Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 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)	101	+24	£500	-	1,056 2.39%	353
Active Directory	58	-24	£450	-	1,724 3.91%	679
Active Directory Expert	613	-	£500	-	3 0.007%
Active Directory Analyst	605	-85	£525	+50.00%	11 0.025%
Active Directory Support	615	-106	£400	+6.66%	1 0.002%
Active Directory Engineer	603	-119	£500	+8.69%	13 0.030%	3
Active Directory Architect	613	-132	£640	-1.53%	3 0.007%
Active Directory Specialist	606	-90	£530	+22.89%	10 0.023%	1
Active Directory Consultant	608	-88	£563	+2.27%	8 0.018%
Active Directory Team Leader	615	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Support Engineer	615	-105	£400	-	1 0.002%
Active Directory Federation Services	489	-4	£555	-11.20%	127 0.29%	5
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	607	-	£483	-	9 0.020%
Senior Active Directory Engineer	612	-98	£413	-28.26%	4 0.009%
Active Directory Migration Consultant	615	-	-	-	1 0.002%
Azure	6	0	£520	-0.95%	7,044 15.97%	3,283
Azure Data Factory	231	+28	£523	+4.50%	501 1.14%	131
Azure AI	443	+60	£600	+26.31%	176 0.40%	256
Creative Director	614	-	£700	-	2 0.005%	1
Azure AKS	358	-23	£520	+12.18%	278 0.63%	75
Art Director	615	-95	£450	-	1 0.002%
NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)	614	-	£600	-	2 0.005%
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)	591	-80	£525	+31.25%	25 0.057%	5