Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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)	124	+3	£500	-	823 2.23%	410
Active Directory	51	-14	£450	+6.43%	1,635 4.43%	754
Active Directory Expert	589	-	£500	-	3 0.008%
Active Directory Analyst	586	-57	£525	+50.00%	6 0.016%
Active Directory Support	590	-75	£375	-13.79%	2 0.005%
Active Directory Engineer	576	-94	£413	-16.07%	16 0.043%	8
Active Directory Architect	588	-98	£620	-0.80%	4 0.011%	7
Active Directory Specialist	584	-55	£510	-27.14%	8 0.022%	1
Active Directory Consultant	584	-56	£563	-	8 0.022%
Active Directory Administrator	590	-62	-	-	2 0.005%
Active Directory Support Analyst	591	-61	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	591	-73	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%
Active Directory Federation Services	496	-18	£550	+10.00%	96 0.26%	22
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	587	-	£372	-	5 0.014%	8
Senior Active Directory Engineer	588	-65	£413	-24.13%	4 0.011%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	590	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£520	-0.95%	5,878 15.93%	3,607
Azure Data Factory	248	-18	£516	-1.66%	407 1.10%	196
Azure AI	488	+20	£625	+25.00%	104 0.28%	205
Creative Director	591	-	£713	-	1 0.003%	3
Azure AKS	350	+3	£520	-	251 0.68%	81
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	587	-	£600	-	5 0.014%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	571	-51	£563	+2.27%	21 0.057%	5