The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 34 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.329% 1.124% -
As % of the Development Applications category 13.33% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 27 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 9.967% 10.11% 7.987%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 14
Average daily rate £280 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.08% -1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £36.64 £33.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Team Foundation Server Daily 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 Kent 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
Tunbridge Wells -2 2 £275 -
Team Foundation Server
South East

Team Foundation Server
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (50.00%) Replication
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Lua
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Google App Engine
2 2 (50.00%) Game Development
2 2 (50.00%) MSBuild
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Google App Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) MSBuild
General
1 2 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Test Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Game Development
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Lua
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google