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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 514 517
Rank change year-on-year -43 +3 +51
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 24 50 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.44% 1.09% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 31 77
10th Percentile £241 £161 £334
25th Percentile £366 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £568
Median % change year-on-year +18.38% -21.85% +13.50%
75th Percentile £578 £525 £600
90th Percentile £675 £738 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate - £392 £513
% change year-on-year - -23.69% +11.29%
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 - - +41.82%

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 5,509 4,577 5,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.12% 13.24% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,802 2,877 4,018
10th Percentile £338 £340 £363
25th Percentile £409 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.26%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £638
90th Percentile £695 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £513
% change year-on-year -2.56% -5.03% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 98 213
10th Percentile £39.00 £26.43 £45.88
25th Percentile £52.81 £46.44 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.00 £89.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 14 December 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 6 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 14 December 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
England -54 21 £525 +16.67% 17
London +3 20 £525 +1.45% 5
Work from Home +1 8 £263 -40.23% 13
UK excluding London -70 3 - - 16
Scotland +4 2 - -
South East -10 1 - - 10

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 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
2 9 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) GitHub
4 2 (8.33%) Azure AKS
4 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (8.33%) GCP
4 2 (8.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 5 (20.83%) RDBMS
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (8.33%) Big Data
4 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.17%) Power BI
5 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.17%) SSDT
5 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (41.67%) JIRA
2 6 (25.00%) Git
3 4 (16.67%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (16.67%) TeamCity
4 2 (8.33%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (8.33%) MSBuild
4 2 (8.33%) Selenium
4 2 (8.33%) Subversion
5 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (4.17%) NUnit
5 1 (4.17%) Postman
5 1 (4.17%) SoapUI
5 1 (4.17%) SpecFlow
5 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio Coded UI
5 1 (4.17%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Digital Health
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Delphi Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Database Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) GCP DevOps
4 2 (8.33%) GCP DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) GCP Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Leader
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Change Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (8.33%) jQuery
2 2 (8.33%) Node.js
2 2 (8.33%) Spring
2 2 (8.33%) Unity DI Container
2 2 (8.33%) Web Services
2 2 (8.33%) XML
2 2 (8.33%) YAML
3 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (4.17%) HTML
3 1 (4.17%) Playwright
3 1 (4.17%) pytest
3 1 (4.17%) React
3 1 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) NHS
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) VMS
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Agile
2 14 (58.33%) DevOps
3 11 (45.83%) Scrum
4 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (29.17%) SDLC
6 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (20.83%) Kanban
7 5 (20.83%) Microservices
8 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 4 (16.67%) SOLID
8 4 (16.67%) TDD
8 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 3 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
9 3 (12.50%) DevSecOps
9 3 (12.50%) Migration
9 3 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (37.50%) C#
3 8 (33.33%) Java
4 5 (20.83%) PL/SQL
4 5 (20.83%) Python
5 4 (16.67%) Delphi
5 4 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
7 2 (8.33%) C++
8 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) CBAP
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) HP APS
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Rancher
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (4.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) DevExpress
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.17%) HP
4 1 (4.17%) VMware