Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 105 134
Rank change year-on-year -2 +29 +44
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 13 15 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.76% 0.69% 0.40%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.85% 5.77% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 11
10th Percentile £159 - £550
25th Percentile £168 £603 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year -70.58% -0.82% +19.61%
75th Percentile £208 £608 £615
90th Percentile £386 - -
South East median daily rate £179 £605 £610
% change year-on-year -70.41% -0.82% +19.61%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 268 260 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.72% 12.00% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 198 246
10th Percentile £250 £325 £205
25th Percentile £375 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -12.17% +12.47%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £675
90th Percentile £639 £685 £738
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -3.00% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.60 £30.46
25th Percentile £18.90 £30.00 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -29.75% -15.83%
75th Percentile £76.00 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £86.32 £37.50 £49.20
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £35.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.99% -36.21% +14.86%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in the Thames Valley

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Oxfordshire - 9 £177 - 2
Berkshire +4 4 £650 +7.44% 1
Active Directory Federation Services
South East

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
1 2 (15.38%) Wireshark
2 1 (7.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Fiddler
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Data Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Architect
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) OAuth
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Data Management
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Engagement
2 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
3 2 (15.38%) Privileged Identity Management
3 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Insight
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) VMware NSX
2 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) VMware