Active Directory Federation Services Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 119 165
Rank change year-on-year -1 +46 +21
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 3 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.36% 0.30%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.93% 2.90% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 10
10th Percentile - £325 £352
25th Percentile £513 £419 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +0.53% -14.09%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £495
90th Percentile - £557 £596
Central London median daily rate £463 £475 £473
% change year-on-year -2.63% +0.53% -14.09%

All Systems Management Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 321 276 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.28% 12.59% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 193 396
10th Percentile £300 £350 £398
25th Percentile £449 £425 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £671 £656 £700
90th Percentile £725 £749 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - £44.09
25th Percentile - £12.75 £79.89
Median hourly rate - £20.25 £84.09
Median % change year-on-year - -75.92% +140.26%
75th Percentile - £32.81 £88.30
90th Percentile - £43.28 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £20.25 £84.09
% change year-on-year +30.62% -75.92% +140.26%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the City of London

Active Directory Federation Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the City of London

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Skype for Business
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Skype
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Messaging Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (66.67%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Ad Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) VMware