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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 766 799
Rank change year-on-year +104 +33 +174
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 55 128 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.00% 1.29% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50 114 157
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,221 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +7.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% +8.00% +2.04%

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 5,474 9,900 14,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 9.98% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,305 7,126 9,154
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.86% -3.65%

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 12 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 12 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 +73 51 £64,000 +8.47% 23
UK excluding London +110 28 £64,000 +18.52% 12
London +96 24 £60,000 -6.25% 13
South East +78 14 £85,000 +44.07% 8
Work from Home +65 14 £57,500 -2.54% 18
East of England +45 6 £64,000 +11.30%
North of England +44 4 £45,000 -35.71% 1
South West +103 3 £47,000 +14.06%
North West -15 2 £57,500 -20.69% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 -
Midlands +59 1 £55,000 +47.06% 3
West Midlands +52 1 £55,000 +51.52% 3
Scotland - 1 £48,507 -

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 (21.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (16.36%) IIS
4 2 (3.64%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.82%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 40 (72.73%) Azure
2 31 (56.36%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (40.00%) AWS
4 21 (38.18%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.27%) Google Workspace
6 4 (7.27%) SaaS
7 3 (5.45%) OpenShift
7 3 (5.45%) PaaS
8 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.64%) GCP
8 2 (3.64%) IaaS
8 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.64%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.82%) Serverless
9 1 (1.82%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (49.09%) DNS
2 25 (45.45%) DHCP
3 13 (23.64%) Firewall
4 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.91%) SD-WAN
6 5 (9.09%) LAN
6 5 (9.09%) WAN
7 4 (7.27%) VoIP
7 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (5.45%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (3.64%) Network Security
9 2 (3.64%) Skype
9 2 (3.64%) Wireless
10 1 (1.82%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.82%) Fast Ethernet
10 1 (1.82%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (1.82%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.82%) SAN
10 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) GitLab
1 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Finance
3 5 (9.09%) Retail
4 4 (7.27%) Back Office
4 4 (7.27%) Legal
5 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Banking
6 1 (1.82%) Front Office
6 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Law
6 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (21.82%) Architect
3 8 (14.55%) Analyst
3 8 (14.55%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (12.73%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.91%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Support Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (3.64%) IT Support
9 2 (3.64%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) SAML
2 1 (1.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.27%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.45%) Clustering
3 3 (5.45%) Hedge funds
3 3 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.45%) PKI
4 2 (3.64%) BYOD
4 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (56.36%) Windows
2 24 (43.64%) Windows Server
3 11 (20.00%) Linux
4 9 (16.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
6 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (5.45%) Windows 7
9 2 (3.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (3.64%) Mac OS X
9 2 (3.64%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.82%) Android
10 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.82%) Identity Access Management
2 15 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (20.00%) Patch Management
5 10 (18.18%) Business Strategy
6 9 (16.36%) Service Delivery
7 7 (12.73%) Cloud Security
7 7 (12.73%) Migration
8 6 (10.91%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (10.91%) Identity Management
9 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (7.27%) DevOps
10 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (7.27%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (7.27%) Task Automation
10 4 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
11 3 (5.45%) Line Management
11 3 (5.45%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 9 (16.36%) SQL
3 2 (3.64%) Bash
3 2 (3.64%) Python
4 1 (1.82%) Go
4 1 (1.82%) VB
4 1 (1.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) Degree
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) MCSA
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.82%) CEH
6 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.82%) MCP
6 1 (1.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) SLA
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (92.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (30.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.91%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.27%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.45%) BitLocker
6 2 (3.64%) Docker
6 2 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.82%) Firmware
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.82%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (36.36%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 5 (9.09%) SCCM
4 4 (7.27%) Ansible
4 4 (7.27%) Terraform
5 2 (3.64%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.64%) Kibana
5 2 (3.64%) Nagios
5 2 (3.64%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.82%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (1.82%) WMI
Vendors
1 30 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (38.18%) VMware
3 11 (20.00%) Cisco
4 6 (10.91%) Citrix
5 3 (5.45%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.45%) Dell
5 3 (5.45%) Google
5 3 (5.45%) Meraki
5 3 (5.45%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.45%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.64%) Aderant
6 2 (3.64%) Adobe
6 2 (3.64%) Apple
6 2 (3.64%) Commvault
6 2 (3.64%) iManage
6 2 (3.64%) Intapp
6 2 (3.64%) Splunk
7 1 (1.82%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.82%) Sage
7 1 (1.82%) Symantec