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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 437 406
Rank change year-on-year +1 -31 +94
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 113 42 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.16% 0.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.24% 1.08% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 29 97
10th Percentile £425 £400 £348
25th Percentile £488 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £703 £688 £730
UK median daily rate £558 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +7.47% -5.68% +10.00%
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 5,051 3,885 4,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.65% 14.69% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,513 2,514 3,502
10th Percentile £313 £313 £253
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +0.95% -10.64%
75th Percentile £600 £643 £645
90th Percentile £700 £738 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 49 156
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.68 £15.50
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.00 £21.81
Median hourly rate £48.72 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +83.85% -42.62% +19.95%
75th Percentile £62.78 £62.50 £60.31
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.05 £77.02
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +21.53%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 West +20 39 £575 -11.54% 6
London +15 39 £600 +33.33% 4
South East -21 18 £525 -17.65% 6
North of England -40 15 £510 +27.42% 3
North West -15 10 £550 +37.50% 1
Yorkshire -42 4 £469 -35.31% 2
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 30 (26.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (16.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.54%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 60 (53.10%) Azure
1 60 (53.10%) Entra ID
2 28 (24.78%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.85%) OneDrive
4 7 (6.19%) AWS
4 7 (6.19%) PaaS
4 7 (6.19%) SaaS
5 6 (5.31%) Azure Service Fabric
6 4 (3.54%) GCP
6 4 (3.54%) ShareGate
7 3 (2.65%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.88%) GitHub
9 1 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.88%) IaaS
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (49.56%) DNS
2 32 (28.32%) Kerberos
3 29 (25.66%) DHCP
4 26 (23.01%) Firewall
5 8 (7.08%) Skype
6 5 (4.42%) WebEx
7 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.65%) HTTP
8 3 (2.65%) NetScaler
8 3 (2.65%) Network Security
8 3 (2.65%) VSAN
9 2 (1.77%) DKIM
9 2 (1.77%) DMARC
9 2 (1.77%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.77%) X.500
10 1 (0.88%) Internet
10 1 (0.88%) Intranet
10 1 (0.88%) SMTP
10 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (1.77%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.88%) Git
General
1 33 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.50%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (7.08%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.42%) Finance
5 5 (4.42%) Legal
6 1 (0.88%) Banking
6 1 (0.88%) International Banking
6 1 (0.88%) Military
6 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (15.04%) Architect
2 13 (11.50%) Platform Engineer
3 7 (6.19%) Consultant
3 7 (6.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (6.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 6 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 5 (4.42%) Technical Architect
6 4 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.54%) Migration Consultant
6 4 (3.54%) Senior
7 3 (2.65%) Analyst
7 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 3 (2.65%) Data Analyst
7 3 (2.65%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (2.65%) Security Architect
7 3 (2.65%) Support Engineer
8 2 (1.77%) Identity Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (39.82%) OAuth
2 43 (38.05%) SAML
3 34 (30.09%) LDAP
4 26 (23.01%) OpenID
5 18 (15.93%) OAuth2
6 10 (8.85%) SailPoint
7 7 (6.19%) ARM Templates
8 6 (5.31%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.31%) YAML
9 5 (4.42%) XMPP
10 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (1.77%) JSON
11 2 (1.77%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 35 (30.97%) Replication
2 15 (13.27%) Private Cloud
3 13 (11.50%) PKI
4 9 (7.96%) Onboarding
5 7 (6.19%) BYOD
6 6 (5.31%) Data Centre
7 5 (4.42%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.88%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (55.75%) Windows
2 50 (44.25%) Windows Server
3 17 (15.04%) Linux
4 8 (7.08%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (40.71%) Identity Access Management
2 40 (35.40%) RBAC
3 29 (25.66%) Migration
4 21 (18.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (18.58%) High Availability
4 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (15.04%) Root Cause Analysis
6 16 (14.16%) Load Balancing
6 16 (14.16%) Task Automation
7 15 (13.27%) Identity Management
7 15 (13.27%) Roadmaps
8 13 (11.50%) DevOps
8 13 (11.50%) Mentoring
8 13 (11.50%) Zero Trust
9 12 (10.62%) Service Management
10 11 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (9.73%) Platform Engineering
10 11 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (8.85%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (69.91%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.96%) SQL
3 6 (5.31%) Python
4 5 (4.42%) Bash
4 5 (4.42%) Perl
5 3 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 80 (70.80%) Security Cleared
2 56 (49.56%) SC Cleared
3 30 (26.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (22.12%) DV Cleared
5 11 (9.73%) Degree
6 7 (6.19%) MCSA
6 7 (6.19%) MCSE
7 5 (4.42%) CCDP
7 5 (4.42%) CCNA
7 5 (4.42%) CCNP
7 5 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.65%) CISM
9 3 (2.65%) CISSP
10 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.81%) GDPR
2 14 (12.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (6.19%) NCSC
5 3 (2.65%) NIST
6 2 (1.77%) SLA
System Software
1 103 (91.15%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.08%) Docker
3 8 (7.08%) VMware NSX
4 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.65%) vSphere
6 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 48 (42.48%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (7.08%) vCenter Server
4 4 (3.54%) SCCM
5 3 (2.65%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.65%) OPNET
5 3 (2.65%) Terraform
5 3 (2.65%) WSUS
6 2 (1.77%) Ansible
7 1 (0.88%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (87.61%) Microsoft
2 32 (28.32%) VMware
3 17 (15.04%) Okta
4 10 (8.85%) Cisco
5 8 (7.08%) Veeam
6 5 (4.42%) Citrix
6 5 (4.42%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.42%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.65%) F5
8 2 (1.77%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.77%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.88%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint