The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 24 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 Swindon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 29 41 36
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 11 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 3.667% 0.275% 0.315%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.43% 3.030% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
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
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
35 33 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 11.67% 9.091% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 28 19
Average daily rate £425 £330 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -22.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £240 £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Team Foundation Server
Wiltshire

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Swindon Team Foundation Server Daily Rate Histogram

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 14 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (92.86%) .NET
3 12 (85.71%) Web Services
3 12 (85.71%) WCF
3 12 (85.71%) Unit Testing
3 12 (85.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 11 (78.57%) .NET Framework
4 11 (78.57%) Visual Studio
5 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
6 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
6 8 (57.14%) jQuery
7 7 (50.00%) JSON
7 7 (50.00%) Silverlight
7 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (50.00%) XML
7 7 (50.00%) XSLT
7 7 (50.00%) Scrum
8 6 (42.86%) Client/Server
9 5 (35.71%) Windows
9 5 (35.71%) UML
9 5 (35.71%) SQL
9 5 (35.71%) IIS
9 5 (35.71%) ESRI
9 5 (35.71%) ArcGIS
9 5 (35.71%) RIA
9 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
9 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
9 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
9 5 (35.71%) MSTest

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (92.86%) .NET
2 12 (85.71%) Web Services
2 12 (85.71%) WCF
2 12 (85.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 11 (78.57%) .NET Framework
4 8 (57.14%) jQuery
5 7 (50.00%) JSON
5 7 (50.00%) Silverlight
5 7 (50.00%) XML
5 7 (50.00%) XSLT
6 5 (35.71%) Managed Extensibility Framework
7 4 (28.57%) Ajax
7 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
8 3 (21.43%) CSS
8 3 (21.43%) HTML
9 1 (7.143%) WinForms
9 1 (7.143%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) IIS
1 5 (35.71%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Visual Studio
2 5 (35.71%) MSTest
2 5 (35.71%) Moq
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (71.43%) .NET Developer
3 6 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 6 (42.86%) Software Developer
4 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
4 5 (35.71%) Programmer
4 5 (35.71%) .NET Programmer
4 5 (35.71%) Software Programmer
4 5 (35.71%) C# Programmer
4 5 (35.71%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Client/Server
2 5 (35.71%) RIA
3 1 (7.143%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (50.00%) Scrum
3 5 (35.71%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) Migration
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) ESRI
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft