The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 85 121 84
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -37
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 29 11 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.356% 0.372% 1.626%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.98% 3.188% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 18
Average daily rate £351 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.84% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £270 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +12.30%
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
242 345 360
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 11.31% 11.68% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 153 135
Average daily rate £325 £345 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 63
Average hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.25 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire - 15 £394 -
Suffolk +17 6 £350 +1.52%
Essex 0 5 £275 +1.85%
Bedfordshire - 2 £388 -
Cambridgeshire +10 1 - -
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 47 (75.81%) .NET
2 33 (53.23%) C#
3 32 (51.61%) Microsoft
4 25 (40.32%) Retail
5 24 (38.71%) SQL
6 21 (33.87%) JavaScript
6 21 (33.87%) ASP.NET
7 20 (32.26%) Oracle
8 19 (30.65%) CSS
8 19 (30.65%) WCF
8 19 (30.65%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (29.03%) Web Services
10 17 (27.42%) XML
10 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
11 16 (25.81%) Visual Studio
12 14 (22.58%) Windows
13 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
14 12 (19.35%) .NET Framework
14 12 (19.35%) HTML
15 11 (17.74%) jQuery
16 10 (16.13%) Puppet
16 10 (16.13%) N-Tier
17 9 (14.52%) SharePoint
17 9 (14.52%) PL/SQL
17 9 (14.52%) JSON
17 9 (14.52%) TDD
18 8 (12.90%) Internet
18 8 (12.90%) Unit Testing
19 7 (11.29%) SQL Server 2008
19 7 (11.29%) Oracle 11g

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 47 (75.81%) .NET
2 21 (33.87%) ASP.NET
3 19 (30.65%) CSS
3 19 (30.65%) WCF
4 18 (29.03%) Web Services
5 17 (27.42%) XML
6 12 (19.35%) .NET Framework
6 12 (19.35%) HTML
7 11 (17.74%) jQuery
8 9 (14.52%) JSON
9 6 (9.677%) KnockoutJS
10 5 (8.065%) LINQ
10 5 (8.065%) XHTML
11 4 (6.452%) WPF
11 4 (6.452%) Ajax
11 4 (6.452%) NHibernate
11 4 (6.452%) SOAP
12 3 (4.839%) HTML5
12 3 (4.839%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 3 (4.839%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.29%) IIS
3 5 (8.065%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (3.226%) Confluence
5 1 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (8.065%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.226%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) Internet
2 2 (3.226%) Firewall
2 2 (3.226%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (1.613%) CTI
3 1 (1.613%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (11.29%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (11.29%) Oracle 10g
2 7 (11.29%) TOAD
3 3 (4.839%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.839%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.226%) GIS
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle OWB
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.613%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.613%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.613%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (25.81%) Visual Studio
2 5 (8.065%) Subversion
3 3 (4.839%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (4.839%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.226%) JIRA
4 2 (3.226%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (3.226%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.226%) TeamCity
4 2 (3.226%) MSBuild
4 2 (3.226%) WiX
4 2 (3.226%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.613%) Hudson
5 1 (1.613%) QUnit
5 1 (1.613%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.613%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (1.613%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.613%) Selenium
5 1 (1.613%) NUnit
General
1 25 (40.32%) Retail
2 2 (3.226%) Finance
3 1 (1.613%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 34 (54.84%) Developer
2 17 (27.42%) .NET Developer
3 11 (17.74%) C# Developer
3 11 (17.74%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (14.52%) Build Manager
5 7 (11.29%) PL/SQL Developer
6 5 (8.065%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.065%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.452%) Web Developer
7 4 (6.452%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.452%) Architect
8 3 (4.839%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.839%) Deployment Manager
8 3 (4.839%) Release Manager
9 2 (3.226%) HTML Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Development Manager
9 2 (3.226%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Consultant
9 2 (3.226%) Front-End Developer
9 2 (3.226%) CSS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) N-Tier
2 4 (6.452%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.452%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.226%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.226%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.613%) Social Media
4 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.613%) SaaS
4 1 (1.613%) W3C
4 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.613%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.58%) Windows
2 2 (3.226%) Android
2 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (3.226%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.226%) bada
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Continuous Integration
2 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (14.52%) TDD
4 8 (12.90%) Unit Testing
5 6 (9.677%) MVC
5 6 (9.677%) SOA
6 5 (8.065%) OO
6 5 (8.065%) Change Management
6 5 (8.065%) AOP
6 5 (8.065%) Refactoring
7 4 (6.452%) Web Development
7 4 (6.452%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.452%) Scrum
7 4 (6.452%) E-Commerce
7 4 (6.452%) Waterfall
8 3 (4.839%) UML
8 3 (4.839%) Workflow
9 2 (3.226%) Software Engineering
9 2 (3.226%) Project Planning
9 2 (3.226%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (53.23%) C#
2 24 (38.71%) SQL
3 21 (33.87%) JavaScript
4 9 (14.52%) PL/SQL
5 7 (11.29%) Java
6 6 (9.677%) T-SQL
7 4 (6.452%) VB.NET
8 2 (3.226%) XPath
8 2 (3.226%) C
8 2 (3.226%) VB
8 2 (3.226%) XQuery
8 2 (3.226%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.613%) VBA
9 1 (1.613%) Python
9 1 (1.613%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (8.065%) Degree
2 2 (3.226%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.613%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
1 1 (1.613%) WCAG
1 1 (1.613%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.226%) Xen
1 2 (3.226%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.226%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.613%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 20 (32.26%) Oracle
3 7 (11.29%) Business Objects
4 2 (3.226%) VMware
4 2 (3.226%) Cisco
4 2 (3.226%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.226%) Citrix
4 2 (3.226%) Symbian
5 1 (1.613%) Telerik
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