The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 130 153 179
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +26
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 93 91 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.195% 0.895% 0.768%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.14% 10.04% 7.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 45
Average daily rate £340 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £412
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
835 906 1080
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.73% 8.909% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 469 447
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £250 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 54 117
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire +27 27 £345 +6.15%
Surrey -1 15 £325 -18.75%
Oxfordshire +19 13 £335 +24.65%
Buckinghamshire +18 13 £425 +13.18%
Hampshire -3 11 £340 -9.33%
East Sussex +10 6 £363 +11.53%
West Sussex +13 4 £350 -
Kent +1 4 £275 -
Middlesex +4 1 £360 -10.00%
Sussex - 1 £463 -
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 South East 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.

1 116 (73.42%) C#
2 99 (62.66%) .NET
3 64 (40.51%) Visual Studio
4 58 (36.71%) ASP.NET
4 58 (36.71%) SQL Server
5 53 (33.54%) Microsoft
6 49 (31.01%) XML
7 48 (30.38%) Windows
8 47 (29.75%) Scrum
9 46 (29.11%) SQL
10 44 (27.85%) Agile Software Development
11 43 (27.22%) MVC
12 39 (24.68%) WCF
13 35 (22.15%) Web Services
14 34 (21.52%) SharePoint
15 29 (18.35%) jQuery
16 28 (17.72%) .NET Framework
16 28 (17.72%) CSS
16 28 (17.72%) ASP.NET MVC
17 26 (16.46%) TDD
18 23 (14.56%) MSBuild
19 22 (13.92%) HTML
20 19 (12.03%) JavaScript
20 19 (12.03%) Finance
20 19 (12.03%) Banking
21 18 (11.39%) LINQ
21 18 (11.39%) SQL Server 2008
21 18 (11.39%) BDD
22 17 (10.76%) SOA
23 16 (10.13%) UML

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 99 (62.66%) .NET
2 58 (36.71%) ASP.NET
3 49 (31.01%) XML
4 39 (24.68%) WCF
5 35 (22.15%) Web Services
6 29 (18.35%) jQuery
7 28 (17.72%) .NET Framework
7 28 (17.72%) CSS
7 28 (17.72%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (13.92%) HTML
9 18 (11.39%) LINQ
10 16 (10.13%) XSLT
10 16 (10.13%) WPF
11 13 (8.228%) SOAP
11 13 (8.228%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 12 (7.595%) Ajax
13 9 (5.696%) HTML5
14 8 (5.063%) WinForms
15 7 (4.430%) soapUI
16 6 (3.797%) REST
Application Platforms
1 34 (21.52%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.595%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (5.063%) Windows Azure
4 7 (4.430%) ESB
5 6 (3.797%) IIS
6 5 (3.165%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (3.165%) Oracle Service Bus
6 5 (3.165%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (2.532%) MSMQ
8 3 (1.899%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (1.266%) Google App Engine
9 2 (1.266%) CMS
10 1 (0.633%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (6.962%) MS Excel
2 10 (6.329%) MS Office
3 2 (1.266%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.633%) MS Project
4 1 (0.633%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.532%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.165%) SAN
2 4 (2.532%) HTTPS
2 4 (2.532%) HTTP
3 1 (0.633%) Network Security
3 1 (0.633%) Intranet
3 1 (0.633%) Internet
3 1 (0.633%) Extranet
3 1 (0.633%) DNS
3 1 (0.633%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (36.71%) SQL Server
2 18 (11.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (5.063%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (3.165%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (3.165%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (2.532%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.899%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.899%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (1.899%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.266%) OLAP
7 2 (1.266%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.266%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.633%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.633%) GIS
8 1 (0.633%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.633%) MySQL
8 1 (0.633%) DB2
8 1 (0.633%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 64 (40.51%) Visual Studio
2 23 (14.56%) MSBuild
3 12 (7.595%) SpecFlow
4 10 (6.329%) Selenium
5 8 (5.063%) MSTest
