The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 119 107 112
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 1 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.041% 0.038% 0.142%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.373% 0.585% 1.569%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £188
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 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
268 171 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.98% 6.480% 9.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 76 133
Average daily rate £350 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £225 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £420 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 £27.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.63% +30.95%
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
West Lothian - 1 - -
Team Foundation Server
UK

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (25.00%) MSTest
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) MSBuild
3 1 (25.00%) Cadis
3 1 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) XSL
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
1 1 (25.00%) MSTest
1 1 (25.00%) MSBuild
1 1 (25.00%) TestDirector
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (25.00%) RequisitePro
1 1 (25.00%) XDE
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) NUnit
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cadis
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) VMware