The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BizTalk Server skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

Microsoft BizTalk Server
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank336266302
Rank change year-on-year
Down-70Up+36
Matching permanent IT job ads8611062634
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.710 %0.870 %0.666 %
As % of the Application Platforms category3.486 %4.571 %3.846 %
Number of salaries quoted776913498
Average salary£45,000£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,546£32,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£72,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,500£43,750£46,000
% change year-on-year
-5.14 %-4.89 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246992323116485
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.38 %19.04 %17.31 %
Number of salaries quoted214752000213747
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£35,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.63 %

BizTalk Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

BizTalk Server Demand Trend

BizTalk Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BizTalk Server within the UK.

BizTalk Server Salary Trend

BizTalk Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BizTalk Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

BizTalk Server Salary Histogram

BizTalk Server
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-58788£47,500-5.00 %
LondonDown-102270£57,500+4.54 %
South EastDown-44184£45,000-10.00 %
East of EnglandDown-9120£45,000-5.26 %
YorkshireDown-1580£36,250-3.33 %
SurreyUp+176£45,000-10.00 %
BerkshireDown-2554£55,000+12.82 %
West MidlandsUp+351£36,500+4.28 %
North YorkshireUp+3149£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+747£45,500-18.38 %
ReadingUp+446£55,000+29.41 %
City of LondonDown-6941£60,000+9.09 %
South WestNo change037£36,000+10.76 %
StaffordshireNew entry-34£36,500-
SuffolkUp+1526£45,000-14.28 %
YorkUp+1225£37,500+7.14 %
South WalesUp+1424£30,000+3.44 %
WalesUp+924£30,000+3.44 %
EssexUp+424£40,000-9.09 %
North WestDown-4924£35,000-26.31 %
IpswichUp+1223£45,000-14.28 %
BristolDown-221£36,000+10.76 %
CardiffUp+3320£30,000+3.44 %
ManchesterDown-2519£32,500-35.00 %
HampshireDown-3319£42,500-5.55 %
StainesUp+318£45,000+4.65 %
CannockNew entry-17£46,250-
South YorkshireDown-1714£40,000+14.28 %
East MidlandsDown-2314£42,500+6.25 %
ScotlandUp+213£36,000+15.20 %

BizTalk Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11351 (77.42 %).NET
2986 (56.50 %)Microsoft
3953 (54.61 %)C#
4949 (54.38 %)SQL Server
5863 (49.46 %)SharePoint
6631 (36.16 %)ASP.NET
7630 (36.10 %)SQL
8449 (25.73 %)WCF
9445 (25.50 %)CRM
10381 (21.83 %)XML
11379 (21.72 %)MS Excel
12373 (21.38 %)Dynamics CRM
13354 (20.29 %)Finance
14349 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
15327 (18.74 %)Web Services
16320 (18.34 %).NET Framework
17299 (17.13 %)SharePoint Server
18292 (16.73 %)Windows
19219 (12.55 %)IIS
19219 (12.55 %)MVC
20215 (12.32 %)Visual Studio
21207 (11.86 %)JavaScript
22204 (11.69 %)Agile Software Development
23199 (11.40 %)SQL Server 2005
23199 (11.40 %)Team Foundation Server
24197 (11.29 %)Oracle
25189 (10.83 %)SQL Server Integration Services
26182 (10.43 %)CSS
27178 (10.20 %)ERP
28177 (10.14 %)SQL Server Reporting Services

