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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 474 469
Rank change year-on-year -97 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 51 30 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.84% 0.70% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 17 30
10th Percentile £430 £160 £384
25th Percentile £485 £179 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £605
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.88% +10.00%
75th Percentile £715 £575 £608
90th Percentile £775 £665 £666
UK median daily rate £600 £448 £590
% change year-on-year +34.08% -24.15% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £23.80
UK median hourly rate £85.00 - £23.80

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 6,092 4,261 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 15.45% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,158 2,835 3,192
10th Percentile £325 £304 £308
25th Percentile £425 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -5.83%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £692 £711
UK median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.82% -4.60% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 61 68
10th Percentile £20.58 £18.87 £20.35
25th Percentile £44.86 £26.45 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.50 £36.83
Median % change year-on-year +22.94% +47.97% -25.62%
75th Percentile £73.56 £66.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £83.38 £82.96 £74.13
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £36.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +75.38% +2.62% -36.21%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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
South East -67 18 £750 +318.99% 2
London -60 17 £485 -4.90% 11
North of England -71 9 £662 - 2
South West -41 7 £705 +15.10% 4
North West -49 5 £662 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £565 -
North East - 1 £675 -
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 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.80%) Confluence
2 5 (9.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.88%) Apache
3 3 (5.88%) IIS
3 3 (5.88%) nginx
3 3 (5.88%) Tomcat
4 2 (3.92%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.92%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.96%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 32 (62.75%) Azure
2 22 (43.14%) Entra ID
3 21 (41.18%) AWS
4 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (17.65%) GCP
6 3 (5.88%) Cloudflare
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (5.88%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.92%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Kerberos
2 10 (19.61%) DNS
3 8 (15.69%) Firewall
4 5 (9.80%) DHCP
5 4 (7.84%) SSL
6 3 (5.88%) SAN
7 2 (3.92%) BIG-IP
7 2 (3.92%) NAS
7 2 (3.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Metadata
2 3 (5.88%) MySQL
2 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) GitLab
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Finance
3 4 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.92%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Aviation
6 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Architect
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Technical Architect
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 3 (5.88%) Technology Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Active Directory Architect
5 2 (3.92%) Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Consultant
5 2 (3.92%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (3.92%) VMware Architect
6 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.96%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (52.94%) OAuth
1 27 (52.94%) SAML
2 24 (47.06%) LDAP
3 22 (43.14%) OpenID
4 10 (19.61%) OAuth2
5 3 (5.88%) .NET
5 3 (5.88%) LAMP
5 3 (5.88%) LEMP Stack
5 3 (5.88%) SailPoint
5 3 (5.88%) Web Services
5 3 (5.88%) YAML
6 2 (3.92%) JSON
6 2 (3.92%) REST
6 2 (3.92%) SOAP
7 1 (1.96%) FIDO
7 1 (1.96%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) PKI
2 4 (7.84%) BYOD
2 4 (7.84%) Clustering
2 4 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.84%) Replication
3 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.92%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (3.92%) iPad
4 2 (3.92%) iPhone
4 2 (3.92%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.96%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.49%) Windows
2 10 (19.61%) Linux
3 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.88%) CentOS
4 3 (5.88%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.96%) Android
6 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Zero Trust
2 16 (31.37%) Root Cause Analysis
3 14 (27.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (25.49%) Roadmaps
5 12 (23.53%) Migration
6 11 (21.57%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (19.61%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (17.65%) DevOps
9 8 (15.69%) Data Protection
9 8 (15.69%) ITIL
10 7 (13.73%) Agile
10 7 (13.73%) Runbook
11 6 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
11 6 (11.76%) High Availability
11 6 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
11 6 (11.76%) OWASP
11 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.73%) Java
3 5 (9.80%) Python
4 4 (7.84%) Bash
5 1 (1.96%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
3 10 (19.61%) SC Cleared
4 8 (15.69%) Degree
5 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (9.80%) CISSP
7 4 (7.84%) AWS Certification
7 4 (7.84%) CISM
8 3 (5.88%) Master's Degree
8 3 (5.88%) MCSA
8 3 (5.88%) MCSE
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.96%) CEH
10 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.96%) GIAC
10 1 (1.96%) SSCP
10 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) GDPR
2 7 (13.73%) NCSC
3 4 (7.84%) NIST
4 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (84.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.80%) VMware NSX
3 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.88%) Dovecot
4 3 (5.88%) OpenAM
4 3 (5.88%) Postfix
5 2 (3.92%) UAG
5 2 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (1.96%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.96%) Docker
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.80%) Terraform
4 4 (7.84%) CA Single Sign-On
4 4 (7.84%) PingFederate
5 3 (5.88%) Ansible
5 3 (5.88%) HAProxy
5 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
6 2 (3.92%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.96%) Kibana
7 1 (1.96%) Nagios
7 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (72.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) VMware
3 5 (9.80%) Cisco
4 4 (7.84%) Ping Identity
4 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.88%) CyberArk
5 3 (5.88%) F5
5 3 (5.88%) Forcepoint
5 3 (5.88%) Juniper
5 3 (5.88%) Proofpoint
5 3 (5.88%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.92%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (3.92%) Lotus
6 2 (3.92%) Okta
6 2 (3.92%) Sparx
6 2 (3.92%) Thycotic
7 1 (1.96%) Becrypt
7 1 (1.96%) Commvault
7 1 (1.96%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.96%) Splunk