The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 Luton 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 16 - 10
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 2.532% - 3.774%
As % of the Development Applications category 50.00% - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £388 - £343
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 - £317
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 - £369
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
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 5.063% - 5.660%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
Average daily rate £375 - £310
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
Bedfordshire

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Luton region.

Luton Team Foundation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) XML
3 3 (60.00%) OO
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) UML
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (40.00%) Internet
4 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
4 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
4 2 (40.00%) SOA
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Refactoring
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (40.00%) AOP
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (40.00%) TDD

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (20.00%) NHibernate
4 1 (20.00%) WCF
4 1 (20.00%) WF
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
3 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) NUnit
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Refactoring
3 2 (40.00%) AOP
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Web Application Development
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB6
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB
3 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle