The first table below looks at the demand for Team Foundation Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Rank 156 109 170
Rank change year-on-year
-47 +61
Permanent jobs citing Team Foundation Server 95 159 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.332% 2.255% 1.035%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.613% 14.25% 7.553%
Number of salaries quoted 74 148 63
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,750 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1103 1116 940
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.47% 15.83% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 954 981 864
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Team Foundation Server Jobs Demand Trend

Team Foundation Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the North West region.

North West Team Foundation Server Salary Trend

Team Foundation Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Team Foundation Server Salary Histogram

Team Foundation Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server within the North West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -25 46 £36,000 +30.90%
Cheshire -6 31 £33,000 -1.49%
Lancashire -3 14 £32,500 -7.14%
Merseyside -16 4 £34,000 -5.55%
Team Foundation Server
England

Team Foundation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Team Foundation Server.

1 179 (90.86%) .NET
2 152 (77.16%) C#
3 150 (76.14%) SQL Server
4 141 (71.57%) ASP.NET
5 102 (51.78%) SQL
6 101 (51.27%) HTML
7 91 (46.19%) SQL Server 2008
8 90 (45.69%) JavaScript
9 86 (43.65%) Visual Studio
10 81 (41.12%) MVC
11 79 (40.10%) CSS
12 74 (37.56%) Agile Software Development
12 74 (37.56%) jQuery
13 72 (36.55%) T-SQL
14 61 (30.96%) Scrum
14 61 (30.96%) Ajax
15 58 (29.44%) Microsoft
16 56 (28.43%) VB.NET
16 56 (28.43%) WCF
17 55 (27.92%) Web Services
18 50 (25.38%) Windows
19 47 (23.86%) Web Development
20 44 (22.34%) SQL Server 2005
21 43 (21.83%) Degree
22 42 (21.32%) MS Excel
23 41 (20.81%) OO
24 37 (18.78%) XML
25 36 (18.27%) ASP.NET MVC
26 35 (17.77%) LINQ
27 33 (16.75%) .NET Framework

