Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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	-	1,046 2.40%	362
Active Directory	56	-22	£450	-	1,729 3.97%	678
Active Directory Expert	612	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	604	-85	£525	+50.00%	11 0.025%
Active Directory Support	614	-106	£400	+6.66%	1 0.002%
Active Directory Architect	612	-139	£640	-1.53%	3 0.007%
Active Directory Engineer	604	-123	£500	+8.69%	11 0.025%	3
Active Directory Specialist	605	-90	£530	+22.89%	10 0.023%
Active Directory Consultant	608	-92	£563	+2.27%	7 0.016%	2
Active Directory Team Leader	614	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	614	-105	£400	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Federation Services	484	0	£555	-11.20%	131 0.30%	8
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	606	-	£483	-	9 0.021%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	611	-98	£413	-28.26%	4 0.009%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	614	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Azure	6	0	£520	-0.95%	6,961 16.00%	3,316
Azure Data Factory	231	+32	£513	+2.50%	498 1.14%	132
Azure AI	447	+58	£600	+29.72%	168 0.39%	289
Creative Director	612	-	£713	-	3 0.007%
Azure AKS	362	-27	£519	+8.75%	270 0.62%	78
Art Director	614	-95	£450	-	1 0.002%	2
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	613	-	£600	-	2 0.005%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	591	-81	£525	+31.25%	24 0.055%	8