Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 112 124
Rank change year-on-year -21 +12 +46
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.095% 0.17% 0.34%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.76% 0.90% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £513 £513 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +0.53%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £497
90th Percentile - - £533
Central London median daily rate £525 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +13.51% -2.63% +0.53%

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 262 333 284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.40% 19.08% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 222 202
10th Percentile £351 £313 £328
25th Percentile £413 £449 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £629 £667 £650
90th Percentile £724 £719 £736
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -83.95%
75th Percentile £41.72 - £32.25
90th Percentile £52.52 - £43.05
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -83.95%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in the City of London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft