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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 509 509
Rank change year-on-year -61 0 -21
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 81 28 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.086% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.15% 0.55% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 17 51
10th Percentile £480 £160 £375
25th Percentile £488 £179 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -30.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £608
90th Percentile £750 £668 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £297 £605
% change year-on-year +90.56% -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 7,045 5,083 5,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.39% 15.65% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,810 3,355 3,840
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £505 £518
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -2.51% -5.82%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £622
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 74 97
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.92
25th Percentile £22.21 £20.25 £22.08
Median hourly rate £57.50 £37.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.32% +16.15% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.66 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.40 £78.34 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £57.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.89% +42.50% -13.21%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -54 81 £575 +58.62% 7
UK excluding London -71 53 £565 +90.56% 5
South East -42 30 £525 +194.94% 1
London -43 28 £600 +14.29% 2
Work from Home -53 20 £600 +21.21% 4
North of England -67 16 £662 - 2
North West -40 12 £662 - 2
South West -21 10 £650 +6.12% 1
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 8 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.17%) Confluence
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.70%) Apache
3 3 (3.70%) IIS
3 3 (3.70%) nginx
3 3 (3.70%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.23%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.23%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 63 (77.78%) Azure
2 53 (65.43%) Entra ID
3 23 (28.40%) AWS
4 18 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (11.11%) GCP
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.70%) Cloudflare
7 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.70%) PaaS
8 2 (2.47%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.47%) IaaS
8 2 (2.47%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.47%) SaaS
8 2 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Service Fabric
9 1 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 32 (39.51%) DNS
2 28 (34.57%) Kerberos
3 27 (33.33%) DHCP
4 12 (14.81%) Firewall
5 5 (6.17%) Network Security
6 4 (4.94%) SSL
7 2 (2.47%) BIG-IP
7 2 (2.47%) NAS
7 2 (2.47%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) Metadata
2 3 (3.70%) MySQL
2 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Git
2 2 (2.47%) GitLab
General
1 13 (16.05%) Finance
1 13 (16.05%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.70%) Banking
6 2 (2.47%) Retail
7 1 (1.23%) Aviation
7 1 (1.23%) Legal
7 1 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (18.52%) Architect
2 8 (9.88%) Technical Architect
3 6 (7.41%) Lead
4 4 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 3 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (3.70%) Consultant
5 3 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (3.70%) IT Support
5 3 (3.70%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (3.70%) IT Technician
5 3 (3.70%) Security Architect
5 3 (3.70%) Support Technician
5 3 (3.70%) Technology Manager
6 2 (2.47%) Analyst
6 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (2.47%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (50.62%) LDAP
2 34 (41.98%) OAuth
2 34 (41.98%) SAML
3 21 (25.93%) OpenID
4 9 (11.11%) OAuth2
5 4 (4.94%) SailPoint
5 4 (4.94%) YAML
6 3 (3.70%) .NET
6 3 (3.70%) ARM Templates
6 3 (3.70%) JSON
6 3 (3.70%) LAMP
6 3 (3.70%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (3.70%) REST
6 3 (3.70%) Web Services
7 2 (2.47%) SOAP
8 1 (1.23%) CSS
8 1 (1.23%) CSS3
8 1 (1.23%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.23%) HTML
8 1 (1.23%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.93%) Replication
2 7 (8.64%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.64%) PKI
3 4 (4.94%) Clustering
3 4 (4.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.94%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.70%) Educational Technology
4 3 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.70%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.47%) BYOD
5 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.47%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.23%) IoT
6 1 (1.23%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 28 (34.57%) Windows
2 23 (28.40%) Windows Server
3 13 (16.05%) Linux
4 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.70%) CentOS
5 3 (3.70%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.23%) Android
6 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) Migration
2 22 (27.16%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (24.69%) Zero Trust
4 16 (19.75%) High Availability
4 16 (19.75%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (18.52%) DevOps
6 14 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (17.28%) RBAC
7 12 (14.81%) CI/CD
7 12 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (14.81%) Roadmaps
8 11 (13.58%) Data Protection
8 11 (13.58%) Digital Identity
8 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (12.35%) Agile
9 10 (12.35%) Architectural Patterns
9 10 (12.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (12.35%) ITIL
9 10 (12.35%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (48.15%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.64%) Java
3 5 (6.17%) Python
4 3 (3.70%) Bash
5 2 (2.47%) SQL
6 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 44 (54.32%) Security Cleared
2 33 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 13 (16.05%) Degree
4 9 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.17%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.94%) CISSP
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.70%) CISM
7 3 (3.70%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.23%) CEH
9 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.23%) GIAC
9 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.23%) MCSA
9 1 (1.23%) MCSE
9 1 (1.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (23.46%) GDPR
2 10 (12.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (7.41%) NCSC
4 5 (6.17%) NIST
5 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.70%) SLA
6 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (17.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.64%) VMware NSX
4 3 (3.70%) Docker
4 3 (3.70%) Dovecot
4 3 (3.70%) OpenAM
4 3 (3.70%) Postfix
4 3 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.47%) UAG
5 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.47%) vSphere
6 1 (1.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (1.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 24 (29.63%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.64%) Terraform
4 6 (7.41%) CA Single Sign-On
5 5 (6.17%) Ansible
5 5 (6.17%) SCCM
6 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
6 4 (4.94%) PingFederate
7 3 (3.70%) HAProxy
8 2 (2.47%) vCenter Server
9 1 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 62 (76.54%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) VMware
3 11 (13.58%) Okta
4 5 (6.17%) Cisco
4 5 (6.17%) F5
5 4 (4.94%) Ping Identity
5 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.70%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.70%) Forcepoint
6 3 (3.70%) Juniper
6 3 (3.70%) Proofpoint
6 3 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.47%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (2.47%) Sparx
7 2 (2.47%) Thycotic
7 2 (2.47%) Veeam
8 1 (1.23%) Becrypt
8 1 (1.23%) ESRI
8 1 (1.23%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.23%) MobileIron