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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 595 494
Rank change year-on-year +69 -101 +187
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 13 59 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.39% 1.41% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7 34 70
10th Percentile £59,700 £37,500 £40,450
25th Percentile £62,000 £41,750 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £50,000 £54,625
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -8.47% +9.25%
75th Percentile £73,625 £65,857 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,750 £68,000 -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £60,891 £56,525
% change year-on-year +27.28% +7.72% +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 3,342 4,198 4,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.71% 7.57% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,703 2,436 3,753
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,658 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -7.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%

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

Job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Federation Services 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -9 8 £64,000 +10.68%
South West +70 2 £86,250 +89.13% 2
South East +40 2 - - 4
North of England +6 1 £57,500 +15.00% 2
North West +4 1 £57,500 -8.41%
Active Directory Federation Services
UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) Entra ID
3 7 (53.85%) AWS
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) SAN
1 4 (30.77%) SD-WAN
2 2 (15.38%) SMTP
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Manager
3 3 (23.08%) AWS Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) DBA
5 1 (7.69%) IT Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) IT Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Windows Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Windows Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Data Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
1 9 (69.23%) Windows Server
2 4 (30.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (61.54%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (46.15%) ITIL
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (30.77%) Business Continuity
5 4 (30.77%) Change Management
5 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
5 4 (30.77%) Cost Control
5 4 (30.77%) Data Centre Operations
5 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (30.77%) High Availability
5 4 (30.77%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) IT Governance
5 4 (30.77%) ITSM
5 4 (30.77%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (30.77%) Process Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (38.46%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) CEH
5 1 (7.69%) MCSA
5 1 (7.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (30.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 4 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (30.77%) Dell
3 4 (30.77%) Fortinet
3 4 (30.77%) Palo Alto
3 4 (30.77%) Veeam
3 4 (30.77%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) Google