Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jan 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)	107	+28	£525	-4.54%	377 2.63%	326
Active Directory	73	-12	£500	+15.74%	523 3.66%	349
Active Directory Analyst	370	-7	£525	+50.00%	4 0.028%
Active Directory Support	372	-12	£375	+57.89%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	368	-11	£400	+68.42%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	371	-13	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	367	-4	£563	-	7 0.049%
Active Directory Specialist	373	-10	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	372	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Support Analyst	373	-10	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	373	-12	£400	+100.00%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	350	-2	£548	+18.47%	24 0.17%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	372	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	372	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£545	-0.90%	2,691 18.81%	1,312
Azure Data Factory	170	+47	£525	-2.77%	224 1.57%	43
Azure AI	304	+41	£620	+24.05%	70 0.49%	45
Creative Director	373	-	£713	-	1 0.007%	4
Azure AKS	259	+4	£525	-7.48%	116 0.81%	21
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	360	+2	£788	+26.00%	14 0.098%	1