Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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	+6	£525	-4.54%	399 2.56%	108
Active Directory	82	-26	£500	+5.26%	517 3.32%	159
Active Directory Analyst	388	-31	£525	+50.00%	4 0.026%
Active Directory Support	390	-35	£375	+66.66%	2 0.013%
Active Directory Engineer	388	-37	£400	+28.00%	4 0.026%
Active Directory Architect	389	-37	£600	-	3 0.019%
Active Directory Specialist	390	-34	£704	+71.70%	2 0.013%
Active Directory Consultant	385	-28	£563	-	7 0.045%
Active Directory Support Analyst	391	-34	£350	-	1 0.006%
Active Directory Support Engineer	391	-35	£400	+100.00%	1 0.006%
Active Directory Federation Services	350	-7	£581	+22.31%	42 0.27%	3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	390	-	£519	-	2 0.013%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	390	-	-	-	2 0.013%
Azure	4	0	£540	-1.81%	2,964 19.04%	966
Azure Data Factory	158	+46	£526	+0.19%	260 1.67%	48
Azure AI	298	+50	£600	+41.17%	94 0.60%	52
Creative Director	391	-	£713	-	1 0.006%	1
Azure AKS	284	-37	£525	-5.61%	109 0.70%	28
Art Director	391	-34	£450	-	1 0.006%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	378	-23	£788	+26.00%	14 0.090%	1