Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Feb 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)	117	+6	£500	-3.84%	918 2.35%	386
Active Directory	51	-16	£450	+5.88%	1,713 4.39%	703
Active Directory Expert	589	-	£500	-	3 0.008%
Active Directory Analyst	582	-57	£525	+50.00%	10 0.026%
Active Directory Support	590	-80	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%	2
Active Directory Engineer	576	-92	£413	-16.75%	16 0.041%	4
Active Directory Architect	588	-98	£620	-0.80%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	584	-61	£510	+24.01%	8 0.021%
Active Directory Consultant	584	-62	£563	+2.27%	8 0.021%	5
Active Directory Administrator	591	-68	-	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Analyst	591	-66	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	591	-78	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	464	+21	£550	-10.56%	129 0.33%	19
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	583	-	£483	-	9 0.023%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	588	-69	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	590	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£515	-1.90%	6,258 16.05%	2,968
Azure Data Factory	235	+5	£513	-0.96%	448 1.15%	133
Azure AI	459	+52	£620	+37.83%	134 0.34%	134
Creative Director	591	-	£713	-	1 0.003%	1
Azure AKS	347	+1	£500	-3.84%	265 0.68%	59
Art Director	591	-66	£450	-	1 0.003%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	587	-	£600	-	5 0.013%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	572	-59	£563	+40.62%	20 0.051%	5