Active Directory Federation Services Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 57 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.67% 0.20% -
As % of the Systems Management category 3.70% 1.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £390 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% - -
75th Percentile £401 £395 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £304 £420 £550
% change year-on-year -27.62% -23.64% -10.20%

All Systems Management Skills
Cheshire

Active Directory Federation Services falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 81 60 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.04% 11.90% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 37 68
10th Percentile £307 £184 £200
25th Percentile £354 £385 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £454
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +4.68% -2.42%
75th Percentile £501 £538 £571
90th Percentile £638 £582 £641
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 5
10th Percentile - £16.72 £12.35
25th Percentile £81.75 £17.49 £14.00
Median hourly rate £83.50 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +371.22% -11.40% -
75th Percentile £85.25 - £22.41
90th Percentile - £17.74 £48.41
North West median hourly rate £62.50 £17.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year +252.71% -40.93% +50.00%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Federation Services in Cheshire

Active Directory Federation Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Federation Services in Cheshire

Active Directory Federation Services
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warrington -1 3 £401 +2.69%
Active Directory Federation Services
North West

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) VMware