Team Foundation Server Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 23 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 North West 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 91 112 112
Rank change year-on-year
+21 0
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 27 17 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.152% 0.545% 0.484%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.71% 6.564% 6.637%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 7
Average daily rate £319 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.05% -1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £227 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £365 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +12.30%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 252 259 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.75% 8.296% 7.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 138 118
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £16.30 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £33.32 £31.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +22 19 £319 +1.19%
Manchester +9 6 £279 +23.88%
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (77.14%) .NET
2 24 (68.57%) C#
3 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
4 20 (57.14%) ASP.NET
5 18 (51.43%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (40.00%) JavaScript
6 14 (40.00%) XML
6 14 (40.00%) SharePoint
7 12 (34.29%) Visual Studio
7 12 (34.29%) MVC
8 11 (31.43%) Retail
8 11 (31.43%) WCF
9 10 (28.57%) jQuery
9 10 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
9 10 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 10 (28.57%) TDD
9 10 (28.57%) HTML
10 9 (25.71%) SQL
10 9 (25.71%) .NET Framework
11 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 8 (22.86%) MVVM
11 8 (22.86%) ITIL
12 7 (20.00%) SOA
12 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 7 (20.00%) DameWare
12 7 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (20.00%) JIRA
12 7 (20.00%) WSUS
12 7 (20.00%) Ajax

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (77.14%) .NET
2 20 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 14 (40.00%) XML
4 11 (31.43%) WCF
5 10 (28.57%) jQuery
5 10 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 10 (28.57%) HTML
6 9 (25.71%) .NET Framework
7 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 7 (20.00%) Ajax
9 6 (17.14%) JSON
9 6 (17.14%) Razor View Engine
10 5 (14.29%) CSS
11 4 (11.43%) LINQ to SQL
12 3 (8.571%) LINQ
12 3 (8.571%) WPF
12 3 (8.571%) Web Services
13 2 (5.714%) XSLT
13 2 (5.714%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 14 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (8.571%) IIS
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint Foundation
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.571%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 18 (51.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (5.714%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.714%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (34.29%) Visual Studio
2 7 (20.00%) JIRA
3 2 (5.714%) Subversion
3 2 (5.714%) Git (software)
General
1 11 (31.43%) Retail
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.571%) Banking
4 2 (5.714%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Developer
2 15 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 5 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (11.43%) Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Network Support
6 2 (5.714%) Server Support
6 2 (5.714%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.714%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (5.714%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 2 (5.714%) CRM Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Lead .NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Team Leader
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) N-Tier
2 3 (8.571%) Smartcard
3 2 (5.714%) EPoS
3 2 (5.714%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) MVC
2 10 (28.57%) TDD
3 8 (22.86%) MVVM
3 8 (22.86%) ITIL
4 7 (20.00%) SOA
5 6 (17.14%) Problem Management
6 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (11.43%) Scrum
7 4 (11.43%) Workflow
8 3 (8.571%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (8.571%) RUP
9 2 (5.714%) E-Commerce
9 2 (5.714%) CRM
9 2 (5.714%) Business Analysis
9 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
9 2 (5.714%) Incident Management
9 2 (5.714%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (5.714%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (5.714%) Dependency Injection
10 1 (2.857%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (68.57%) C#
2 14 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (25.71%) SQL
4 3 (8.571%) PowerShell
4 3 (8.571%) XPath
4 3 (8.571%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.714%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (5.714%) UAG
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) DameWare
1 7 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.714%) Razor Risk
Senior Analyst/Programmer
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: *C# *.NET Runtime *ASP.NET *SQL Server *T-SQL *Ability to communicate clearly with employees of all levels.
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Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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