The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 83 108 106
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -2
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 28 33 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.393% 1.017% 0.731%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.00% 9.593% 6.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 14
Average daily rate £325 £400 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £310 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
200 344 331
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 9.950% 10.60% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 212 147
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 49
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £32.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.25 £40.50
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South West 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 West region.

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Wiltshire +13 13 £525 +16.66%
Bristol +14 5 £325 +47.72%
Somerset +5 3 - -
Gloucestershire +16 2 - -
Dorset - 2 - -
Devon - 1 - -
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 West 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 57 (87.69%) .NET
2 55 (84.62%) C#
3 41 (63.08%) SQL Server
4 35 (53.85%) ASP.NET
5 34 (52.31%) SQL
6 32 (49.23%) JavaScript
6 32 (49.23%) XML
7 31 (47.69%) Unit Testing
8 28 (43.08%) HTML
8 28 (43.08%) Microsoft
9 27 (41.54%) .NET Framework
10 26 (40.00%) Visual Studio
11 23 (35.38%) SharePoint
11 23 (35.38%) WCF
12 22 (33.85%) MSTest
13 21 (32.31%) IIS
13 21 (32.31%) Web Services
14 20 (30.77%) VB.NET
14 20 (30.77%) UML
14 20 (30.77%) Subversion
15 19 (29.23%) Oracle
15 19 (29.23%) jQuery
16 18 (27.69%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 18 (27.69%) NUnit
17 17 (26.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
18 16 (24.62%) ASP
18 16 (24.62%) CSS
18 16 (24.62%) VB
18 16 (24.62%) Jenkins
18 16 (24.62%) Continuous Integration

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 57 (87.69%) .NET
2 35 (53.85%) ASP.NET
3 32 (49.23%) XML
4 28 (43.08%) HTML
5 27 (41.54%) .NET Framework
6 23 (35.38%) WCF
7 21 (32.31%) Web Services
8 19 (29.23%) jQuery
9 18 (27.69%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 16 (24.62%) ASP
10 16 (24.62%) CSS
11 11 (16.92%) XSLT
11 11 (16.92%) Ajax
11 11 (16.92%) JSON
12 8 (12.31%) Silverlight
13 7 (10.77%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (9.231%) Managed Extensibility Framework
15 5 (7.692%) LINQ
16 3 (4.615%) HTML5
16 3 (4.615%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 23 (35.38%) SharePoint
2 21 (32.31%) IIS
3 8 (12.31%) OpenROAD
4 6 (9.231%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (9.231%) ArcGIS
5 2 (3.077%) Windows Azure
5 2 (3.077%) CMS
5 2 (3.077%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (1.538%) Commerce Server
6 1 (1.538%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (3.077%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.538%) assyst
1 1 (1.538%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.538%) Internet
1 1 (1.538%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (63.08%) SQL Server
2 15 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (18.46%) Ingres
4 11 (16.92%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (13.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (13.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.538%) GIS
8 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (1.538%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 22 (33.85%) MSTest
3 20 (30.77%) Subversion
4 18 (27.69%) NUnit
5 17 (26.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 16 (24.62%) Jenkins
7 15 (23.08%) TeamCity
8 14 (21.54%) CruiseControl
9 6 (9.231%) Moq
10 2 (3.077%) ReSharper
10 2 (3.077%) Selenium
10 2 (3.077%) WebDriver
11 1 (1.538%) QuickTest Pro
11 1 (1.538%) Rhino Mocks
11 1 (1.538%) MSBuild
General
1 9 (13.85%) Finance
2 6 (9.231%) Retail
3 1 (1.538%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.538%) Banking
3 1 (1.538%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (83.08%) Developer
2 33 (50.77%) .NET Developer
3 22 (33.85%) C# Developer
4 21 (32.31%) C# .NET Developer
5 10 (15.38%) Senior Developer
6 9 (13.85%) Analyst
7 8 (12.31%) Software Developer
8 6 (9.231%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (9.231%) Software Programmer
8 6 (9.231%) Programmer
8 6 (9.231%) Software Engineer
8 6 (9.231%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (9.231%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 6 (9.231%) ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (9.231%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (7.692%) Senior Analyst Developer
9 5 (7.692%) Analyst Developer
9 5 (7.692%) Senior C# Developer
9 5 (7.692%) .NET Programmer
9 5 (7.692%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Client/Server
2 6 (9.231%) RIA
2 6 (9.231%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.077%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.077%) Social Media
3 2 (3.077%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (1.538%) EPoS
4 1 (1.538%) NHS
4 1 (1.538%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.538%) FMCG
4 1 (1.538%) IPTV
4 1 (1.538%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.08%) Windows
2 12 (18.46%) UNIX
3 6 (9.231%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.538%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (47.69%) Unit Testing
2 20 (30.77%) UML
3 16 (24.62%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (20.00%) MVC
5 11 (16.92%) ITIL
6 9 (13.85%) Service Delivery
6 9 (13.85%) Scrum
7 8 (12.31%) ITSM
7 8 (12.31%) Service Management
8 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (7.692%) Stochastic Modelling
9 5 (7.692%) Data Architecture
10 4 (6.154%) TDD
11 3 (4.615%) Workflow
11 3 (4.615%) Test Scripting
12 2 (3.077%) Test Strategy
12 2 (3.077%) Requirements Analysis
12 2 (3.077%) Release Management
12 2 (3.077%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (84.62%) C#
2 34 (52.31%) SQL
3 32 (49.23%) JavaScript
4 20 (30.77%) VB.NET
5 16 (24.62%) VB
6 13 (20.00%) C++
7 12 (18.46%) Java
8 9 (13.85%) T-SQL
9 6 (9.231%) PL/SQL
10 4 (6.154%) VB6
11 1 (1.538%) C
11 1 (1.538%) VBScript
11 1 (1.538%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (20.00%) MCP
2 13 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (15.38%) ISEB
5 8 (12.31%) MCPD
5 8 (12.31%) MCTS
6 6 (9.231%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.077%) BC Cleared
7 2 (3.077%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (1.538%) MCSD
8 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.538%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.692%) QA
2 2 (3.077%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.538%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.538%) TickIT
3 1 (1.538%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.538%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.538%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.538%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (43.08%) Microsoft
2 19 (29.23%) Oracle
3 6 (9.231%) Business Objects
3 6 (9.231%) ESRI
4 2 (3.077%) Facebook
4 2 (3.077%) Twitter
4 2 (3.077%) Ektron
4 2 (3.077%) Telerik
4 2 (3.077%) Infragistics
5 1 (1.538%) SAP
5 1 (1.538%) HP
5 1 (1.538%) VMware
5 1 (1.538%) Google
5 1 (1.538%) Sitecore
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