Team Foundation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Team Foundation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 179 (90.86%) .NET
2 141 (71.57%) ASP.NET
3 101 (51.27%) HTML
4 79 (40.10%) CSS
5 74 (37.56%) jQuery
6 61 (30.96%) Ajax
7 56 (28.43%) WCF
8 55 (27.92%) Web Services
9 37 (18.78%) XML
10 36 (18.27%) ASP.NET MVC
11 35 (17.77%) LINQ
12 33 (16.75%) .NET Framework
13 30 (15.23%) WinForms
14 27 (13.71%) SOAP
15 24 (12.18%) WPF
16 16 (8.122%) JSON
16 16 (8.122%) XHTML
17 13 (6.599%) HTML5
18 12 (6.091%) CSS3
18 12 (6.091%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 26 (13.20%) SharePoint
2 22 (11.17%) IIS
3 19 (9.645%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (5.076%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (3.046%) Confluence
6 5 (2.538%) CMS
7 4 (2.030%) Umbraco
7 4 (2.030%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (1.523%) WordPress
9 2 (1.015%) LiveLink
9 2 (1.015%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (1.015%) WebSphere MQ
9 2 (1.015%) Zen Cart
9 2 (1.015%) Sitefinity
10 1 (0.508%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 42 (21.32%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.508%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.508%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 9 (4.569%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.508%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.508%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.061%) Intranet
2 3 (1.523%) Internet
3 2 (1.015%) Extranet
3 2 (1.015%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (76.14%) SQL Server
2 91 (46.19%) SQL Server 2008
3 44 (22.34%) SQL Server 2005
4 27 (13.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (7.614%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (7.614%) SQL Server 2012
6 10 (5.076%) OLTP
7 8 (4.061%) MySQL
8 7 (3.553%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (3.046%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (2.538%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (2.538%) Oracle 11g
10 5 (2.538%) Oracle 10g
11 3 (1.523%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (1.015%) DB2
12 2 (1.015%) SQLite
13 1 (0.508%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.508%) Data Mart
13 1 (0.508%) OLAP
13 1 (0.508%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 86 (43.65%) Visual Studio
2 15 (7.614%) Subversion
3 14 (7.107%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 14 (7.107%) Rhino Mocks
4 8 (4.061%) JIRA
5 6 (3.046%) Hudson
5 6 (3.046%) ClearCase
5 6 (3.046%) Maven
5 6 (3.046%) Bugzilla
5 6 (3.046%) Mercurial
5 6 (3.046%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.538%) MSBuild
6 5 (2.538%) Git (software)
7 2 (1.015%) Xcode
7 2 (1.015%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.508%) Moq
8 1 (0.508%) GitHub
8 1 (0.508%) WiX
General
1 12 (6.091%) Finance
2 7 (3.553%) Advertising
3 3 (1.523%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (1.523%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.523%) Legal
4 2 (1.015%) Law
4 2 (1.015%) Games
4 2 (1.015%) Banking
5 1 (0.508%) Retail
Job Titles
1 152 (77.16%) Developer
2 50 (25.38%) .NET Developer
3 48 (24.37%) Software Developer
4 31 (15.74%) Web Developer
5 30 (15.23%) C# Developer
6 16 (8.122%) Analyst
7 15 (7.614%) Senior Developer
8 14 (7.107%) ASP.NET Developer
9 13 (6.599%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (5.584%) Lead Developer
11 10 (5.076%) .NET Web Developer
12 9 (4.569%) Tester
13 8 (4.061%) Graduate
13 8 (4.061%) Support Analyst
14 7 (3.553%) Graduate Software Developer
14 7 (3.553%) Graduate Developer
14 7 (3.553%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 6 (3.046%) C# Software Developer
15 6 (3.046%) ScrumMaster
15 6 (3.046%) Lead C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.74%) Computer Science
2 14 (7.107%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.061%) N-Tier
4 7 (3.553%) Blackberry
5 5 (2.538%) SaaS
5 5 (2.538%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.015%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (1.015%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.015%) SWIFT
6 2 (1.015%) New Media
6 2 (1.015%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.015%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.015%) Replication
6 2 (1.015%) Tandem
6 2 (1.015%) Cryptography
6 2 (1.015%) e-Health
7 1 (0.508%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.508%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (25.38%) Windows
2 10 (5.076%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (4.569%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (4.061%) Windows Phone
5 7 (3.553%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (3.553%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.553%) Android
6 2 (1.015%) UNIX
7 1 (0.508%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (0.508%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (41.12%) MVC
2 74 (37.56%) Agile Software Development
3 61 (30.96%) Scrum
4 47 (23.86%) Web Development
5 41 (20.81%) OO
6 26 (13.20%) Unit Testing
7 23 (11.68%) TDD
8 20 (10.15%) Workflow
9 14 (7.107%) Web Application Development
10 13 (6.599%) OOP
11 11 (5.584%) Release Management
12 10 (5.076%) Software Testing
12 10 (5.076%) CRM
12 10 (5.076%) E-Commerce
12 10 (5.076%) Project Management
13 9 (4.569%) Technical Architecture
13 9 (4.569%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (4.061%) Root Cause Analysis
14 8 (4.061%) Content Management
15 7 (3.553%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 152 (77.16%) C#
2 102 (51.78%) SQL
3 90 (45.69%) JavaScript
4 72 (36.55%) T-SQL
5 56 (28.43%) VB.NET
6 13 (6.599%) C
7 10 (5.076%) Java
8 9 (4.569%) C++
9 8 (4.061%) VB
10 3 (1.523%) Perl
10 3 (1.523%) Python
10 3 (1.523%) VB6
10 3 (1.523%) XPath
10 3 (1.523%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.015%) Objective-C
11 2 (1.015%) Ruby
11 2 (1.015%) PHP
11 2 (1.015%) COBOL
12 1 (0.508%) XAML
Qualifications
1 43 (21.83%) Degree
2 10 (5.076%) ISEB
2 10 (5.076%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.569%) MCTS
4 2 (1.015%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.508%) MCAD
5 1 (0.508%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (4.569%) Forefront TMG
1 9 (4.569%) UAG
Systems Management
1 6 (3.046%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 58 (29.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.061%) Oracle
3 7 (3.553%) EPiServer
4 6 (3.046%) HP
5 3 (1.523%) TippingPoint
5 3 (1.523%) Open Text
5 3 (1.523%) RedDot
6 2 (1.015%) IBM
6 2 (1.015%) Pega
6 2 (1.015%) AccuRev
6 2 (1.015%) Remedy
7 1 (0.508%) Kofax
7 1 (0.508%) SAP
7 1 (0.508%) Epicor
7 1 (0.508%) Sage
7 1 (0.508%) Tableau
7 1 (0.508%) Fujitsu
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Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + Pension, Car Park, Health Care
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Role: The ideal candidate will have .Net Development experience in C# / ASP.NET / MVC and SQL Server. Additionally you will have good Front End / UI skills including HTML,...
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits, Great Environment, Career
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Head of Software, Senior Team Leader, management, object orientated, SDLC, agile, design, development, release management, support, OO, programming, C#, ASP.net, MVC, Web, SQL server... You will therefore...
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: From £20,000 to £38,000 per annum
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Attendance Bonus,
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: Up to £48,000 per annum Bonus+Pension+Life Assurance+Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
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Posted: 18 May 2013
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