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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 418 427
Rank change year-on-year +58 +9 +191
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory Federation Services 8 33 56
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.58% 1.38% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 54
10th Percentile - £47,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £39,000 £49,080 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £62,783 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% +8.25% +0.87%
75th Percentile £83,438 £68,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £92,250 £72,625 £76,250
UK median annual salary £77,500 £62,783 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.44% +9.19% +4.55%

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 1,374 2,395 3,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.95% 13.61% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,448 2,782
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,023
25th Percentile £49,698 £51,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,000 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +3.37% -3.88%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,764
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -3.70%

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 17 December 2025.

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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) Google Workspace
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (12.50%) Azure Stack
5 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (12.50%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
1 5 (62.50%) VoIP
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (25.00%) SMTP
3 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) IT Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Proofpoint
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow