The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Team Foundation Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Development Applications category for the Bristol 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 44 58 46
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -12
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 5 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.947% 0.477% 0.968%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.51% 5.405% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £325 £220 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -25.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £366 £314
% change year-on-year
-8.53% +16.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
37 74 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 7.008% 8.820% 6.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 45 19
Average daily rate £325 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £291 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
South West

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Bristol Team Foundation Server Jobs Demand Trend

Team Foundation Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the Bristol region.

Bristol Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the Bristol region.

Bristol Team Foundation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Team Foundation 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 Team Foundation Server.

1 9 (75.00%) .NET
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (66.67%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (50.00%) CSS
4 6 (50.00%) HTML
4 6 (50.00%) jQuery
5 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (41.67%) XML
5 5 (41.67%) Windows
5 5 (41.67%) MVC
6 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 4 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) LINQ
6 4 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (25.00%) WCF
7 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
7 3 (25.00%) MDX
7 3 (25.00%) VB6
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
7 3 (25.00%) VB
7 3 (25.00%) Web Services
7 3 (25.00%) Finance
8 2 (16.67%) Infragistics
8 2 (16.67%) ASP
8 2 (16.67%) Workflow

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Team Foundation 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 Team Foundation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
3 6 (50.00%) CSS
3 6 (50.00%) jQuery
3 6 (50.00%) HTML
4 5 (41.67%) XML
5 4 (33.33%) LINQ
6 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 3 (25.00%) MDX
6 3 (25.00%) WCF
6 3 (25.00%) Web Services
7 2 (16.67%) ASP
7 2 (16.67%) XHTML
7 2 (16.67%) Ajax
7 2 (16.67%) CAML
7 2 (16.67%) OAuth
7 2 (16.67%) RESTful
7 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (16.67%) HTML5
7 2 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (16.67%) CMS
3 1 (8.333%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (16.67%) ReSharper
2 1 (8.333%) Selenium
2 1 (8.333%) WebDriver
2 1 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (8.333%) NUnit
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Test Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Database Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Database Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.333%) NHS
2 1 (8.333%) IPTV
2 1 (8.333%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) MVC
1 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.333%) TDD
4 1 (8.333%) Web Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
4 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy
4 1 (8.333%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (8.333%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (25.00%) VB
3 3 (25.00%) VB6
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Infragistics
1 2 (16.67%) Telerik
1 2 (16.67%) Ektron
1 2 (16.67%) Facebook
1 2 (16.67%) Twitter
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