The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 22 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 Hampshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 88 85 97
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 11 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.708% 0.807% 0.381%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.741% 6.404% 2.869%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
Average daily rate £340 £375 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £288 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £385 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £313
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +16.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
232 203 244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.93% 12.61% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 94 71
Average daily rate £335 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £439 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 64
Average hourly rate £39.50 £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.75% +5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.15 £31.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
South East

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Basingstoke -9 4 - -
Southampton -6 1 £400 -
Team Foundation Server
South East

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (61.54%) C#
2 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
2 7 (53.85%) .NET
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Azure
5 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
6 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
6 3 (23.08%) MS Office
6 3 (23.08%) ISO 9001
6 3 (23.08%) TickIT
6 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
6 3 (23.08%) QA
6 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
6 3 (23.08%) System Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (23.08%) Open Source
7 2 (15.38%) WCF
7 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (15.38%) Web Services
8 1 (7.692%) XML
8 1 (7.692%) XSL
8 1 (7.692%) XSLT
8 1 (7.692%) Windows
8 1 (7.692%) UML

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 7 (53.85%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) WCF
2 2 (15.38%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) XSL
3 1 (7.692%) XSLT
3 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET
3 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) SOAP
3 1 (7.692%) DHTML
3 1 (7.692%) WinForms
3 1 (7.692%) Ajax
3 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.692%) WPF
3 1 (7.692%) WF
3 1 (7.692%) LINQ
3 1 (7.692%) jQuery
3 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (7.692%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Windows Azure
2 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.692%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 3 (23.08%) MS Office
3 1 (7.692%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Intranet
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
1 1 (7.692%) Extranet
1 1 (7.692%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (7.692%) InstallShield
3 1 (7.692%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (7.692%) WiX
3 1 (7.692%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Test Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Automation Test Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Automation Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Quality Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) QA Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Process Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Process Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Open Source
3 1 (7.692%) Social Media
3 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
1 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
1 3 (23.08%) System Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) UML
3 1 (7.692%) OOD
3 1 (7.692%) TDD
3 1 (7.692%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (7.692%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.692%) MVC
3 1 (7.692%) Validation
3 1 (7.692%) Web Development
3 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (7.692%) Software Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO 9001
1 3 (23.08%) TickIT
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft