The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 18 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 36 53 40
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -13
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 14 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.972% 0.344% 2.429%
As % of the Development Applications category 46.67% 4.444% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 7
Average daily rate £335 £269 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.65% -6.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £264 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £274 £299
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £25.00 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+29.00% -86.84%
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 45 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.369% 7.732% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 49
Average daily rate £335 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £34.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.94% +4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford +4 2 £335 +24.65%
Thame - - - -
Abingdon - - - -
Burford - - - -
Team Foundation Server
South East

Team Foundation Server
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 19 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (73.68%) Visual Studio
3 12 (63.16%) MSBuild
4 9 (47.37%) .NET
5 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
6 6 (31.58%) Finance
6 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
6 6 (31.58%) Banking
7 5 (26.32%) TDD
7 5 (26.32%) MVC
8 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (21.05%) Release Management
9 3 (15.79%) XML
10 2 (10.53%) XSLT
10 2 (10.53%) Windows
10 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
10 2 (10.53%) VB
10 2 (10.53%) Web Services
10 2 (10.53%) Migration
10 2 (10.53%) WinForms
11 1 (5.263%) COM
11 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (5.263%) Logistics
11 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (5.263%) X++
11 1 (5.263%) MorphX

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 9 (47.37%) .NET
2 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
3 3 (15.79%) XML
4 2 (10.53%) XSLT
4 2 (10.53%) WinForms
4 2 (10.53%) Web Services
5 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Visual Studio
2 12 (63.16%) MSBuild
3 1 (5.263%) MorphX
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
1 6 (31.58%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
3 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Web Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Server Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) MVC
1 5 (26.32%) TDD
2 4 (21.05%) Release Management
3 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 1 (5.263%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) X++
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
Oxfordshire, South East
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