.47%) Dynamics CRM
10 31 (42.47%) CRM
11 30 (41.10%) OO
12 29 (39.73%) Agile Software Development
13 28 (38.36%) SQL Server 2008
14 25 (34.25%) XML
15 24 (32.88%) UML
16 23 (31.51%) Visual Studio
16 23 (31.51%) .NET Framework
17 21 (28.77%) T-SQL
17 21 (28.77%) HTML
17 21 (28.77%) JavaScript
17 21 (28.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 20 (27.40%) WF
19 19 (26.03%) Dynamics AX
20 18 (24.66%) Degree
20 18 (24.66%) WPF
20 18 (24.66%) OOD
20 18 (24.66%) Business Intelligence

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BizTalk Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 65 (89.04%) .NET
2 38 (52.05%) ASP.NET
3 34 (46.58%) Web Services
4 33 (45.21%) WCF
5 25 (34.25%) XML
6 23 (31.51%) .NET Framework
7 21 (28.77%) HTML
8 20 (27.40%) WF
9 18 (24.66%) WPF
10 15 (20.55%) CSS
11 14 (19.18%) Ajax
12 13 (17.81%) CGI
13 12 (16.44%) Silverlight
14 11 (15.07%) Windows SharePoint Services
14 11 (15.07%) ADO.NET
15 8 (10.96%) XSLT
16 6 (8.219%) DHTML
17 5 (6.849%) ASP
18 4 (5.479%) COM
19 3 (4.110%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 35 (47.95%) SharePoint
2 14 (19.18%) SharePoint 2010
2 14 (19.18%) IIS
3 11 (15.07%) SharePoint Foundation
4 10 (13.70%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.740%) MS Exchange
5 2 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.740%) Lync
6 1 (1.370%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (1.370%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 16 (21.92%) MS Excel
2 12 (16.44%) MS Office
3 11 (15.07%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 31 (42.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (26.03%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.110%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.740%) LAN
2 2 (2.740%) VoIP
2 2 (2.740%) WAN
2 2 (2.740%) DHCP
2 2 (2.740%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.740%) VPN
2 2 (2.740%) DNS
2 2 (2.740%) SAN
2 2 (2.740%) Firewall
2 2 (2.740%) Wireless
2 2 (2.740%) VLAN
3 1 (1.370%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (75.34%) SQL Server
2 28 (38.36%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (28.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (23.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (13.70%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (10.96%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (6.849%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (4.110%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (2.740%) OLAP
9 2 (2.740%) Data Mining
9 2 (2.740%) Star Schema
9 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (1.370%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (1.370%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (1.370%) DTS
Development Applications
1 23 (31.51%) Visual Studio
2 12 (16.44%) NUnit
2 12 (16.44%) CruiseControl
2 12 (16.44%) Visual Studio Team System
2 12 (16.44%) MSBuild
3 7 (9.589%) MorphX
4 2 (2.740%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (23.29%) Finance
2 5 (6.849%) Advertising
3 3 (4.110%) Retail
4 1 (1.370%) Law
4 1 (1.370%) Legal
Job Titles
1 52 (71.23%) Developer
2 13 (17.81%) Systems Developer
3 11 (15.07%) BizTalk Developer
4 10 (13.70%) .NET Developer
4 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Developer
4 10 (13.70%) Senior Developer
5 8 (10.96%) Architect
6 7 (9.589%) Senior Consultant
6 7 (9.589%) Consultant
6 7 (9.589%) Applications Consultant
6 7 (9.589%) Dynamics AX Consultant
6 7 (9.589%) Dynamics AX Developer
7 6 (8.219%) SharePoint Developer
7 6 (8.219%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 5 (6.849%) SharePoint Architect
9 4 (5.479%) CRM Developer
10 3 (4.110%) Dynamics CRM Developer
10 3 (4.110%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.740%) DBA
11 2 (2.740%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.479%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.740%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (2.740%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.740%) Clustering
3 1 (1.370%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 36 (49.32%) Windows
2 2 (2.740%) Solaris
2 2 (2.740%) Linux
2 2 (2.740%) OpenVMS
2 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) CRM
2 30 (41.10%) OO
3 29 (39.73%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (32.88%) UML
5 18 (24.66%) OOD
5 18 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (21.92%) Workflow
7 15 (20.55%) OOA/OOD
7 15 (20.55%) Waterfall
8 14 (19.18%) Service Delivery
9 13 (17.81%) Logistics
9 13 (17.81%) Project Planning
10 12 (16.44%) Continuous Integration
10 12 (16.44%) RUP
10 12 (16.44%) Unified Process
10 12 (16.44%) MSF
11 11 (15.07%) Automated Testing
12 8 (10.96%) Business Analysis
12 8 (10.96%) ERP
13 7 (9.589%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (64.38%) C#
2 41 (56.16%) VB.NET
3 33 (45.21%) SQL
4 21 (28.77%) T-SQL
4 21 (28.77%) JavaScript
5 14 (19.18%) X++
6 7 (9.589%) VBScript
7 3 (4.110%) PHP
8 2 (2.740%) C
8 2 (2.740%) VB6
8 2 (2.740%) XPath
8 2 (2.740%) VB
8 2 (2.740%) Perl
8 2 (2.740%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (24.66%) Degree
2 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) DV Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.589%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.110%) MCTS
4 3 (4.110%) MCPD
4 3 (4.110%) MCAD
4 3 (4.110%) MCSD
5 2 (2.740%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.110%) QA
2 2 (2.740%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.740%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (2.740%) XenApp
1 2 (2.740%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.740%) SCCM
1 2 (2.740%) SCOM
1 2 (2.740%) WhatsUp Gold
1 2 (2.740%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 47 (64.38%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) Oracle
3 7 (9.589%) PeopleSoft
3 7 (9.589%) SAP
3 7 (9.589%) Baan
3 7 (9.589%) JD Edwards
4 3 (4.110%) Citrix
5 2 (2.740%) Juniper
5 2 (2.740%) NetApp
5 2 (2.740%) HP
5 2 (2.740%) Cisco
5 2 (2.740%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.740%) VMware
5 2 (2.740%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.370%) Sage