Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 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)	111	+18	£525	-4.54%	382 2.62%	130
Active Directory	74	-19	£500	+11.11%	524 3.59%	178
Active Directory Analyst	376	-21	£525	+50.00%	4 0.027%
Active Directory Support	378	-24	£375	+42.85%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	374	-25	£400	+14.28%	6 0.041%
Active Directory Architect	377	-27	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	373	-18	£563	-	7 0.048%
Active Directory Specialist	379	-24	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	379	-	-	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Analyst	379	-24	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	379	-24	£400	+128.57%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	343	-2	£600	+33.33%	37 0.25%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	378	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	378	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£538	-2.27%	2,771 19.01%	921
Azure Data Factory	166	+38	£525	+0.47%	233 1.60%	34
Azure AI	302	+43	£600	+33.33%	78 0.54%	34
Creative Director	379	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	268	-9	£525	-7.07%	112 0.77%	17
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	366	-12	£788	+26.00%	14 0.096%	1