Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Jan 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)	118	+11	£500	-2.20%	910 2.35%	453
Active Directory	51	-15	£450	+5.88%	1,711 4.43%	790
Active Directory Expert	592	-	£500	-	3 0.008%
Active Directory Analyst	585	-66	£525	+50.00%	10 0.026%
Active Directory Support	593	-89	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%	2
Active Directory Engineer	579	-101	£413	-16.75%	16 0.041%	7
Active Directory Architect	591	-108	£620	-0.80%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	587	-	£510	-	8 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	587	-71	£563	+2.27%	8 0.021%
Active Directory Administrator	594	-77	-	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Analyst	594	-75	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	594	-87	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	467	+9	£550	-2.65%	128 0.33%	17
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	586	-	£483	-	9 0.023%	3
Senior Active Directory Engineer	591	-77	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	593	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£517	-1.47%	6,190 16.01%	3,592
Azure Data Factory	241	-6	£513	-0.38%	433 1.12%	215
Azure AI	468	+38	£600	+29.72%	127 0.33%	185
Creative Director	594	-	£713	-	1 0.003%
Azure AKS	350	-8	£500	-0.09%	253 0.65%	57
Art Director	594	-76	£450	-	1 0.003%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	590	-	£600	-	5 0.013%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	574	-67	£563	+40.62%	21 0.054%	5