Hybrid/Remote Active Directory Federation Services Job Trends

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Active Directory Federation Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 373 472
Rank change year-on-year +1 +99 +144
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 22 17 85
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.13% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.46% 0.89% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 12 81
10th Percentile £39,100 £41,325 £40,000
25th Percentile - £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +5.93% +12.38%
75th Percentile - £69,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,547 £72,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £64,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -34.38% +8.47% +7.27%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,509 1,902 3,679
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 14.85% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,377 3,045
10th Percentile £36,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +11.50% -9.60%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%

Active Directory Federation Services
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory Federation Services and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory Federation Services job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory Federation Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory Federation Services over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Active Directory Federation Services salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Active Directory Federation Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 22 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (81.82%) AWS
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (72.73%) Google Workspace
4 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Stack
5 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.55%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) DHCP
1 18 (81.82%) DNS
1 18 (81.82%) TCP/IP
2 17 (77.27%) LAN
2 17 (77.27%) WAN
2 17 (77.27%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (68.18%) VoIP
4 3 (13.64%) Firewall
5 2 (9.09%) Unified Communications
6 1 (4.55%) Network Security
6 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) GitLab
1 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Banking
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (4.55%) Police
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 16 (72.73%) 2nd Line Support
1 16 (72.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 16 (72.73%) Support Engineer
2 15 (68.18%) IT Engineer
2 15 (68.18%) IT Support
2 15 (68.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Junior
4 2 (9.09%) Junior DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Junior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (95.45%) Windows
1 21 (95.45%) Windows Server
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (72.73%) Windows 10
3 16 (72.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 15 (68.18%) Mac OS
4 15 (68.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (9.09%) Linux
6 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
6 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Application Packaging
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (9.09%) Identity Management
5 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.55%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bash
1 2 (9.09%) Go
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 16 (72.73%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.09%) Kibana
2 2 (9.09%) Nagios
2 2 (9.09%) Prometheus
2 2 (9.09%) Terraform
3 1 (4.55%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (68.18%) Google
3 2 (9.09%) Commvault
3 2 (9.09%) Okta
3 2 (9.09%) OneLogin
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) VMware
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow