The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 17 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 Manchester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 67 75 67
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 6 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.656% 0.692% 0.386%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.250% 7.826% 4.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
Average daily rate £279 £225 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.88% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £314
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
96 115 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.50% 8.839% 8.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 60 41
Average daily rate £300 £325 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £251 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 0
Average hourly rate £112.50 £32.91 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+241.84% -
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wigan - 1 £300 -
Team Foundation Server
North West

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
4 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 2 (33.33%) DHTML
4 2 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (33.33%) Life Science
4 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Foundation
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (16.67%) Automation Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Retail
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) WCF

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) DHTML
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Foundation
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) CRM Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft