Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 342 364
Rank change year-on-year -37 +22 +21
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 43 5 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.041% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.68% 0.26% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 5 11
10th Percentile £425 - £325
25th Percentile £485 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.16% +4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £525
90th Percentile £615 £620 £538
England median daily rate £555 £450 £605
% change year-on-year +23.33% -25.62% +21.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate - - £23.80

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,565 1,917 2,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.77% 15.66% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,759 1,290 1,667
10th Percentile £356 £362 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £717 £750 £750
England median daily rate £510 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.91% -9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 33
10th Percentile £22.35 £26.45 £20.00
25th Percentile £32.00 £27.31 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.13 £38.75 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.02% +60.26% -61.92%
75th Percentile £70.58 £52.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £54.70 £70.40
England median hourly rate £57.00 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +42.50% +33.33% -43.32%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in London

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in London over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in London

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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 London -3 9 £492 -0.61%
Central London -12 2 £525 +16.67%
Active Directory Federation Services
England

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (13.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (9.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 34 (79.07%) Entra ID
2 33 (76.74%) Azure
3 18 (41.86%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (16.28%) Azure Service Fabric
4 7 (16.28%) PaaS
5 5 (11.63%) AWS
5 5 (11.63%) GCP
6 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.33%) GitHub
8 1 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.88%) Kerberos
2 13 (30.23%) DHCP
2 13 (30.23%) DNS
3 4 (9.30%) SSL
4 1 (2.33%) Firewall
4 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Finance
3 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Retail
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Banking
5 1 (2.33%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Consultant
3 3 (6.98%) IT Support
3 3 (6.98%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (6.98%) IT Technician
3 3 (6.98%) Support Technician
4 2 (4.65%) Lead
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (46.51%) OAuth
1 20 (46.51%) SAML
2 19 (44.19%) LDAP
3 7 (16.28%) ARM Templates
3 7 (16.28%) Entity Framework
3 7 (16.28%) SailPoint
3 7 (16.28%) YAML
4 6 (13.95%) OpenID
5 4 (9.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.23%) Replication
2 9 (20.93%) BYOD
3 4 (9.30%) Clustering
4 3 (6.98%) Educational Technology
5 2 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (41.86%) Windows
2 17 (39.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.33%) Android
3 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) High Availability
2 22 (51.16%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (39.53%) Root Cause Analysis
4 15 (34.88%) Migration
5 13 (30.23%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (30.23%) RBAC
5 13 (30.23%) Roadmaps
5 13 (30.23%) Task Automation
6 11 (25.58%) DevOps
7 9 (20.93%) Data Protection
7 9 (20.93%) E-Discovery
7 9 (20.93%) Zero Trust
8 8 (18.60%) B2C
9 7 (16.28%) CI/CD
9 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (16.28%) Microservices
10 6 (13.95%) Contingency Planning
10 6 (13.95%) PLM
10 6 (13.95%) Technology Roadmap
11 4 (9.30%) AI
Programming Languages
1 26 (60.47%) PowerShell
2 7 (16.28%) SQL
3 4 (9.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (46.51%) SC Cleared
1 20 (46.51%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) Degree
3 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (18.60%) MCSA
4 8 (18.60%) MCSE
5 2 (4.65%) CISM
5 2 (4.65%) CISSP
5 2 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (39.53%) GDPR
2 13 (30.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.65%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (95.35%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) Docker
3 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 23 (53.49%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.30%) CA Single Sign-On
3 4 (9.30%) PingFederate
4 3 (6.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (95.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.23%) Okta
3 4 (9.30%) Ping Identity
3 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.98%) Forcepoint
4 3 (6.98%) Proofpoint
4 3 (6.98%) VMware
5 1 (2.33%) MobileIron