Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)	110	+23	£525	-4.54%	377 2.63%	139
Active Directory	74	-16	£500	+11.11%	520 3.63%	172
Active Directory Analyst	373	-7	£525	+50.00%	4 0.028%
Active Directory Support	375	-11	£375	+87.50%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	371	-10	£400	+100.00%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	374	-13	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	370	-4	£563	-	7 0.049%
Active Directory Specialist	376	-10	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	375	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Support Analyst	376	-10	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	376	-11	£400	+113.33%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	353	-2	£548	+18.47%	24 0.17%	3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	375	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	375	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£545	-0.90%	2,701 18.85%	930
Azure Data Factory	171	+48	£525	-1.40%	226 1.58%	37
Azure AI	307	+41	£620	+24.05%	70 0.49%	41
Creative Director	376	-	£713	-	1 0.007%	2
Azure AKS	262	+4	£525	-7.48%	117 0.82%	21
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	363	+2	£788	+26.00%	14 0.098%	2