Hybrid/Remote Team Foundation Server Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Team Foundation Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 291 337
Rank change year-on-year -20 +46 +92
Contract jobs citing Team Foundation Server 7 25 54
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.069% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.45% 1.63% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 49
10th Percentile £221 £162 £323
25th Percentile £222 £367 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year -49.32% -16.19% +3.70%
75th Percentile £225 £465 £588
90th Percentile £225 £493 £608
UK median daily rate £525 £444 £568
% change year-on-year +18.38% -21.85% +13.50%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,565 1,536 2,378
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.37% 12.66% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 984 1,719
10th Percentile £331 £325 £360
25th Percentile £400 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £619
90th Percentile £669 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 71
10th Percentile £39.00 £25.40 £50.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £51.25 £60.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +5.69%

Team Foundation Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Team Foundation Server and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Team Foundation Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Team Foundation Server
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Team Foundation Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Team Foundation Server

Team Foundation Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Team Foundation Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Team Foundation Server

Team Foundation Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
2 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
2 1 (14.29%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) MSTest
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Health
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Database Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Database Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) jQuery
3 2 (28.57%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (28.57%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) YAML
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) ADO
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
4 1 (14.29%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) OOP
3 2 (28.57%) SOLID
4 1 (14.29%) API Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (14.29%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) MVC
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) HL7