BizTalk Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11351 (77.42 %).NET
2631 (36.16 %)ASP.NET
3449 (25.73 %)WCF
4381 (21.83 %)XML
5327 (18.74 %)Web Services
6320 (18.34 %).NET Framework
7182 (10.43 %)CSS
8172 (9.857 %)HTML
9148 (8.481 %)ASP.NET MVC
10142 (8.138 %)NHibernate
11136 (7.794 %)WebSphere
12127 (7.278 %)WPF
13123 (7.049 %)XSLT
1495 (5.444 %)Silverlight
1591 (5.215 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
1690 (5.158 %)Ajax
1773 (4.183 %)LINQ
1865 (3.725 %)SOAP
1865 (3.725 %)Razor View Engine
1952 (2.980 %)ASP.NET MVC 2
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1863 (49.46 %)SharePoint
2299 (17.13 %)SharePoint Server
3219 (12.55 %)IIS
4126 (7.221 %)SharePoint 2010
547 (2.693 %)CMS
644 (2.521 %)MS Exchange
740 (2.292 %)ESB
836 (2.063 %)Apache
932 (1.834 %)Commerce Server
1028 (1.605 %)Exchange Server 2010
1126 (1.490 %)Exchange Server 2007
1126 (1.490 %)WebSphere Application Server
1225 (1.433 %)Tomcat
1321 (1.203 %)IBM HTTP Server
1321 (1.203 %)WebSphere Portal
1419 (1.089 %)Exchange Server 2003
1419 (1.089 %)Umbraco
1516 (0.917 %)SharePoint Foundation
1613 (0.745 %)ColdFusion
1712 (0.688 %)Papyrus
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1379 (21.72 %)MS Excel
252 (2.980 %)MS Project
343 (2.464 %)MS Visio
439 (2.235 %)MS Office
537 (2.120 %)InfoPath
612 (0.688 %)PrintSoft PReS
612 (0.688 %)DOC1
74 (0.229 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (0.172 %)Office 365
83 (0.172 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.057 %)InDesign
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1373 (21.38 %)Dynamics CRM
2163 (9.341 %)Dynamics AX
324 (1.375 %)Dynamics NAV
416 (0.917 %)SAP Retail
512 (0.688 %)Exstream
610 (0.573 %)Agresso
79 (0.516 %)Oracle Applications
87 (0.401 %)Tridion
95 (0.287 %)Line 500
95 (0.287 %)Siebel Analytics
104 (0.229 %)Google Analytics
104 (0.229 %)SAP SD
113 (0.172 %)Oracle EBS
122 (0.115 %)Changepoint
122 (0.115 %)Oracle 11i
122 (0.115 %)Oracle CRM
122 (0.115 %)Pivotal CRM
131 (0.057 %)Oracle ERP
131 (0.057 %)Oracle Financials
131 (0.057 %)Oracle BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
175 (4.298 %)SAN
263 (3.610 %)HTTP
358 (3.324 %)Internet
445 (2.579 %)DNS
538 (2.178 %)VLAN
627 (1.547 %)Firewall
627 (1.547 %)TCP/IP
627 (1.547 %)WAN
725 (1.433 %)LAN
818 (1.032 %)VoIP
917 (0.974 %)FTP
917 (0.974 %)Intranet
1013 (0.745 %)NAS
1013 (0.745 %)Fibre Channel
1111 (0.630 %)Cisco ASA
128 (0.458 %)DHCP
137 (0.401 %)VPN
137 (0.401 %)Extranet
137 (0.401 %)iSCSI
145 (0.287 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1949 (54.38 %)SQL Server
2349 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
3199 (11.40 %)SQL Server 2005
4189 (10.83 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5177 (10.14 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
666 (3.782 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
746 (2.636 %)Data Warehouse
841 (2.350 %)ETL
940 (2.292 %)MySQL
1024 (1.375 %)Crystal Reports
1123 (1.318 %)SQL Server 2000
1123 (1.318 %)RDBMS
