The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 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 Development Applications category for the Cheshire 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 Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 44 65 75
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +10
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 19 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.585% 0.124% 0.103%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.17% 1.389% 1.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £338 £315 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £314
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
82 72 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.16% 8.944% 5.550%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 30
Average daily rate £375 £316 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -2.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £355 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £33.75 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 £30.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £30.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
North 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Team Foundation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crewe +9 4 £275 -12.69%
Warrington - 2 £338 -
Team Foundation Server
North West

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 17 (65.38%) C#
3 15 (57.69%) SQL Server
4 14 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
5 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 13 (50.00%) XML
6 12 (46.15%) SharePoint
6 12 (46.15%) JavaScript
7 10 (38.46%) Retail
7 10 (38.46%) jQuery
8 9 (34.62%) Visual Studio
9 8 (30.77%) HTML
9 8 (30.77%) ITIL
9 8 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (26.92%) JIRA
10 7 (26.92%) WSUS
10 7 (26.92%) TDD
10 7 (26.92%) MVC
10 7 (26.92%) DameWare
10 7 (26.92%) CSS
10 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (26.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 6 (23.08%) Problem Management
11 6 (23.08%) MS Excel
11 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
11 6 (23.08%) Ajax
12 5 (19.23%) XPath
12 5 (19.23%) JSON
12 5 (19.23%) WCF
12 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 13 (50.00%) XML
3 10 (38.46%) jQuery
4 8 (30.77%) HTML
5 7 (26.92%) CSS
5 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET MVC
5 7 (26.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
6 6 (23.08%) Ajax
7 5 (19.23%) JSON
7 5 (19.23%) WCF
7 5 (19.23%) LINQ
7 5 (19.23%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 4 (15.38%) LINQ to SQL
8 4 (15.38%) Web Services
8 4 (15.38%) XSLT
9 2 (7.692%) Ninject
9 2 (7.692%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 12 (46.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (19.23%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (11.54%) IIS
4 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.54%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (57.69%) SQL Server
2 14 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (34.62%) Visual Studio
2 7 (26.92%) JIRA
3 2 (7.692%) Git (software)
3 2 (7.692%) Subversion
General
1 10 (38.46%) Retail
2 5 (19.23%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Developer
2 12 (46.15%) .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Applications Support
3 5 (19.23%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Lead .NET Developer
5 2 (7.692%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 2 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Applications Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Server Support
5 2 (7.692%) .NET Applications Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Network Support
6 1 (3.846%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.846%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (3.846%) .NET Team Leader
6 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Smartcard
1 3 (11.54%) N-Tier
2 2 (7.692%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) ITIL
2 7 (26.92%) TDD
2 7 (26.92%) MVC
3 6 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (19.23%) SOA
4 5 (19.23%) MVVM
5 4 (15.38%) Workflow
6 3 (11.54%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) RUP
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (7.692%) Dependency Injection
7 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.692%) Software Engineering
7 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.846%) Extreme Programming
8 1 (3.846%) Migration
8 1 (3.846%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) C#
2 12 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (19.23%) XPath
4 4 (15.38%) SQL
5 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (7.692%) UAG
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) WSUS
1 7 (26.92%) DameWare
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) Razor Risk
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: *C# *.NET Runtime *ASP.NET *SQL Server *T-SQL *Ability to communicate clearly with employees of all levels.
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013