Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 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)	110	+22	£523	-5.00%	384 2.66%	138
Active Directory	75	-16	£500	+13.12%	528 3.65%	151
Active Directory Analyst	373	-7	£525	+50.00%	4 0.028%	1
Active Directory Support	375	-12	£375	+57.89%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	371	-13	£400	+45.45%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	374	-15	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	370	-4	£563	-	7 0.048%
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	-12	£400	+100.00%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	356	-6	£555	+23.33%	21 0.15%	7
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	375	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	375	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£542	-1.51%	2,702 18.70%	1,394
Azure Data Factory	179	+41	£525	-4.54%	220 1.52%	66
Azure AI	307	+34	£608	+27.94%	70 0.48%	44
Creative Director	376	-	£713	-	1 0.007%	4
Azure AKS	265	-6	£525	-7.48%	112 0.78%	28
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	363	+2	£788	+26.00%	14 0.097%	5