Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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	+16	£525	-4.54%	369 2.63%	130
Active Directory	77	-18	£503	+11.66%	510 3.63%	167
Active Directory Analyst	363	-10	£525	+50.00%	4 0.029%
Active Directory Support	365	-13	£375	+42.85%	2 0.014%
Active Directory Engineer	361	-13	£400	+14.28%	6 0.043%
Active Directory Architect	364	-16	£600	-	3 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	360	-7	£563	-	7 0.050%
Active Directory Specialist	366	-13	£704	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Administrator	365	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Support Analyst	366	-13	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	366	-13	£400	+128.57%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	342	-4	£555	+20.00%	25 0.18%	4
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	365	-	£519	-	2 0.014%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	365	-	-	-	2 0.014%
Azure	4	0	£545	-0.90%	2,648 18.86%	871
Azure Data Factory	167	+44	£525	-	221 1.57%	36
Azure AI	296	+41	£620	+30.57%	71 0.51%	33
Creative Director	366	-	£713	-	1 0.007%
Azure AKS	251	+5	£525	-8.69%	117 0.83%	19
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	353	-1	£788	+26.00%	14 0.100%	2