Active Directory Federation Services Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 639 596
Rank change year-on-year +71 -43 +116
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 26 94 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.71% 1.59% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23 71 73
10th Percentile £44,500 £36,298 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,125 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £54,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.41% +5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £59,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £69,500 £74,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £56,525 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.84% -1.70% +9.52%

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 3,680 5,903 6,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.50% 8.09% 12.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,769 3,894 4,130
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,846
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services in the UK excluding London.

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

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 17 July 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 17 July 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
South East +44 14 £85,000 +50.38% 3
East of England +29 6 £64,000 +11.30% 3
North of England +37 4 £45,000 -28.32%
South West +84 3 £86,250 +72.50% 2
Yorkshire +39 2 £45,000 -
North West -7 2 £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 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.69%) IIS
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (42.31%) Azure
3 10 (38.46%) Entra ID
4 7 (26.92%) AWS
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) DNS
2 8 (30.77%) DHCP
3 6 (23.08%) Firewall
3 6 (23.08%) SD-WAN
4 2 (7.69%) SMTP
5 1 (3.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (3.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Architect
2 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) AWS Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) IT Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Senior
6 1 (3.85%) Senior IT Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Windows Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.85%) Android
3 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Identity Access Management
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.54%) Patch Management
5 2 (7.69%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.69%) ITIL
5 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.85%) Agile
6 1 (3.85%) Data Management
6 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.85%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (3.85%) Identity Management
6 1 (3.85%) Line Management
6 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.85%) Migration
6 1 (3.85%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (3.85%) Server Hardening
6 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) VB
2 1 (3.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (57.69%) Security Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) DV Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (7.69%) MCSA
5 2 (7.69%) MCSE
6 1 (3.85%) CEH
6 1 (3.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (96.15%) Active Directory
2 12 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) VMware
2 7 (26.92%) Citrix
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) Adobe
4 1 (3.85%) Apple
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) McAfee
4 1 (3.85%) Meraki
4 1 (3.85%) Symantec