Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 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)	109	-3	£525	-4.54%	423 2.63%	120
Active Directory	83	-25	£500	+3.62%	540 3.36%	163
Active Directory Analyst	393	-43	£525	+50.00%	4 0.025%
Active Directory Support	395	-47	£375	+66.66%	2 0.012%
Active Directory Engineer	393	-49	£400	+28.00%	4 0.025%
Active Directory Architect	394	-49	£600	-	3 0.019%
Active Directory Specialist	395	-46	£704	+71.70%	2 0.012%
Active Directory Consultant	390	-40	£563	-	7 0.044%
Active Directory Support Analyst	396	-46	£350	-	1 0.006%
Active Directory Support Engineer	396	-47	£400	+100.00%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Federation Services	353	-17	£581	+22.31%	44 0.27%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	395	-	£519	-	2 0.012%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	395	-	-	-	2 0.012%
Azure	3	+1	£545	-0.90%	3,082 19.18%	1,059
Azure Data Factory	156	+43	£525	+0.23%	273 1.70%	49
Azure AI	295	+47	£600	+41.17%	102 0.63%	55
Creative Director	395	-	£719	-	2 0.012%
Azure AKS	270	-29	£525	-4.10%	127 0.79%	31
Art Director	396	-46	£450	-	1 0.006%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	382	-34	£788	+26.00%	15 0.093%	4