Active Directory Federation Services Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 310 327
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 +148
Contract jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 10 35 152
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.23% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.65% 2.13% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 115
10th Percentile - £450 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £605 £543
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +11.52% +8.50%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £600
90th Percentile £641 - £725
UK median daily rate £605 £558 £500
% change year-on-year +8.52% +11.50% -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,647 4,293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.49% 10.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,220 3,179
10th Percentile £386 £356 £400
25th Percentile £440 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £626 £631 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 73
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £26.55
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +65.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Active Directory Federation Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory Federation Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory Federation Services trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Active Directory Federation Services daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Federation Services
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Active Directory Federation Services daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Federation Services
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Active Directory Federation Services hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (20.00%) IIS
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (20.00%) GCP
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Service Fabric
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Storage
5 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (10.00%) PaaS
5 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) NGFW
1 2 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (10.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) SAML
2 2 (20.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (10.00%) Entity Framework
3 1 (10.00%) OAuth
3 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (10.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (10.00%) BYOD
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) PKI
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Microservices
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Application Security
3 2 (20.00%) B2C
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Network Load Balancing
3 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (20.00%) RBAC
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) SIEM
3 2 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
3 1 (10.00%) Bicep
3 1 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VB
3 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (10.00%) MCSE
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Kibana
2 1 (10.00%) Nagios
2 1 (10.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Commvault
3 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (10.00%) Splunk