Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 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)	110	+22	£525	-4.54%	372 2.59%	138
Active Directory	73	-15	£500	+11.11%	519 3.62%	183
Active Directory Analyst	368	-6	£525	+50.00%	4 0.028%
Active Directory Support	370	-9	£375	+42.85%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	366	-10	£400	+14.28%	6 0.042%
Active Directory Architect	369	-12	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	365	-3	£563	-	7 0.049%
Active Directory Specialist	371	-9	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	371	-	-	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Analyst	371	-9	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	371	-9	£400	+128.57%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	341	+7	£581	+29.11%	31 0.22%	6
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	370	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	370	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	+1	£538	-2.27%	2,720 18.96%	908
Azure Data Factory	162	+51	£525	+0.47%	231 1.61%	41
Azure AI	299	+51	£616	+29.57%	73 0.51%	37
Creative Director	371	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	263	0	£525	-7.89%	112 0.78%	21
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	358	+3	£788	+26.00%	14 0.098%	1