Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Mar 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	+8	£500	-	986 2.38%	374
Active Directory	53	-17	£450	+3.44%	1,728 4.18%	737
Active Directory Expert	598	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	589	-70	£438	+25.00%	12 0.029%
Active Directory Support	599	-94	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%	2
Active Directory Engineer	588	-110	£413	-16.75%	13 0.031%	3
Active Directory Architect	597	-115	£620	-0.80%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	592	-75	£510	+24.01%	9 0.022%
Active Directory Consultant	593	-77	£563	+2.27%	8 0.019%	1
Active Directory Team Leader	600	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Analyst	600	-81	£350	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	600	-93	£400	-8.04%	1 0.002%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	470	+10	£555	-5.93%	131 0.32%	7
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	592	-	£483	-	9 0.022%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	597	-84	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	599	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£523	-0.47%	6,602 15.95%	3,426
Azure Data Factory	226	+21	£525	+0.96%	477 1.15%	130
Azure AI	446	+61	£600	+33.33%	156 0.38%	189
Creative Director	599	-	£719	-	2 0.005%
Azure AKS	348	-20	£515	+3.00%	272 0.66%	78
Art Director	600	-81	£450	-	1 0.002%	1
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	596	-	£600	-	5 0.012%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	581	-74	£563	+40.62%	20 0.048%	11