Team Foundation Server Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Team Foundation Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 521 507
Rank change year-on-year -27 -14 +63
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 17 52 122
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.33% 1.05% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 31 99
10th Percentile £205 £161 £348
25th Percentile £223 £367 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £440 £575
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -23.48% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £551 £675
90th Percentile £740 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £183 £413 £538
% change year-on-year -55.76% -23.26% +16.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £64.79
25th Percentile - - £64.79
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £78.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +56.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Team Foundation Server falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,146 4,967 6,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.46% 13.27% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,475 3,098 4,486
10th Percentile £329 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £688 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £510
% change year-on-year -3.55% -3.43% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 167 246
10th Percentile £20.82 £29.25 £46.18
25th Percentile £45.46 £51.13 £51.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.84%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.63 £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Team Foundation Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Team Foundation Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Team Foundation Server job vacancy trend in the UK

Team Foundation Server
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Team Foundation Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Team Foundation Server

Team Foundation Server
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Team Foundation Server over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Team Foundation Server in the UK

Team Foundation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Team Foundation Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Team Foundation Server

Team Foundation Server
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Foundation Server within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +13 9 £220 -50.00% 7
England -20 9 £650 +36.84% 20
London +13 8 £650 +9.70% 10
UK excluding London -41 4 £183 -55.76% 17
Scotland +3 2 - -
Wales 0 1 £183 +13.24%
Yorkshire -24 1 - -
North of England -30 1 - - 6

Team Foundation Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) GitHub
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
2 4 (23.53%) MSTest
2 4 (23.53%) NUnit
2 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
3 2 (11.76%) Subversion
4 1 (5.88%) Git
4 1 (5.88%) Postman
4 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Back Office
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Health
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Developer
3 4 (23.53%) .NET Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Azure Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Asset Management Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (64.71%) .NET
2 7 (41.18%) Web Services
3 4 (23.53%) ADO
3 4 (23.53%) REST
3 4 (23.53%) WCF
4 3 (17.65%) XML
5 2 (11.76%) jQuery
5 2 (11.76%) Unity DI Container
5 2 (11.76%) YAML
6 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (5.88%) FHIR
6 1 (5.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
1 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.88%) Clustering
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (47.06%) DevOps
2 8 (47.06%) Scrum
3 7 (41.18%) SDLC
4 6 (35.29%) High Availability
5 5 (29.41%) OO
6 4 (23.53%) Code Quality
6 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
6 4 (23.53%) Software Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) User Experience
7 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
7 3 (17.65%) Kanban
7 3 (17.65%) Software Delivery
7 3 (17.65%) Systems Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) SOA
8 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
8 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 8 (47.06%) C#
3 5 (29.41%) Java
4 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
5 3 (17.65%) Python
6 2 (11.76%) C++
6 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) CBAP
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (17.65%) ISEB
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) HL7
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) RedGate