Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Dec 2025	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)	111	+21	£513	+2.50%	371 2.58%	85
Active Directory	73	-16	£475	+11.76%	528 3.68%	147
Active Directory Support	381	+4	£375	+36.36%	4 0.028%
Active Directory Analyst	384	+3	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Engineer	379	0	£400	+6.66%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	382	-2	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	379	+8	£563	-	6 0.042%	1
Active Directory Administrator	383	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Support Analyst	384	+3	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	383	+3	£300	+26.31%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Federation Services	375	-1	£563	+21.62%	10 0.070%	6
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	383	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	383	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	+1	£538	-2.27%	2,592 18.04%	971
Azure Data Factory	206	+25	£525	-4.54%	191 1.33%	76
Azure AI	320	+41	£600	+26.31%	65 0.45%	39
Creative Director	384	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	273	+4	£525	-12.50%	112 0.78%	26
Art Director	384	0	£530	+28.48%	1 0.007%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	370	+16	£788	+26.00%	15 0.10%	5