Active Directory Federation Services Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West 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 173 187 217
Rank change year-on-year +14 +30 +64
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 4 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.079% 0.048% 0.021%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.33% 0.48% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £45,800 -
25th Percentile £73,750 £45,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £47,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.89% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £48,375 -
90th Percentile - £48,600 -
England median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.81% +14.41% +7.27%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 300 415 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.90% 10.01% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 243 261 657
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £36,375 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in the South West

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire +12 4 £77,500 +64.89% 4
Active Directory Federation Services
England

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) SMTP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) OAuth
1 3 (75.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (75.00%) OpenID
1 3 (75.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) RBAC
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft