Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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)	114	+19	£525	-4.54%	384 2.60%	129
Active Directory	75	-17	£500	+11.11%	526 3.56%	192
Active Directory Analyst	384	-26	£525	+50.00%	4 0.027%
Active Directory Support	386	-29	£375	+42.85%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	382	-28	£400	+14.28%	6 0.041%
Active Directory Architect	385	-32	£600	-	3 0.020%
Active Directory Consultant	381	-23	£563	-	7 0.047%
Active Directory Specialist	387	-29	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	387	-	-	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Analyst	387	-29	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	387	-29	£400	+128.57%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	347	-3	£581	+29.11%	41 0.28%	5
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	386	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	386	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£540	-1.81%	2,810 19.03%	963
Azure Data Factory	168	+42	£525	+0.47%	237 1.61%	47
Azure AI	307	+42	£600	+37.14%	81 0.55%	39
Creative Director	387	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	277	-12	£523	-7.52%	111 0.75%	26
Art Director	387	-30	£450	-	1 0.007%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	374	-17	£788	+26.00%	14 0.095%