Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.08% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 16.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £400 £388
% change year-on-year +37.50% +3.23% -16.22%

All Systems Management Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 25 14 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.02% 7.18% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile £239 £382 £360
25th Percentile £368 £408 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £467 £480
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -2.81% -26.15%
75th Percentile - £563 £688
90th Percentile - £582 £795
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.21% -1.95% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 27
10th Percentile - £32.23 £44.03
25th Percentile £63.40 £41.20 -
Median hourly rate £68.83 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +49.05% - +13.81%
75th Percentile £74.26 £51.68 -
90th Percentile - £61.58 £75.82
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £38.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -48.17% -16.44% +90.63%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Preston - 2 £550 - 1
Active Directory Federation Services
North West

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) Perl
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCDP
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) VMware