1123 (1.318 %)Oracle 10g
1222 (1.261 %)DTS
1222 (1.261 %)Oracle 8/8i
1320 (1.146 %)Oracle 11g
1414 (0.802 %)GIS
1512 (0.688 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
169 (0.516 %)OLAP
169 (0.516 %)QlikView
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1215 (12.32 %)Visual Studio
2199 (11.40 %)Team Foundation Server
3133 (7.622 %)NUnit
482 (4.699 %)Rhino Mocks
482 (4.699 %)Subversion
533 (1.891 %)Visual Studio Team System
631 (1.777 %)Moq
725 (1.433 %)CruiseControl
822 (1.261 %)VSS/SourceSafe
822 (1.261 %)Eclipse
917 (0.974 %)MSBuild
1016 (0.917 %)Selenium
1115 (0.860 %)PVCS
1214 (0.802 %)Maven
1313 (0.745 %)Hudson
1412 (0.688 %)FitNesse
1510 (0.573 %)JUnit
168 (0.458 %)QuickTest Pro
177 (0.401 %)MSI
186 (0.344 %)MSTest
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1354 (20.29 %)Finance
2102 (5.845 %)Banking
389 (5.100 %)Retail
476 (4.355 %)Manufacturing
538 (2.178 %)Law
628 (1.605 %)Investment Banking
628 (1.605 %)Back Office
726 (1.490 %)Publishing
825 (1.433 %)Music
924 (1.375 %)Marketing
1021 (1.203 %)Telecoms
1117 (0.974 %)Legal
1216 (0.917 %)Advertising
1311 (0.630 %)Pharmaceutical
149 (0.516 %)German Language
158 (0.458 %)Billing
164 (0.229 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.229 %)Multimedia
173 (0.172 %)French Language
182 (0.115 %)Retail Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1859 (49.23 %)Developer
2365 (20.92 %).NET Developer
3226 (12.95 %)Architect
4212 (12.15 %)C# Developer
5191 (10.95 %)Consultant
6181 (10.37 %)C# .NET Developer
7161 (9.226 %)BizTalk Developer
8157 (8.997 %)Senior Developer
9132 (7.564 %)Analyst
10112 (6.418 %)ASP.NET Developer
11102 (5.845 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
12100 (5.731 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
1387 (4.986 %)Axapta Consultant
1485 (4.871 %)DBA
1574 (4.241 %)Applications Support
1673 (4.183 %)Senior .NET Developer
1766 (3.782 %)SQL DBA
1863 (3.610 %)Administrator
1959 (3.381 %)Lead Developer
2058 (3.324 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1107 (6.132 %)N-Tier
273 (4.183 %)Clustering
341 (2.350 %)Enterprise Storage
438 (2.178 %)Replication
438 (2.178 %)Mainframe
438 (2.178 %)Web 2.0
537 (2.120 %)Open Source
630 (1.719 %)Client/Server
727 (1.547 %)Computer Science
825 (1.433 %)Tandem
923 (1.318 %)Cloud Computing
1017 (0.974 %)SaaS
1116 (0.917 %)Blackberry
1215 (0.860 %)RIA
1314 (0.802 %)PMI
1413 (0.745 %)Inversion of Control
1512 (0.688 %)Taxonomies
1611 (0.630 %)iSeries
1710 (0.573 %)Data Integration
189 (0.516 %)Data Conversion
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1292 (16.73 %)Windows
288 (5.043 %)Windows Server 2003
383 (4.756 %)Windows Server 2008
436 (2.063 %)UNIX
534 (1.948 %)Windows XP
633 (1.891 %)Linux
730 (1.719 %)AIX
826 (1.490 %)Windows 2000 Server
919 (1.089 %)Windows 7
919 (1.089 %)Apple iOS
104 (0.229 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.115 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.057 %)NetWare
121 (0.057 %)Solaris
121 (0.057 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1445 (25.50 %)CRM
