The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 77 88 84
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 18 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.090% 0.672% 0.528%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.24% 7.353% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
Average daily rate £325 £330 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £279 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £400 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £365 £314
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £30.75 £127.50
% change year-on-year
+4.87% -75.88%
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
136 204 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.237% 9.144% 6.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 108 68
Average daily rate £325 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 9
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +32.07%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham +14 5 £525 +31.25%
Worcestershire - 5 - -
Solihull +2 4 £350 -
Warwickshire -2 1 £275 -
Coventry - 1 £300 -
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 35 (83.33%) .NET
2 34 (80.95%) C#
3 22 (52.38%) SQL Server
4 17 (40.48%) MVC
5 14 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 14 (33.33%) Web Services
5 14 (33.33%) .NET Framework
6 12 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
6 12 (28.57%) SQL
6 12 (28.57%) SharePoint
7 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET
7 11 (26.19%) SQL Server 2008
8 10 (23.81%) WCF
8 10 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
9 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
9 9 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
10 8 (19.05%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 8 (19.05%) jQuery
10 8 (19.05%) Windows
11 6 (14.29%) Telecoms
11 6 (14.29%) Workflow
11 6 (14.29%) WSDL
11 6 (14.29%) SOAP
11 6 (14.29%) T-SQL
11 6 (14.29%) OO
12 5 (11.90%) BDD
12 5 (11.90%) Mercator
12 5 (11.90%) HTML
12 5 (11.90%) XML

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 35 (83.33%) .NET
2 14 (33.33%) Web Services
2 14 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET
4 10 (23.81%) WCF
5 9 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (19.05%) jQuery
6 8 (19.05%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 6 (14.29%) WSDL
7 6 (14.29%) SOAP
8 5 (11.90%) HTML
8 5 (11.90%) XML
9 4 (9.524%) LINQ
10 3 (7.143%) Ajax
11 2 (4.762%) Silverlight
11 2 (4.762%) WPF
11 2 (4.762%) ADO.NET
11 2 (4.762%) Managed Extensibility Framework
12 1 (2.381%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 12 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 12 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (4.762%) IIS
2 2 (4.762%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (26.19%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 3 (7.143%) Moq
3 2 (4.762%) MSBuild
3 2 (4.762%) MSTest
4 1 (2.381%) JIRA
4 1 (2.381%) Selenium
4 1 (2.381%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.381%) Law
2 1 (2.381%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (71.43%) Developer
2 16 (38.10%) .NET Developer
3 10 (23.81%) SharePoint Developer
4 7 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 6 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (11.90%) SQL Server DBA
6 5 (11.90%) DBA
6 5 (11.90%) SQL DBA
7 3 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (7.143%) .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (7.143%) .NET Programmer
7 3 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.143%) Analyst
7 3 (7.143%) Programmer
8 2 (4.762%) Configuration Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.762%) C# Software Engineer
8 2 (4.762%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.762%) Client/Server
1 2 (4.762%) N-Tier
1 2 (4.762%) RIA
2 1 (2.381%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.381%) Windows 8
3 1 (2.381%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) MVC
2 10 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (14.29%) Workflow
3 6 (14.29%) OO
4 5 (11.90%) TDD
4 5 (11.90%) BDD
5 3 (7.143%) Release Management
5 3 (7.143%) Scrum
5 3 (7.143%) Code Coverage
6 2 (4.762%) UML
6 2 (4.762%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.381%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.381%) Time Management
7 1 (2.381%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.381%) Content Management
7 1 (2.381%) Web Development
7 1 (2.381%) OOP
7 1 (2.381%) OOD
7 1 (2.381%) SOA
7 1 (2.381%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (80.95%) C#
2 12 (28.57%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.762%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.762%) DV Cleared
1 2 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.381%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Mercator
3 3 (7.143%) DevExpress
4 2 (4.762%) ESRI
5 1 (2.381%) Sitecore
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