5 8 (5.063%) Eclipse
6 7 (4.430%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 6 (3.797%) Jenkins
7 6 (3.797%) Ant
8 5 (3.165%) JDeveloper
8 5 (3.165%) Rhino Mocks
9 4 (2.532%) CruiseControl
10 3 (1.899%) Visual Studio Team System
10 3 (1.899%) JIRA
11 2 (1.266%) QuickTest Pro
11 2 (1.266%) TeamCity
11 2 (1.266%) NUnit
11 2 (1.266%) Subversion
12 1 (0.633%) ReSharper
12 1 (0.633%) Oracle APEX
General
1 19 (12.03%) Finance
1 19 (12.03%) Banking
2 12 (7.595%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.266%) Games
3 2 (1.266%) Publishing
3 2 (1.266%) Automotive
4 1 (0.633%) Billing
4 1 (0.633%) Law
4 1 (0.633%) Legal
4 1 (0.633%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (56.96%) Developer
2 43 (27.22%) .NET Developer
3 27 (17.09%) C# Developer
4 23 (14.56%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (10.76%) Analyst
6 15 (9.494%) Test Analyst
7 14 (8.861%) Tester
8 12 (7.595%) ASP.NET Developer
9 11 (6.962%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (6.329%) Web Developer
10 10 (6.329%) SharePoint Developer
11 9 (5.696%) Architect
12 8 (5.063%) Software Developer
12 8 (5.063%) Senior Developer
12 8 (5.063%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (3.797%) Build Engineer
13 6 (3.797%) C# Programmer
13 6 (3.797%) Software Engineer
13 6 (3.797%) Programmer
13 6 (3.797%) .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.165%) Computer Science
1 5 (3.165%) Web 2.0
1 5 (3.165%) Blackberry
1 5 (3.165%) N-Tier
1 5 (3.165%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (1.899%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (1.899%) Client/Server
2 3 (1.899%) Open Source
3 2 (1.266%) Replication
4 1 (0.633%) Informatics
4 1 (0.633%) NHS
4 1 (0.633%) Social Media
4 1 (0.633%) Health Informatics
4 1 (0.633%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 48 (30.38%) Windows
2 7 (4.430%) Windows 7
3 6 (3.797%) Windows Phone
4 4 (2.532%) Windows Phone 8
4 4 (2.532%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (1.899%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.899%) Linux
5 3 (1.899%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.266%) MVS
6 2 (1.266%) Android
7 1 (0.633%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (29.75%) Scrum
2 44 (27.85%) Agile Software Development
3 43 (27.22%) MVC
4 26 (16.46%) TDD
5 18 (11.39%) BDD
6 17 (10.76%) SOA
7 16 (10.13%) UML
8 14 (8.861%) Unit Testing
9 13 (8.228%) Automation Testing
10 12 (7.595%) Automated Testing
11 11 (6.962%) Test Automation
11 11 (6.962%) Workflow
12 10 (6.329%) Web Development
13 9 (5.696%) Software Testing
13 9 (5.696%) OO
13 9 (5.696%) MVVM
14 8 (5.063%) Manual Testing
14 8 (5.063%) Integration Testing
15 7 (4.430%) Migration
16 6 (3.797%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 116 (73.42%) C#
2 46 (29.11%) SQL
3 19 (12.03%) JavaScript
4 12 (7.595%) VB.NET
5 5 (3.165%) XPath
5 5 (3.165%) T-SQL
5 5 (3.165%) XQuery
6 4 (2.532%) Java
6 4 (2.532%) C++
7 3 (1.899%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.899%) XAML
7 3 (1.899%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.266%) VB
8 2 (1.266%) C
8 2 (1.266%) Lua
9 1 (0.633%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.633%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (6.329%) SC Cleared
1 10 (6.329%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.696%) Degree
3 4 (2.532%) ISEB
4 1 (0.633%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.633%) MCPD
4 1 (0.633%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.633%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.633%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.595%) QA
2 4 (2.532%) SLA
3 3 (1.899%) TickIT
3 3 (1.899%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.633%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.165%) XenApp
2 3 (1.899%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.266%) vCloud
3 2 (1.266%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.165%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.633%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (33.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.329%) Oracle
3 7 (4.430%) Citrix
4 3 (1.899%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.266%) Apple
5 2 (1.266%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.266%) Google
6 1 (0.633%) Perforce
6 1 (0.633%) HP
6 1 (0.633%) Twitter
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