Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 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)	114	+6	£525	-4.54%	433 2.60%	101
Active Directory	91	-30	£500	+3.62%	535 3.21%	152
Active Directory Analyst	409	-64	£525	+50.00%	3 0.018%
Active Directory Support	411	-68	£400	+77.77%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Engineer	409	-71	£455	+13.75%	3 0.018%
Active Directory Architect	410	-66	£581	-3.12%	2 0.012%
Active Directory Consultant	406	-61	£563	-	6 0.036%
Active Directory Specialist	409	-65	£627	+52.92%	3 0.018%
Active Directory Support Engineer	411	-67	£400	+100.00%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Federation Services	371	-37	£575	+18.55%	41 0.25%	3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	410	-	£519	-	2 0.012%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	411	-	-	-	1 0.006%
Azure	3	+1	£540	-1.81%	3,232 19.41%	987
Azure Data Factory	164	+29	£525	+5.00%	283 1.70%	52
Azure AI	298	+38	£600	+41.17%	114 0.68%	50
Creative Director	409	-	£713	-	3 0.018%	1
Azure AKS	282	-51	£525	+5.00%	130 0.78%	25
Art Director	411	-66	£450	-	1 0.006%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	395	-52	£588	-	17 0.10%	2