Active Directory Federation Services Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 145 193
Rank change year-on-year +5 +48 +17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 1 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.036% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.44% 1.33% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £49,757 -
25th Percentile - £53,548 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £61,754 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +45.74% +29.85% -9.42%
75th Percentile - £70,571 £48,809
90th Percentile - £74,728 -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.81% +14.41% +7.27%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

Active Directory Federation Services falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 228 225 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.25% 8.78% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 54 123 241
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,938 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £93,778 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +6.92% -3.70%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in Scotland

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -10 1 £90,000 +45.74%
Active Directory Federation Services
UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow