Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Mar 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	+2	£525	-4.54%	417 2.63%	127
Active Directory	83	-26	£500	+8.10%	529 3.34%	182
Active Directory Analyst	389	-36	£525	+50.00%	4 0.025%
Active Directory Support	391	-40	£375	+66.66%	2 0.013%
Active Directory Engineer	389	-42	£400	+28.00%	4 0.025%
Active Directory Architect	390	-42	£600	-	3 0.019%
Active Directory Specialist	391	-39	£704	+71.70%	2 0.013%
Active Directory Consultant	386	-33	£563	-	7 0.044%
Active Directory Support Analyst	392	-39	£350	-	1 0.006%
Active Directory Support Engineer	392	-40	£400	+100.00%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Federation Services	349	-10	£581	+22.31%	44 0.28%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	391	-	£519	-	2 0.013%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	391	-	-	-	2 0.013%
Azure	3	+1	£545	-0.95%	3,039 19.20%	1,073
Azure Data Factory	156	+40	£527	+0.38%	268 1.69%	46
Azure AI	291	+54	£600	+41.17%	103 0.65%	55
Creative Director	391	-	£719	-	2 0.013%
Azure AKS	280	-37	£525	-4.54%	115 0.73%	33
Art Director	392	-39	£450	-	1 0.006%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	379	-28	£788	+26.00%	14 0.088%	3