Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 455 421
Rank change year-on-year +25 -34 +62
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 122 38 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.15% 0.35%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.33% 0.98% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 28 92
10th Percentile £366 £400 £325
25th Percentile £488 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +18.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £651 £615
90th Percentile £701 £694 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £605 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.24% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £55.70
75th Percentile - - £57.93
90th Percentile - - £60.67
UK median hourly rate - - £55.70

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,228 3,865 4,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.37% 14.98% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,625 2,519 3,409
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.87%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 42 150
10th Percentile £17.18 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.34 £21.01 £20.31
Median hourly rate £50.61 £26.00 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +94.65% -38.14% -13.34%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.88 £77.19 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% -1.33%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in England

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in England over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in England

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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
London -10 42 £581 +25.62% 1
South West +15 40 £575 -6.12% 3
North of England -45 21 £510 +27.42% 3
South East -17 20 £525 -17.65% 4
North West -18 16 £550 +37.50% 2
Yorkshire -54 4 £469 -35.31% 1
North East - 2 £550 -
Active Directory Federation Services
UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 27 (22.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (17.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.28%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 73 (59.84%) Azure
2 71 (58.20%) Entra ID
3 35 (28.69%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.02%) OneDrive
5 9 (7.38%) AWS
5 9 (7.38%) PaaS
6 8 (6.56%) SaaS
7 7 (5.74%) Azure Service Fabric
8 4 (3.28%) GCP
8 4 (3.28%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.28%) ShareGate
9 3 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.64%) IaaS
11 1 (0.82%) GitHub
11 1 (0.82%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 63 (51.64%) DNS
2 35 (28.69%) DHCP
2 35 (28.69%) Kerberos
3 27 (22.13%) Firewall
4 5 (4.10%) Skype
4 5 (4.10%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.10%) WebEx
5 4 (3.28%) NetScaler
5 4 (3.28%) Network Security
6 3 (2.46%) HTTP
7 2 (1.64%) DKIM
7 2 (1.64%) DMARC
7 2 (1.64%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.64%) X.500
8 1 (0.82%) Internet
8 1 (0.82%) Intranet
8 1 (0.82%) SMTP
8 1 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.82%) GIS
2 1 (0.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) Fiddler
2 2 (1.64%) Git
General
1 31 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.93%) Documentation Skills
3 14 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.92%) Finance
4 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.10%) Legal
6 2 (1.64%) Military
7 1 (0.82%) Banking
7 1 (0.82%) International Banking
7 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (13.11%) Architect
2 14 (11.48%) Platform Engineer
3 9 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (6.56%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (5.74%) Consultant
5 7 (5.74%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 7 (5.74%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.92%) Technical Architect
7 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 4 (3.28%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Migration Consultant
8 4 (3.28%) Senior
9 3 (2.46%) Azure Security Engineer
9 3 (2.46%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.46%) IT Support
9 3 (2.46%) IT Support Technician
9 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Consultant
9 3 (2.46%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (36.07%) OAuth
2 42 (34.43%) SAML
3 35 (28.69%) LDAP
4 26 (21.31%) OpenID
5 18 (14.75%) OAuth2
6 11 (9.02%) SailPoint
7 9 (7.38%) ARM Templates
8 7 (5.74%) Entity Framework
8 7 (5.74%) YAML
9 5 (4.10%) XMPP
10 3 (2.46%) JSON
10 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.82%) CSS
11 1 (0.82%) CSS3
11 1 (0.82%) HTML
11 1 (0.82%) HTML5
11 1 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (31.15%) Replication
2 12 (9.84%) Private Cloud
3 11 (9.02%) PKI
4 10 (8.20%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.74%) BYOD
6 5 (4.10%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.46%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.82%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (53.28%) Windows
2 53 (43.44%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.11%) Linux
4 5 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (4.10%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.34%) Identity Access Management
2 39 (31.97%) RBAC
3 34 (27.87%) Migration
4 25 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (18.03%) High Availability
6 21 (17.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (15.57%) Root Cause Analysis
8 18 (14.75%) DevOps
9 17 (13.93%) Load Balancing
10 16 (13.11%) Task Automation
11 15 (12.30%) Identity Management
12 14 (11.48%) Mentoring
13 13 (10.66%) Digital Identity
13 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (10.66%) Roadmaps
14 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 12 (9.84%) Platform Engineering
14 12 (9.84%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (9.84%) Zero Trust
15 11 (9.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 88 (72.13%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.56%) SQL
3 7 (5.74%) Python
4 5 (4.10%) Bash
4 5 (4.10%) Perl
5 4 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 83 (68.03%) Security Cleared
2 59 (48.36%) SC Cleared
3 30 (24.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (20.49%) DV Cleared
5 15 (12.30%) Degree
6 7 (5.74%) MCSA
6 7 (5.74%) MCSE
7 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.10%) CCDP
8 5 (4.10%) CCNA
8 5 (4.10%) CCNP
8 5 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.46%) CISM
9 3 (2.46%) CISSP
10 2 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.57%) GDPR
2 14 (11.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.28%) NCSC
4 4 (3.28%) NIST
5 3 (2.46%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (93.44%) Active Directory
2 21 (17.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.20%) Docker
4 9 (7.38%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.28%) vSphere
6 2 (1.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 52 (42.62%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.74%) SCCM
4 5 (4.10%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.28%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.46%) CA Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.46%) Terraform
6 3 (2.46%) WSUS
7 2 (1.64%) Ansible
Vendors
1 105 (86.07%) Microsoft
2 32 (26.23%) VMware
3 17 (13.93%) Okta
4 10 (8.20%) Cisco
5 9 (7.38%) Veeam
6 5 (4.10%) Citrix
6 5 (4.10%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.10%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.28%) F5
8 3 (2.46%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.64%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.82%) ESRI
10 1 (0.82%) Proofpoint