Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Feb 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)	112	+13	£525	-4.54%	396 2.66%	110
Active Directory	80	-24	£500	+11.11%	525 3.52%	158
Active Directory Analyst	385	-29	£525	+50.00%	4 0.027%
Active Directory Support	387	-33	£375	+66.66%	2 0.013%
Active Directory Engineer	383	-33	£400	+28.00%	6 0.040%
Active Directory Architect	386	-35	£600	-	3 0.020%
Active Directory Specialist	388	-33	£704	+71.70%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Consultant	382	-26	£563	-	7 0.047%
Active Directory Administrator	388	-	-	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Analyst	388	-32	£350	-	1 0.007%
Active Directory Support Engineer	388	-33	£400	+100.00%	1 0.007%
Active Directory Federation Services	347	-4	£581	+25.62%	42 0.28%	3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	387	-	£519	-	2 0.013%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	387	-	-	-	2 0.013%
Azure	4	0	£542	-1.51%	2,861 19.19%	1,043
Azure Data Factory	167	+37	£525	+0.47%	242 1.62%	39
Azure AI	300	+46	£600	+41.17%	89 0.60%	47
Creative Director	388	-	£713	-	1 0.007%	1
Azure AKS	278	-16	£525	-7.07%	112 0.75%	30
Art Director	388	-32	£450	-	1 0.007%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	375	-20	£788	+26.00%	14 0.094%	1