2219 (12.55 %)MVC
3204 (11.69 %)Agile Software Development
4178 (10.20 %)ERP
5154 (8.825 %)Scrum
6137 (7.851 %)OO
7124 (7.106 %)SOA
8123 (7.049 %)UML
9110 (6.304 %)TDD
1099 (5.673 %)ITIL
1187 (4.986 %)Web Application Development
1282 (4.699 %)E-Commerce
1381 (4.642 %)Business Intelligence
1476 (4.355 %)Logistics
1476 (4.355 %)Web Development
1568 (3.897 %)Unit Testing
1666 (3.782 %)Workflow
1666 (3.782 %)Project Management
1760 (3.438 %)RUP
1856 (3.209 %)Change Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1953 (54.61 %)C#
2630 (36.10 %)SQL
3207 (11.86 %)JavaScript
4174 (9.971 %)VB.NET
5168 (9.628 %)Java
6158 (9.054 %)T-SQL
7147 (8.424 %)X++
896 (5.501 %)VB
927 (1.547 %)PowerHouse
1024 (1.375 %)PowerShell
1119 (1.089 %)Perl
1217 (0.974 %)VB6
1316 (0.917 %)C++
1415 (0.860 %)Ruby
1514 (0.802 %)C
1613 (0.745 %)Bash shell
1710 (0.573 %)XPath
188 (0.458 %)ActionScript 2.0
188 (0.458 %)PHP
188 (0.458 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1143 (8.195 %)Microsoft Certification
2117 (6.705 %)MCTS
3116 (6.648 %)Degree
4107 (6.132 %)MCSD
5101 (5.788 %)MCP
689 (5.100 %)MCAD
771 (4.069 %)Security Cleared
853 (3.037 %)SC Cleared
927 (1.547 %)ACCA
1017 (0.974 %)PMI Certification
1111 (0.630 %)MCPD
1210 (0.573 %)ISEB
1210 (0.573 %)MCSE
137 (0.401 %)PMP
144 (0.229 %)ISTQB
144 (0.229 %)PRINCE2 Certification
153 (0.172 %)MCDBA
153 (0.172 %)Sun Certification
162 (0.115 %)ITIL Certification
162 (0.115 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (2.063 %)QA
232 (1.834 %)SLA
314 (0.802 %)PCI DSS
314 (0.802 %)WAI
44 (0.229 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.172 %)ISO 9001
53 (0.172 %)HL7
61 (0.057 %)ISO/IEC 27001
61 (0.057 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1119 (6.819 %)Active Directory
239 (2.235 %)VMware ESX
325 (1.433 %)VMware Infrastructure
420 (1.146 %)XenApp
518 (1.032 %)VMware Workstation
613 (0.745 %)Xen
712 (0.688 %)Hyper-V
811 (0.630 %)Oracle RMAN
97 (0.401 %)Terminal Services
105 (0.287 %)DFS Replication
105 (0.287 %)vSphere
111 (0.057 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.057 %)Oracle RAC
111 (0.057 %)OpenSSO
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
135 (2.006 %)SCCM
233 (1.891 %)SCOM
324 (1.375 %)Foglight
423 (1.318 %)Tivoli
518 (1.032 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
616 (0.917 %)Backup Exec
714 (0.802 %)NetBackup
810 (0.573 %)Data Guard
98 (0.458 %)HP Quality Center
107 (0.401 %)SCVMM
112 (0.115 %)Ionix
121 (0.057 %)Nagios
121 (0.057 %)CA SiteMinder
121 (0.057 %)OpenView
121 (0.057 %)NetCrunch
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1986 (56.50 %)Microsoft
2197 (11.29 %)Oracle
391 (5.215 %)VMware
478 (4.470 %)Citrix
576 (4.355 %)IBM
674 (4.241 %)SAP
745 (2.579 %)Cisco
844 (2.521 %)HP
933 (1.891 %)TIBCO
1032 (1.834 %)Intel
1124 (1.375 %)Planview
1124 (1.375 %)PeopleSoft
1124 (1.375 %)Stellent
1222 (1.261 %)EMC
1318 (1.032 %)Metastorm
1417 (0.974 %)ATG
1417 (0.974 %)BMC
1516 (0.917 %)Hitachi
1516 (0.917 %)Sage
1615 (0.860 %)CommVault