Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 May 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)	102	Up 13 places+13	£500	-	1,116 2.31%	385
Active Directory	62	Down -26 places-26	£450	-	1,728 3.58%	536
Active Directory Expert	616	New entry-	£500	-	3 0.006%
Active Directory Support	617	Down -105 places-105	£238	-17.39%	2 0.004%	1
Active Directory Analyst	609	Down -89 places-89	£525	+7.69%	10 0.021%
Active Directory Engineer	603	Down -112 places-112	£500	+25.00%	16 0.033%	5
Active Directory Architect	618	Down -133 places-133	£640	-1.53%	1 0.002%
Active Directory Consultant	608	Down -93 places-93	£465	-15.45%	11 0.023%	3
Active Directory Specialist	611	Down -95 places-95	£627	+39.33%	8 0.017%	3
Active Directory Team Leader	618	New entry-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	617	Down -101 places-101	£238	+5.55%	2 0.004%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	513	Down -13 places-13	£575	+12.74%	106 0.22%	11
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	612	New entry-	£413	-	7 0.015%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	616	Down -96 places-96	£525	+7.69%	3 0.006%	2
Azure	5	Up 1 place+1	£525	-	7,415 15.35%	2,939
Azure Data Factory	239	Up 33 places+33	£500	+0.50%	501 1.04%	99
Azure AI	433	Up 68 places+68	£600	+9.09%	191 0.40%	129
Creative Director	616	Down -95 places-95	£675	-	3 0.006%	7
Azure AKS	350	Up 14 places+14	£550	+15.78%	297 0.61%	61
Art Director	618	Down -97 places-97	£450	-	1 0.002%	3
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	602	Down -88 places-88	£450	+18.42%	17 0.035%	1