Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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)	104	+15	£500	-2.91%	1,025 2.43%	364
Active Directory	54	-18	£450	-	1,732 4.10%	704
Active Directory Expert	609	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	600	-79	£438	+25.00%	12 0.028%
Active Directory Support	610	-102	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%
Active Directory Engineer	599	-118	£456	-7.92%	13 0.031%	1
Active Directory Architect	608	-126	£620	-4.61%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	603	-84	£510	+24.01%	9 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	604	-86	£563	+2.27%	8 0.019%
Active Directory Team Leader	611	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Analyst	611	-90	£350	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	611	-102	£400	-8.04%	1 0.002%
Active Directory Federation Services	482	+1	£553	-8.67%	131 0.31%	7
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	603	-	£483	-	9 0.021%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	608	-93	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	610	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£520	-0.95%	6,731 15.94%	3,341
Azure Data Factory	235	+20	£525	+1.20%	483 1.14%	126
Azure AI	448	+62	£600	+33.33%	165 0.39%	204
Creative Director	610	-	£719	-	2 0.005%	2
Azure AKS	349	-16	£525	+5.00%	281 0.67%	85
Art Director	611	-90	£450	-	1 0.002%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	607	-	£600	-	5 0.012%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	591	-80	£563	+40.62%	21 0.050%	10