Dynamics 365 Contracts

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Dynamics 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dynamics 365 over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 122 186
Rank change year-on-year -66 +64 +23
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 458 809 787
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 1.87% 1.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.82% 5.67% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 532 561
10th Percentile £359 £363 £408
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £675 £690 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £28.70 - -
25th Percentile £33.17 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £19.00
75th Percentile £87.50 - £47.75
90th Percentile - - £64.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - £19.00

All Cloud Skills
UK

Dynamics 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,992 14,272 20,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.71% 32.93% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,026 10,025 14,867
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 357 348
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.16 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.06 £19.69
Median hourly rate £27.63 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.59% -37.14% +59.09%
75th Percentile £47.41 £46.18 £66.38
90th Percentile £71.63 £70.00 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.99 £26.50
% change year-on-year -10.08% -20.81% +37.68%

Dynamics 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dynamics 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamics 365.

Daily rate trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dynamics 365.

Hourly rate trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics 365 within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -56 382 £525 - 2,178
London -25 216 £515 -6.36% 686
Work from Home -57 182 £525 -1.64% 1,498
UK excluding London -59 161 £500 - 1,640
North of England -46 48 £488 -2.50% 395
South East +16 35 £500 - 372
Midlands -24 33 £538 +7.50% 334
North West -34 25 £500 - 218
West Midlands -19 22 £525 +10.53% 194
South West +6 19 £525 -4.55% 186
Yorkshire -18 18 £500 - 142
Scotland -17 16 £450 -14.29% 98
East Midlands -5 9 £544 -13.00% 128
North East +1 5 £438 -25.53% 35
Wales -2 5 £488 -2.45% 49
East of England +25 4 £650 +15.56% 188
Northern Ireland -13 1 - - 29

Dynamics 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 41 (8.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.09%) Confluence
3 3 (0.66%) CMS
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 153 (33.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.93%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.44%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.44%) Sage CRM
7 1 (0.22%) FastStats
7 1 (0.22%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 212 (46.29%) Power Platform
2 188 (41.05%) Azure
3 113 (24.67%) PowerApps
4 108 (23.58%) Power Automate
5 78 (17.03%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (9.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 33 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (6.11%) Serverless
9 24 (5.24%) Azure Functions
10 16 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (3.06%) AWS
12 13 (2.84%) SaaS
13 12 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (2.40%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (1.97%) PaaS
16 8 (1.75%) Entra ID
17 7 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
18 4 (0.87%) Azure Event Grid
18 4 (0.87%) Azure Pipelines
18 4 (0.87%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.87%) HTTP
2 3 (0.66%) DNS
2 3 (0.66%) FTP
2 3 (0.66%) SMTP
2 3 (0.66%) SSL
2 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (19.21%) Power BI
2 35 (7.64%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.87%) GIS
8 3 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.44%) Big Data
9 2 (0.44%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.22%) Metadata
10 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (5.46%) JIRA
2 10 (2.18%) Git
3 7 (1.53%) Postman
4 5 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.66%) GitLab
5 3 (0.66%) Selenium
6 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.44%) JMeter
6 2 (0.44%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.44%) TestComplete
6 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 141 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 117 (25.55%) Finance
3 56 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.52%) Retail
6 34 (7.42%) Marketing
7 25 (5.46%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.18%) Banking
11 7 (1.53%) Local Government
12 6 (1.31%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.09%) Legal
13 5 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Military
14 4 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.66%) Billing
15 3 (0.66%) Games
16 2 (0.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 113 (24.67%) Developer
2 91 (19.87%) Consultant
3 76 (16.59%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 75 (16.38%) Architect
5 62 (13.54%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 51 (11.14%) Analyst
7 43 (9.39%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 42 (9.17%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (6.99%) Lead
10 27 (5.90%) Functional Consultant
11 26 (5.68%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 24 (5.24%) CRM Developer
13 20 (4.37%) Senior
14 19 (4.15%) Business Analyst
15 17 (3.71%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 17 (3.71%) Power Platform Developer
16 14 (3.06%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
16 14 (3.06%) Programme Manager
17 13 (2.84%) CRM Architect
17 13 (2.84%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.88%) .NET
2 36 (7.86%) HTML
3 35 (7.64%) CSS
4 24 (5.24%) REST
5 21 (4.59%) ASP.NET Web API
6 19 (4.15%) .NET Framework
7 17 (3.71%) HTML5 Canvas
8 16 (3.49%) JSON
9 13 (2.84%) Web Services
10 12 (2.62%) React
10 12 (2.62%) SOAP
10 12 (2.62%) XML
11 11 (2.40%) WCF
12 9 (1.97%) Middleware
13 6 (1.31%) YAML
14 5 (1.09%) ADO
14 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET
15 4 (0.87%) EDI
15 4 (0.87%) Node.js
16 3 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.28%) Data Structures
2 13 (2.84%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.62%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.18%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.53%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.09%) Life Science
8 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.87%) FMCG
8 4 (0.87%) IoT
8 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.66%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.44%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.44%) NHS
10 2 (0.44%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.44%) Windows
1 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (34.93%) CRM
2 99 (21.62%) DevOps
3 94 (20.52%) Agile
3 94 (20.52%) Migration
4 89 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (17.90%) Business Intelligence
6 70 (15.28%) ERP
7 63 (13.76%) Data Migration
8 48 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (9.39%) Customer Service
10 37 (8.08%) Customer Engagement
11 34 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (6.99%) User Acceptance Testing
13 31 (6.77%) Translating Business Requirements
14 26 (5.68%) CI/CD
14 26 (5.68%) Data Modelling
15 24 (5.24%) Project Management
16 22 (4.80%) Change Management
16 22 (4.80%) Data Management
16 22 (4.80%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.31%) C#
2 88 (19.21%) SQL
3 86 (18.78%) JavaScript
4 23 (5.02%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.18%) X++
7 9 (1.97%) Python
8 4 (0.87%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.66%) Bicep
9 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 58 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 45 (9.83%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.30%) Degree
4 19 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.31%) PMP
7 5 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.44%) CSPO
9 2 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.22%) ACCA
10 1 (0.22%) CBAP
10 1 (0.22%) CIMA
10 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.80%) QA
2 12 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (0.87%) GDPR
4 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.87%) PMO
5 3 (0.66%) SLA
6 2 (0.44%) IFRS
6 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.22%) Basel III
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.31%) Terraform
2 3 (0.66%) Grafana
2 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.22%) SCCM
4 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 291 (63.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.49%) SAP
3 9 (1.97%) ServiceNow
4 8 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.53%) Oracle
5 7 (1.53%) OutSystems
6 6 (1.31%) Databricks
7 5 (1.09%) Workday
8 3 (0.66%) Google
8 3 (0.66%) Sage
9 2 (0.44%) Adobe
9 2 (0.44%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.44%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.44%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.44%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.44%) Splunk
9 2 (0.44%) Sun
10 1 (0.22%) ESRI
10 1 (0.22%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.22%) Pardot