Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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)	113	+8	£500	-1.96%	942 2.36%	379
Active Directory	50	-16	£450	+5.88%	1,735 4.35%	715
Active Directory Expert	606	-	£500	-	3 0.008%
Active Directory Analyst	597	-70	£438	+25.00%	12 0.030%
Active Directory Support	607	-95	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%	2
Active Directory Engineer	594	-108	£413	-16.75%	15 0.038%	4
Active Directory Architect	605	-114	£620	-0.80%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	600	-75	£510	+24.01%	9 0.023%
Active Directory Consultant	601	-77	£563	+2.27%	8 0.020%	3
Active Directory Team Leader	608	-	-	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Analyst	608	-81	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	608	-93	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	478	+9	£550	-9.09%	131 0.33%	11
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	600	-	£483	-	9 0.023%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	605	-84	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	607	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£515	-1.90%	6,394 16.03%	2,952
Azure Data Factory	238	+3	£524	+1.20%	458 1.15%	137
Azure AI	464	+49	£600	+33.33%	145 0.36%	132
Creative Director	608	-	£713	-	1 0.003%	1
Azure AKS	356	-7	£500	-3.28%	270 0.68%	62
Art Director	608	-81	£450	-	1 0.003%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	604	-	£600	-	5 0.013%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	589	-74	£563	+40.62%	20 0.050%	8