Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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)	126	+1	£500	-	832 2.26%	313
Active Directory	51	-15	£450	+5.88%	1,671 4.53%	696
Active Directory Expert	590	-	£620	-	1 0.003%	2
Active Directory Analyst	586	-48	£525	+29.23%	5 0.014%	4
Active Directory Support	589	-71	£375	-13.79%	2 0.005%
Active Directory Engineer	575	-97	£413	-10.52%	16 0.043%	11
Active Directory Architect	587	-90	£620	-0.80%	4 0.011%	7
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	-69	£400	-14.43%	1 0.003%
Active Directory Federation Services	503	-21	£550	+10.00%	88 0.24%	28
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	586	-	£372	-	5 0.014%	1
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%	5,863 15.90%	2,442
Azure Data Factory	256	-15	£525	-0.94%	390 1.06%	123
Azure AI	496	+14	£600	+26.31%	95 0.26%	69
Creative Director	590	-	£713	-	1 0.003%
Azure AKS	357	+3	£520	-0.95%	241 0.65%	36
Art Director	590	-53	£530	+28.48%	1 0.003%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	586	-46	£600	+50.00%	5 0.014%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	568	-39	£563	+15.38%	23 0.062%	2