Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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)	108	+22	£513	-1.91%	366 2.56%	136
Active Directory	72	-15	£475	+11.76%	525 3.67%	195
Active Directory Support	378	-4	£350	+27.27%	3 0.021%
Active Directory Analyst	379	-3	£438	+25.00%	2 0.014%	1
Active Directory Engineer	375	-7	£400	+6.66%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	378	-9	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	375	+1	£563	-	6 0.042%	1
Active Directory Administrator	379	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Support Analyst	380	-4	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	379	-4	£300	+26.31%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Federation Services	371	-9	£563	+18.42%	10 0.070%	7
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	379	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	379	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	+1	£539	-2.04%	2,572 17.99%	1,321
Azure Data Factory	200	+18	£525	-4.54%	193 1.35%	81
Azure AI	316	+34	£600	+26.31%	65 0.45%	40
Creative Director	380	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	271	-4	£525	-12.50%	111 0.78%	34
Art Director	380	-7	£530	+28.48%	1 0.007%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	366	+9	£788	+26.00%	15 0.10%	2