Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Apr 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)	103	+14	£500	-	1,090 2.38%	353
Active Directory	58	-23	£450	-1.90%	1,777 3.87%	679
Active Directory Expert	626	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	619	-112	£525	+7.69%	10 0.022%
Active Directory Engineer	615	-147	£500	+14.94%	14 0.031%	3
Active Directory Architect	626	-158	£640	-1.53%	3 0.007%
Active Directory Specialist	620	-117	£530	+17.77%	9 0.020%	1
Active Directory Consultant	620	-112	£563	+2.27%	9 0.020%
Active Directory Team Leader	628	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Federation Services	501	-28	£560	-10.40%	129 0.28%	5
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	620	-	£483	-	9 0.020%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	625	-122	£413	-28.26%	4 0.009%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	628	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Azure	6	0	£520	-0.95%	7,210 15.72%	3,283
Azure Data Factory	233	+21	£506	+1.20%	508 1.11%	131
Azure AI	445	+46	£600	+4.34%	187 0.41%	256
Creative Director	627	-119	£700	-	2 0.004%	1
Azure AKS	360	-28	£521	+12.29%	289 0.63%	75
Art Director	628	-120	£450	-	1 0.002%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	627	-	£600	-	2 0.004%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	602	-101	£488	+21.87%	27 0.059%	5