The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 19 June 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 Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 26 26 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 5 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.404% 3.902% 1.688%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.78% 38.10% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
Average daily rate £308 £263 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.14% -13.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £216 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £275 £341
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £358 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.29% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £25.00 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+29.00% -86.84%
All Development Applications
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
18 21 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 8.654% 10.24% 7.173%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 11
Average daily rate £300 £275 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -35.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £350 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Team Foundation Server
South Wales

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Visual Studio
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
3 7 (77.78%) NHS
3 7 (77.78%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 5 (55.56%) ISEB
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) RUP
4 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
4 5 (55.56%) UNIX
5 4 (44.44%) .NET
5 4 (44.44%) C#
5 4 (44.44%) MS Project
5 4 (44.44%) Regression Testing
5 4 (44.44%) MVC
5 4 (44.44%) WCF
5 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (33.33%) WF
6 3 (33.33%) HL7
6 3 (33.33%) Workflow
6 3 (33.33%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) WCF
2 3 (33.33%) WF
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 3 (33.33%) XSLT
2 3 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) XML Messaging
4 1 (11.11%) WPF
4 1 (11.11%) soapUI
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Project
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Database Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Applications Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Application Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) UNIX
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
1 5 (55.56%) RUP
1 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Regression Testing
2 4 (44.44%) MVC
2 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Workflow
4 2 (22.22%) SOA
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 3 (33.33%) C
4 1 (11.11%) XAML
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft