Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 May 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)	60	Up 21 places+21	£500	+4.16%	199 3.33%	98
Active Directory	29	Down -9 places-9	£500	-2.43%	350 5.86%	141
Active Directory Support	213	Down -68 places-68	£238	-60.74%	1 0.017%	1
Active Directory Engineer	207	Down -65 places-65	£500	+21.21%	7 0.12%	4
Active Directory Architect	213	Down -95 places-95	£640	-1.53%	1 0.017%
Active Directory Specialist	211	New entry-	-	-	3 0.050%	2
Active Directory Consultant	211	New entry-	£465	-	3 0.050%	1
Active Directory Support Engineer	213	Down -68 places-68	£238	-60.74%	1 0.017%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	190	Down -49 places-49	£525	+196.61%	24 0.40%	5
Azure	4	Up 3 places+3	£500	-0.09%	831 13.90%	616
Azure Data Factory	185	Down -70 places-70	£575	+21.05%	29 0.49%	27
Azure AI	203	Down -58 places-58	£600	-4.00%	11 0.18%	37
Azure AKS	196	Down -73 places-73	£600	+38.72%	18 0.30%	11
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	212	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.034%	1