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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 476 431
Rank change year-on-year +8 -45 +151
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 72 45 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.50% 1.01% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 30 112
10th Percentile £180 £373 £363
25th Percentile £375 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +7.84%
75th Percentile £594 £630 £681
90th Percentile £699 £652 £749
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year - -57.27% -7.17%
75th Percentile - - £57.93
90th Percentile - - £60.67
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £55.70
% change year-on-year - -57.27% -7.17%

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 4,810 4,435 5,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.16% 14.24% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,201 2,879 4,220
10th Percentile £305 £315 £305
25th Percentile £413 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £663
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 51 160
10th Percentile £18.65 £19.95 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.80 £27.19
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -23.47% +96.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £63.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £35.08 £51.25
% change year-on-year -25.89% -31.55% +105.00%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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
South West +27 28 £550 - 15
South East +8 19 £182 -70.00% 17
London +8 10 £563 +21.62% 19
North of England -24 9 £550 +81.07% 5
North West -11 8 £550 +81.07% 5
West Midlands -36 3 £325 -23.53%
Midlands -39 3 £325 -23.53%
North East - 2 £550 -
East of England -10 1 - - 3
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 23 (31.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.56%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.39%) Confluence
4 1 (1.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.83%) Entra ID
2 30 (41.67%) Azure
3 18 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (13.89%) SaaS
5 9 (12.50%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.56%) AWS
6 4 (5.56%) IaaS
6 4 (5.56%) PaaS
6 4 (5.56%) ShareGate
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (4.17%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (4.17%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (4.17%) Serverless
7 3 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (40.28%) DNS
2 18 (25.00%) Firewall
3 8 (11.11%) Skype
4 5 (6.94%) DHCP
4 5 (6.94%) WebEx
5 4 (5.56%) HTTP
5 4 (5.56%) Kerberos
5 4 (5.56%) VSAN
6 3 (4.17%) Wireshark
7 2 (2.78%) DKIM
7 2 (2.78%) DMARC
7 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.78%) X.500
8 1 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.39%) Internet
8 1 (1.39%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.39%) NAS
8 1 (1.39%) SAN
8 1 (1.39%) SMTP
8 1 (1.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 3 (4.17%) Fiddler
3 2 (2.78%) MSI
4 1 (1.39%) GitLab
General
1 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.06%) Public Sector
3 10 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Legal
6 3 (4.17%) Military
7 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Finance
8 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (16.67%) Architect
2 10 (13.89%) Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Senior
5 6 (8.33%) Consultant
5 6 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Administrator
7 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 4 (5.56%) Migration Consultant
7 4 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Technical Support
7 4 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) AWS Administrator
8 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (29.17%) OAuth
2 17 (23.61%) SAML
3 15 (20.83%) OpenID
4 13 (18.06%) OAuth2
5 6 (8.33%) LDAP
6 5 (6.94%) XMPP
7 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (5.56%) SailPoint
8 3 (4.17%) JSON
9 2 (2.78%) ModSecurity
10 1 (1.39%) .NET
10 1 (1.39%) CSS
10 1 (1.39%) HTML
10 1 (1.39%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) PKI
2 10 (13.89%) Private Cloud
2 10 (13.89%) Replication
3 9 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.94%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.39%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (55.56%) Windows
2 24 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 18 (25.00%) Linux
4 8 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 5 (6.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.17%) Apple iOS
7 3 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.78%) Android
8 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.72%) Identity Access Management
2 19 (26.39%) RBAC
3 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (15.28%) Migration
4 11 (15.28%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (15.28%) Service Management
5 10 (13.89%) Identity Management
5 10 (13.89%) Validation
6 9 (12.50%) Data Management
6 9 (12.50%) Load Balancing
6 9 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (11.11%) ITSM
7 8 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 7 (9.72%) Change Management
8 7 (9.72%) ITIL
8 7 (9.72%) Server Management
8 7 (9.72%) Zero Trust
9 6 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.11%) Python
3 7 (9.72%) Bash
4 5 (6.94%) Perl
4 5 (6.94%) SQL
5 4 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.39%) C#
6 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (69.44%) Security Cleared
2 36 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (23.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (20.83%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.33%) Degree
6 5 (6.94%) Azure Certification
6 5 (6.94%) CCDP
6 5 (6.94%) CCNA
6 5 (6.94%) CCNP
6 5 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.17%) CISM
7 3 (4.17%) CISSP
8 2 (2.78%) MCITP
8 2 (2.78%) MCP
8 2 (2.78%) MCSA
8 2 (2.78%) MCSE
8 2 (2.78%) MCTS
8 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.72%) NCSC
3 5 (6.94%) GDPR
4 4 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 57 (79.17%) Active Directory
2 13 (18.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.33%) VMware NSX
4 4 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.78%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (2.78%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (31.94%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (11.11%) vCenter Server
3 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (5.56%) Terraform
5 3 (4.17%) OPNET
5 3 (4.17%) WSUS
6 2 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.39%) Ansible
7 1 (1.39%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 23 (31.94%) VMware
3 11 (15.28%) Cisco
4 6 (8.33%) Citrix
4 6 (8.33%) Veeam
5 5 (6.94%) Red Hat
5 5 (6.94%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.17%) AppDynamics
6 3 (4.17%) Dynatrace
6 3 (4.17%) LogRhythm
6 3 (4.17%) Okta
7 2 (2.78%) Apple
8 1 (1.39%) Adobe
8 1 (1.39%) Aruba
8 1 (1.39%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.39%) ESET
8 1 (1.39%) HP
8 1 (1.39%) Meraki
8 1 (1.39%) Proofpoint