Active Directory Federation Services Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 526 500
Rank change year-on-year -86 -26 -10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 48 29 68
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.088% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.68% 0.56% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 40
10th Percentile £453 £159 £399
25th Percentile £496 £178 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £363 £590
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -38.56% +7.27%
75th Percentile £715 £583 £608
90th Percentile £775 £644 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £694 £297 £605
% change year-on-year +133.90% -50.99% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 7,063 5,143 5,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.24% 15.62% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,783 3,391 3,654
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £425 £408 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £601 £600 £625
90th Percentile £699 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £491 £500
% change year-on-year +1.83% -1.80% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 80 73
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.50
25th Percentile £28.13 £19.91 £24.18
Median hourly rate £63.14 £34.39 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +83.61% -4.92% -35.71%
75th Percentile £70.36 £63.49 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.55 £78.83 £74.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £55.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +14.79% +19.10% -

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Active Directory Federation Services
Top 10 Contract Job 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 13 August 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
England -76 48 £600 +84.62% 17
UK excluding London -95 32 £694 +133.90% 10
South East -57 18 £750 +321.35% 1
London -65 16 £485 -4.90% 7
North of England -53 10 £662 -
Work from Home -49 9 £555 +0.91% 7
North West -39 6 £662 -
South West -37 5 £705 +21.29% 9
Yorkshire - 3 £565 -
North East - 1 £675 -

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.42%) Confluence
2 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.25%) Apache
3 3 (6.25%) IIS
3 3 (6.25%) nginx
3 3 (6.25%) Tomcat
4 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (2.08%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 32 (66.67%) Azure
2 23 (47.92%) Entra ID
3 20 (41.67%) AWS
4 11 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (18.75%) GCP
6 4 (8.33%) OneDrive
7 3 (6.25%) Cloudflare
7 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (4.17%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) DNS
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
1 8 (16.67%) Kerberos
2 4 (8.33%) SSL
3 3 (6.25%) DHCP
3 3 (6.25%) SAN
4 2 (4.17%) BIG-IP
4 2 (4.17%) NAS
5 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Metadata
2 3 (6.25%) MySQL
2 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 12 (25.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Retail
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Aviation
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Architect
2 6 (12.50%) Lead
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 3 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 3 (6.25%) Technology Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) VMware Architect
6 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.08%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (50.00%) OAuth
1 24 (50.00%) SAML
2 22 (45.83%) OpenID
3 21 (43.75%) LDAP
4 10 (20.83%) OAuth2
5 3 (6.25%) .NET
5 3 (6.25%) LAMP
5 3 (6.25%) LEMP Stack
5 3 (6.25%) SailPoint
5 3 (6.25%) Web Services
5 3 (6.25%) YAML
6 2 (4.17%) JSON
6 2 (4.17%) REST
6 2 (4.17%) SOAP
7 1 (2.08%) FIDO
7 1 (2.08%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) PKI
2 4 (8.33%) BYOD
2 4 (8.33%) Clustering
3 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) Blackberry
4 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) iPad
4 2 (4.17%) iPhone
4 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) iSeries
5 1 (2.08%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.92%) Windows
2 9 (18.75%) Linux
3 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.25%) CentOS
4 3 (6.25%) Ubuntu
5 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.08%) Android
6 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Zero Trust
2 13 (27.08%) Roadmaps
3 12 (25.00%) Migration
3 12 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (18.75%) DevOps
5 9 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (16.67%) Agile
6 8 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 8 (16.67%) ITIL
7 7 (14.58%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 6 (12.50%) High Availability
8 6 (12.50%) Identity Management
8 6 (12.50%) OWASP
8 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.42%) AI
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) PowerShell
2 7 (14.58%) Java
3 4 (8.33%) Python
4 3 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (39.58%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) Degree
4 7 (14.58%) DV Cleared
5 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (8.33%) CISSP
7 3 (6.25%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.25%) CISM
7 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
7 3 (6.25%) MCSA
7 3 (6.25%) MCSE
8 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.08%) CEH
9 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.08%) GIAC
9 1 (2.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) GDPR
2 6 (12.50%) NCSC
3 4 (8.33%) NIST
4 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (85.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.42%) VMware NSX
3 4 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.25%) Dovecot
4 3 (6.25%) OpenAM
4 3 (6.25%) Postfix
5 2 (4.17%) UAG
5 2 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (2.08%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.42%) CA Single Sign-On
3 5 (10.42%) Terraform
4 4 (8.33%) PingFederate
5 3 (6.25%) Ansible
5 3 (6.25%) HAProxy
6 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
6 2 (4.17%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) VMware
3 5 (10.42%) Cisco
4 4 (8.33%) Ping Identity
4 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.25%) CyberArk
5 3 (6.25%) F5
5 3 (6.25%) Forcepoint
5 3 (6.25%) Juniper
5 3 (6.25%) Proofpoint
5 3 (6.25%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.17%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (4.17%) Lotus
6 2 (4.17%) Okta
6 2 (4.17%) Sparx
6 2 (4.17%) Thycotic
7 1 (2.08%) Becrypt
7 1 (2.08%) MobileIron