Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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	+14	£500	-1.96%	1,034 2.42%	392
Active Directory	53	-18	£450	-	1,730 4.05%	675
Active Directory Expert	607	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	598	-71	£438	+25.00%	12 0.028%
Active Directory Support	608	-94	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%
Active Directory Engineer	597	-111	£456	-4.50%	13 0.030%	1
Active Directory Architect	607	-122	£640	-1.53%	3 0.007%
Active Directory Specialist	601	-76	£510	+24.01%	9 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	602	-78	£563	+2.27%	8 0.019%
Active Directory Team Leader	609	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Analyst	609	-82	£350	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	609	-94	£400	-8.04%	1 0.002%
Active Directory Federation Services	481	+9	£555	-9.75%	129 0.30%	10
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	601	-	£483	-	9 0.021%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	606	-85	£413	-28.26%	4 0.009%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	608	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£520	-0.95%	6,795 15.91%	3,744
Azure Data Factory	226	+36	£520	-	490 1.15%	141
Azure AI	445	+71	£600	+33.33%	165 0.39%	223
Creative Director	608	-	£719	-	2 0.005%	1
Azure AKS	350	-13	£518	+3.50%	280 0.66%	103
Art Director	609	-82	£450	-	1 0.002%	1
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	605	-	£600	-	5 0.012%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	588	-70	£550	+37.50%	22 0.052%	9