The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 21 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 Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 24 37 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +6
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 11 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.385% 1.772% 1.000%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.56% 28.00% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £263 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -13.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £314
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +16.33%
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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
36 25 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 11.08% 6.329% 6.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 12
Average daily rate £325 £275 £297
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -7.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £206 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £373 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
Wales

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newport - 1 £338 -
Team Foundation Server
Wales

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) Visual Studio
3 13 (81.25%) .NET
3 13 (81.25%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (75.00%) .NET Framework
4 12 (75.00%) VB.NET
5 11 (68.75%) VB
5 11 (68.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 11 (68.75%) ERP
5 11 (68.75%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (68.75%) Performance Management
5 11 (68.75%) VB6
5 11 (68.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) ISEB
6 3 (18.75%) NHS
6 3 (18.75%) Linux
6 3 (18.75%) RUP
6 3 (18.75%) MS Project
6 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 3 (18.75%) UNIX
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 2 (12.50%) C#
7 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 2 (12.50%) Web Services

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 13 (81.25%) .NET
2 12 (75.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) WCF
3 2 (12.50%) WPF
4 1 (6.250%) NHibernate
4 1 (6.250%) Java SE
4 1 (6.250%) Apache FOP
4 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (6.250%) REST
4 1 (6.250%) XSD
4 1 (6.250%) XSLT
4 1 (6.250%) CSS
4 1 (6.250%) SOAP
4 1 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) CMS
1 1 (6.250%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Project
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (81.25%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (68.75%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (87.50%) Visual Studio
2 11 (68.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 11 (68.75%) Software Programmer
2 11 (68.75%) Software Developer
2 11 (68.75%) Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) C# Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Database Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Web Applications Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# Application Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) ERP
1 11 (68.75%) Performance Management
2 3 (18.75%) RUP
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
2 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 2 (12.50%) MVC
4 1 (6.250%) Scrum
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) VB.NET
2 11 (68.75%) VB
2 11 (68.75%) VB6
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (6.250%) XAML
5 1 (6.250%) Java
5 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft