Active Directory Federation Services Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 635 771 812
Rank change year-on-year +136 +41 +149
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 57 125 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.15% 1.25% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 52 111 150
10th Percentile £42,050 £36,298 £39,700
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £79,063 £72,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £71,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% +8.00% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,978 10,017 15,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.57% 10.17% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 7,239 9,373
10th Percentile £37,075 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,150 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Salary trend for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Federation Services in the UK

Active Directory Federation Services
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +104 53 £64,000 +8.47% 15
UK excluding London +157 28 £64,000 +18.52% 11
London +98 26 £62,500 -0.79% 6
Work from Home +124 16 £62,500 +5.93% 12
South East +89 13 £85,000 +44.07% 4
East of England +58 7 £64,000 +55.15%
North of England +69 5 £51,250 -26.79% 2
South West +104 3 £47,000 +14.06% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £45,000 - 1
North West +16 2 £57,500 -20.69% 1
Scotland +132 1 £48,507 -
Midlands +70 1 £55,000 +51.52% 3
West Midlands +40 1 £55,000 +51.52% 3

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (15.79%) IIS
4 2 (3.51%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 43 (75.44%) Azure
2 33 (57.89%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (42.11%) Entra ID
4 23 (40.35%) AWS
5 5 (8.77%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.77%) SaaS
6 4 (7.02%) Google Workspace
6 4 (7.02%) PaaS
7 3 (5.26%) OpenShift
8 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.51%) GCP
8 2 (3.51%) IaaS
8 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.51%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.75%) Serverless
9 1 (1.75%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (47.37%) DNS
2 25 (43.86%) DHCP
3 13 (22.81%) Firewall
4 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 5 (8.77%) LAN
6 5 (8.77%) WAN
7 4 (7.02%) VoIP
7 4 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (3.51%) Network Security
9 2 (3.51%) Skype
9 2 (3.51%) Wireless
10 1 (1.75%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.75%) Fast Ethernet
10 1 (1.75%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.75%) Kerberos
10 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.75%) SAN
10 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.75%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.75%) MySQL
3 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.75%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) GitLab
1 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Finance
3 5 (8.77%) Legal
3 5 (8.77%) Retail
4 4 (7.02%) Back Office
5 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Front Office
6 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Law
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (21.05%) Architect
3 8 (14.04%) Analyst
3 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (12.28%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) PowerShell Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) SAML
2 1 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.26%) Clustering
3 3 (5.26%) Hedge funds
3 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) PKI
4 2 (3.51%) BYOD
4 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.51%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.75%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (54.39%) Windows
2 24 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 11 (19.30%) Linux
4 9 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (14.04%) Windows 10
6 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (5.26%) Windows 7
9 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
9 2 (3.51%) Mac OS X
9 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.75%) Android
10 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.11%) Identity Access Management
2 15 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (21.05%) Patch Management
5 10 (17.54%) Business Strategy
6 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
7 7 (12.28%) Cloud Security
7 7 (12.28%) Identity Management
7 7 (12.28%) Migration
8 6 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (8.77%) Customer Service
9 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.77%) DevOps
9 5 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (7.02%) Data Loss Prevention
10 4 (7.02%) Line Management
10 4 (7.02%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (7.02%) Task Automation
10 4 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) PowerShell
2 10 (17.54%) SQL
3 3 (5.26%) Bash
4 2 (3.51%) Python
5 1 (1.75%) Go
5 1 (1.75%) VB
5 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.51%) MCSA
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.75%) CEH
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) MCP
7 1 (1.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.02%) SLA
3 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.75%) GDPR
4 1 (1.75%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (94.74%) Active Directory
2 17 (29.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.02%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.26%) BitLocker
5 3 (5.26%) Docker
6 2 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.75%) Firmware
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.75%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 5 (8.77%) Ansible
4 5 (8.77%) SCCM
4 5 (8.77%) Terraform
5 2 (3.51%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 2 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.51%) Kibana
5 2 (3.51%) Nagios
5 2 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.75%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (1.75%) WMI
Vendors
1 31 (54.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (36.84%) VMware
3 11 (19.30%) Cisco
4 6 (10.53%) Citrix
5 3 (5.26%) Aderant
5 3 (5.26%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.26%) Dell
5 3 (5.26%) Google
5 3 (5.26%) iManage
5 3 (5.26%) Intapp
5 3 (5.26%) Meraki
5 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.26%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.51%) Adobe
6 2 (3.51%) Apple
6 2 (3.51%) Commvault
6 2 (3.51%) Splunk
7 1 (1.75%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.75%) Sage
7 1 (1.75%) Symantec