Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 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)	120	+8	£500	-3.84%	915 2.34%	405
Active Directory	52	-15	£450	+5.88%	1,706 4.36%	712
Active Directory Expert	598	-	£500	-	3 0.008%
Active Directory Analyst	591	-65	£525	+50.00%	10 0.026%
Active Directory Support	599	-88	£375	-10.17%	2 0.005%	3
Active Directory Engineer	584	-98	£413	-16.75%	17 0.043%	5
Active Directory Architect	597	-106	£620	-0.80%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Specialist	593	-67	£510	+23.63%	8 0.020%
Active Directory Consultant	593	-70	£563	+2.27%	8 0.020%	3
Active Directory Administrator	600	-76	-	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Analyst	600	-74	£350	-	1 0.003%
Active Directory Support Engineer	600	-86	£400	-8.04%	1 0.003%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	470	+14	£550	-2.65%	131 0.33%	18
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	592	-	£483	-	9 0.023%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	597	-76	£413	-28.26%	4 0.010%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	599	-	-	-	2 0.005%
Azure	6	-1	£518	-1.42%	6,285 16.05%	3,172
Azure Data Factory	245	+2	£513	-1.20%	448 1.14%	152
Azure AI	465	+47	£616	+36.77%	136 0.35%	140
Creative Director	600	-	£713	-	1 0.003%	2
Azure AKS	354	-4	£500	-4.30%	264 0.67%	64
Art Director	600	-75	£450	-	1 0.003%	1
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	596	-	£600	-	5 0.013%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	580	-66	£563	+40.62%	21 0.054%	6