Active Directory Federation Services Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 532 484
Rank change year-on-year +7 -48 +197
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 8 57 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.26% 1.57% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 66
10th Percentile £75,625 £37,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £78,438 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £56,525 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.59% +2.77% +5.42%
75th Percentile £93,438 £67,968 £74,250
90th Percentile £95,875 £68,300 -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £63,891 £56,525
% change year-on-year +21.30% +13.03% +2.77%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,100 3,628 4,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.87% 7.57% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 2,009 3,706
10th Percentile £29,274 £34,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £44,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,250 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +3.85% -3.70%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK excluding London

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. 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
East of England +21 4 - -
South West +35 2 £86,250 +72.50% 11
South East +22 2 - - 8
Active Directory Federation Services
UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) SMTP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) DBA
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Windows Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Windows Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Cost Control
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) High Availability
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 4 (50.00%) ITSM
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) MCSE
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (50.00%) Dell
2 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (50.00%) Veeam
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix