The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 32 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 1 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.397% 6.383% -
As % of the Development Applications category 4.000% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
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 - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
25 24 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 9.921% 12.77% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
UK

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -15 1 £400 -
Team Foundation Server
UK

Team Foundation Server
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (62.50%) Ajax
4 5 (62.50%) MVC
4 5 (62.50%) jQuery
5 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (50.00%) C++
5 4 (50.00%) Java
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 3 (37.50%) Visual Studio
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (12.50%) Finance
8 1 (12.50%) WinForms
8 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (12.50%) WCF
8 1 (12.50%) WPF
8 1 (12.50%) WF
8 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 1 (12.50%) SQL
8 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (12.50%) VBA

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 5 (62.50%) jQuery
3 5 (62.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) WCF
4 1 (12.50%) WPF
4 1 (12.50%) WF
4 1 (12.50%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) .NET Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Database Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (50.00%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (12.50%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft