Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Feb 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	+17	£525	-4.54%	386 2.62%	140
Active Directory	77	-22	£508	+12.77%	520 3.53%	197
Active Directory Analyst	384	-29	£525	+50.00%	4 0.027%
Active Directory Support	386	-33	£375	+66.66%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	382	-32	£400	+77.77%	6 0.041%
Active Directory Architect	385	-35	£600	-	3 0.020%
Active Directory Consultant	381	-26	£563	-	7 0.048%
Active Directory Specialist	387	-	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	387	-	-	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Analyst	387	-32	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	387	-33	£400	+100.00%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	347	-7	£581	+25.62%	41 0.28%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	386	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	386	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£540	-1.73%	2,813 19.10%	1,066
Azure Data Factory	165	+40	£525	+0.71%	239 1.62%	53
Azure AI	302	+43	£600	+41.17%	86 0.58%	44
Creative Director	387	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	280	-18	£523	-8.33%	108 0.73%	28
Art Director	387	-33	£450	-	1 0.007%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	374	-20	£788	+26.00%	14 0.095%	2