Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 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	+9	£525	-4.54%	425 2.63%	98
Active Directory	85	-27	£500	+5.26%	533 3.30%	141
Active Directory Analyst	388	-37	£525	+50.00%	4 0.025%
Active Directory Support	390	-41	£375	+66.66%	2 0.012%
Active Directory Architect	389	-42	£600	-7.69%	3 0.019%
Active Directory Engineer	388	-44	£400	-	4 0.025%
Active Directory Specialist	390	-40	£704	+71.70%	2 0.012%
Active Directory Consultant	385	-34	£563	-	7 0.043%
Active Directory Support Analyst	391	-40	£350	-	1 0.006%
Active Directory Support Engineer	391	-41	£400	+100.00%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Federation Services	348	-9	£581	+22.31%	44 0.27%	3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	390	-	£519	-	2 0.012%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	390	-	-	-	2 0.012%
Azure	3	+1	£540	-1.81%	3,110 19.26%	830
Azure Data Factory	156	+47	£525	+0.47%	268 1.66%	38
Azure AI	284	+60	£600	+41.17%	109 0.68%	39
Creative Director	390	-	£719	-	2 0.012%	2
Azure AKS	266	-26	£525	+0.47%	128 0.79%	18
Art Director	391	-40	£450	-	1 0.006%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	376	-27	£688	+10.00%	16 0.099%	5