Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Dec 2025	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)	132	-6	£500	-	824 2.22%	440
Active Directory	52	-16	£450	+5.88%	1,656 4.47%	800
Active Directory Expert	589	-	£560	-	2 0.005%
Active Directory Analyst	585	-47	£525	+29.23%	6 0.016%	2
Active Directory Support	589	-67	£375	-13.79%	2 0.005%
Active Directory Engineer	575	-91	£413	-10.52%	16 0.043%	6
Active Directory Architect	587	-88	£620	-0.80%	4 0.011%	5
Active Directory Specialist	583	-44	£510	-27.14%	8 0.022%
Active Directory Consultant	583	-45	£563	-	8 0.022%
Active Directory Administrator	589	-51	-	-	2 0.005%
Active Directory Support Analyst	590	-50	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	590	-65	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%
Active Directory Federation Services	494	-12	£550	+12.82%	97 0.26%	31
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	586	-	£372	-	5 0.014%	4
Senior Active Directory Engineer	587	-55	£413	-19.51%	4 0.011%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	589	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£520	-0.95%	5,913 15.97%	3,785
Azure Data Factory	253	-14	£525	-	404 1.09%	173
Azure AI	491	+20	£625	+31.57%	100 0.27%	93
Creative Director	590	-	£713	-	1 0.003%
Azure AKS	358	+1	£520	-0.95%	246 0.66%	91
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	586	-	£600	-	5 0.014%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	569	-39	£563	+2.27%	22 0.059%	2