Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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)	62	Up 17 places+17	£500	-	193 3.25%	94
Active Directory	30	Down -7 places-7	£500	-4.76%	352 5.93%	146
Active Directory Support	209	Down -68 places-68	£238	-60.74%	1 0.017%
Active Directory Engineer	204	Down -66 places-66	£500	+21.21%	6 0.10%	4
Active Directory Architect	209	Down -94 places-94	£640	-1.53%	1 0.017%
Active Directory Consultant	207	New entry-	£465	-	3 0.051%	1
Active Directory Specialist	207	New entry-	-	-	3 0.051%	3
Active Directory Support Engineer	209	Down -68 places-68	£238	-60.74%	1 0.017%
Active Directory Federation Services	189	Down -53 places-53	£525	+33.92%	21 0.35%	5
Azure	4	Up 3 places+3	£500	-3.28%	837 14.11%	662
Azure Data Factory	182	Down -70 places-70	£575	+15.00%	28 0.47%	26
Azure AI	199	Down -58 places-58	£600	-4.00%	11 0.19%	51
Azure AKS	190	Down -71 places-71	£600	+34.07%	20 0.34%	16
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	208	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.034%