Active Directory Federation Services Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Active Directory Federation Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 446 572
Rank change year-on-year -41 +126 -118
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 111 288 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.48% 0.33%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.18% 2.99% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 220 217
10th Percentile £389 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £580
90th Percentile £685 £725 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £513 £475
% change year-on-year +18.05% +7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51.75
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate £23.80 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - £58.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.56%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Active Directory Federation Services is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,089 9,618 14,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 16.08% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 6,947 10,288
10th Percentile £256 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 211 185
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.54 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £24.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +158.08% -41.37%
75th Percentile £53.75 £72.50 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.75 £82.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £46.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -16.30% +130.00% -10.11%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +3 90 £525 +5.00% 17
UK excluding London -9 55 £605 +18.05% 12
London +57 51 £475 -5.00% 5
Work from Home +13 34 £605 +11.52% 5
South East +21 23 £605 +40.29% 6
Scotland +35 15 £588 +9.30%
South West -2 9 £448 -10.50%
North of England +28 6 £450 -18.18% 3
Yorkshire +22 3 £469 +4.17% 1
North West +8 2 £420 -23.64% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East - 1 £500 -

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (34.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 9 (8.11%) Confluence
4 2 (1.80%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.80%) IIS
4 2 (1.80%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (55.86%) Azure
2 51 (45.95%) Entra ID
3 45 (40.54%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (14.41%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (14.41%) Azure Storage
5 12 (10.81%) AWS
6 7 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.50%) IaaS
8 4 (3.60%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.60%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.60%) Rubrik
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Service Fabric
9 3 (2.70%) Nutanix
9 3 (2.70%) PaaS
10 2 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.80%) GitHub
11 1 (0.90%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (42.34%) DNS
2 33 (29.73%) DHCP
3 26 (23.42%) Firewall
4 9 (8.11%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.31%) SAN
6 6 (5.41%) NAS
6 6 (5.41%) Skype
7 5 (4.50%) LAN
8 4 (3.60%) DKIM
8 4 (3.60%) DMARC
8 4 (3.60%) VSAN
9 3 (2.70%) SMTP
9 3 (2.70%) VLAN
9 3 (2.70%) WAN
10 2 (1.80%) Extranet
10 2 (1.80%) HTTP
10 2 (1.80%) Internet
10 2 (1.80%) VPN
10 2 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (25.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.60%) MySQL
2 4 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) JIRA
2 5 (4.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.60%) GitLab
4 2 (1.80%) Git
5 1 (0.90%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (29.73%) Public Sector
2 23 (20.72%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.71%) Finance
4 4 (3.60%) Marketing
5 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Military
5 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.80%) Electronics
6 2 (1.80%) German Language
6 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.90%) French Language
Job Titles
1 34 (30.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (14.41%) Azure Specialist
3 15 (13.51%) Active Directory Support
4 14 (12.61%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (12.61%) Support Specialist
5 13 (11.71%) Wintel Engineer
6 10 (9.01%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (9.01%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.11%) Consultant
7 9 (8.11%) Exchange Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Active Directory Consultant
9 6 (5.41%) Active Directory Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) Administrator
11 4 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 4 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support
11 4 (3.60%) Active Directory Administrator
11 4 (3.60%) Architect
11 4 (3.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.22%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.60%) LDAP
3 3 (2.70%) .NET
3 3 (2.70%) Entity Framework
3 3 (2.70%) SailPoint
3 3 (2.70%) YAML
4 2 (1.80%) CSS
4 2 (1.80%) SAML
4 2 (1.80%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.80%) XML
5 1 (0.90%) OAuth
5 1 (0.90%) OpenID
5 1 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (27.03%) PKI
2 27 (24.32%) Replication
3 17 (15.32%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.41%) Fat Client
4 6 (5.41%) Thin Client
5 5 (4.50%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.70%) IoT
6 3 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.80%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) Social Media
8 1 (0.90%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.90%) Clustering
8 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 75 (67.57%) Windows
2 58 (52.25%) Windows Server
3 45 (40.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 42 (37.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 24 (21.62%) Linux
6 7 (6.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (4.50%) Windows 10
8 4 (3.60%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.80%) Unix
9 2 (1.80%) VMS
10 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (36.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (35.14%) Migration
3 31 (27.93%) Agile
4 29 (26.13%) Identity Management
5 26 (23.42%) DevOps
6 23 (20.72%) ITIL
7 22 (19.82%) CI/CD
8 19 (17.12%) Analytics
8 19 (17.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (17.12%) Service Management
9 18 (16.22%) Release Management
10 17 (15.32%) Privileged Identity Management
10 17 (15.32%) RBAC
11 16 (14.41%) Log Analytics
11 16 (14.41%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 12 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (9.01%) Problem Management
15 8 (7.21%) Roadmaps
16 7 (6.31%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 58 (52.25%) PowerShell
2 17 (15.32%) C#
3 16 (14.41%) VB
3 16 (14.41%) VBScript
4 15 (13.51%) Bicep
5 7 (6.31%) SQL
6 6 (5.41%) Python
7 3 (2.70%) Bash
7 3 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 66 (59.46%) Security Cleared
2 43 (38.74%) DV Cleared
3 40 (36.04%) SC Cleared
4 31 (27.93%) Degree
5 16 (14.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (5.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.80%) MCSD
7 2 (1.80%) MCSE
7 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) SLA
2 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 104 (93.69%) Active Directory
2 19 (17.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (14.41%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (6.31%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.60%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.70%) Docker
7 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (2.70%) vSphere
8 2 (1.80%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (1.80%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.80%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.80%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.90%) UAG
Systems Management
1 31 (27.93%) SCCM
2 24 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (21.62%) WSUS
3 23 (20.72%) SCOM
4 20 (18.02%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.31%) Ansible
6 4 (3.60%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.60%) Nessus
6 4 (3.60%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.60%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.60%) ZABBIX
7 3 (2.70%) Kibana
7 3 (2.70%) Nagios
7 3 (2.70%) OPNET
7 3 (2.70%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.70%) Terraform
7 3 (2.70%) VxRail
8 2 (1.80%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (1.80%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 57 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 25 (22.52%) VMware
3 24 (21.62%) Veeam
4 9 (8.11%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.41%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.50%) Commvault
7 4 (3.60%) HP
7 4 (3.60%) Oracle
7 4 (3.60%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.70%) Cisco
8 3 (2.70%) Dell
8 3 (2.70%) EMC
8 3 (2.70%) Proofpoint
8 3 (2.70%) Remedy
8 3 (2.70%) Splunk
9 2 (1.80%) Equitrac
9 2 (1.80%) F5
9 2 (1.80%) Facebook
9 2 (1.80%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.80%) Twitter