Dynamics 365 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Dynamics 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 149 138
Rank change year-on-year -45 -11 +57
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 618 554 783
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.86% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.93% 4.90% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 375 540
10th Percentile £325 £390 £375
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £678 £695 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £17.50 - -
25th Percentile £27.00 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.04 - -

All Cloud Computing 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 15,710 11,304 14,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.66% 37.86% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,781 7,713 10,409
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £634
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £495
% change year-on-year -4.09% +0.05% -1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 178 348
10th Percentile £15.33 £15.83 £14.09
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.30 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.13 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +45.62% +26.93% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.56 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.12 £74.28 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year +86.10% +34.33% -15.53%

Dynamics 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Dynamics 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Dynamics 365 job vacancy trend in the UK

Dynamics 365
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dynamics 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dynamics 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 16 Contract Job 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 3 March 2026. 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 -45 508 £500 -4.76% 353
London -8 302 £513 -5.96% 122
UK excluding London -55 236 £525 +2.44% 275
Work from Home -51 192 £500 -4.76% 136
Midlands -50 58 £500 -9.09% 46
North of England -77 51 £500 -10.95% 69
West Midlands -53 48 £500 -9.09% 32
South East -24 37 £550 +15.79% 96
South West -11 27 £450 -10.00% 30
North West -61 27 £450 -18.18% 49
Scotland +13 25 £550 +12.82% 8
East of England -6 24 £425 -26.09% 23
Yorkshire -56 24 £595 +4.94% 16
Wales +7 13 £550 - 5
East Midlands -23 10 £700 - 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

Dynamics 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.97%) Confluence
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.65%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Moodle
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 15 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 206 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.10%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (2.10%) Shopify
3 12 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.46%) NEC Housing
4 9 (1.46%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.32%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics SL
7 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.16%) Maximo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 284 (45.95%) Azure
2 255 (41.26%) Power Platform
3 149 (24.11%) Power Automate
4 116 (18.77%) PowerApps
5 108 (17.48%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (7.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 38 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 37 (5.99%) Azure Functions
8 37 (5.99%) Serverless
9 36 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (3.72%) AWS
12 22 (3.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (3.56%) PaaS
12 22 (3.56%) SaaS
13 16 (2.59%) GitHub
14 10 (1.62%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.62%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.94%) SMS
2 11 (1.78%) HTTP
3 2 (0.32%) Firewall
3 2 (0.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) DHCP
4 1 (0.16%) DKIM
4 1 (0.16%) DMARC
4 1 (0.16%) DNS
4 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (19.26%) Power BI
2 22 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.78%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.81%) GIS
7 5 (0.81%) Power Query
8 4 (0.65%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (2.75%) JIRA
2 15 (2.43%) Git
2 15 (2.43%) Visual Studio
3 12 (1.94%) Selenium
4 9 (1.46%) JMeter
5 8 (1.29%) MSTest
6 6 (0.97%) Postman
7 4 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.32%) git-flow
9 2 (0.32%) GitLab
9 2 (0.32%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.32%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.16%) Maven
10 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
General
1 218 (35.28%) Finance
2 205 (33.17%) Social Skills
3 80 (12.94%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.77%) Marketing
6 34 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.72%) Banking
9 22 (3.56%) Retail
10 11 (1.78%) Billing
10 11 (1.78%) General Ledger
10 11 (1.78%) Legal
11 10 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.29%) Aviation
13 7 (1.13%) Back Office
13 7 (1.13%) Games
14 5 (0.81%) Law
14 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 146 (23.62%) Developer
2 139 (22.49%) Consultant
3 95 (15.37%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 71 (11.49%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 66 (10.68%) Architect
6 59 (9.55%) Senior
7 53 (8.58%) Functional Consultant
8 51 (8.25%) Analyst
9 50 (8.09%) Lead
10 35 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (5.50%) Business Analyst
12 31 (5.02%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 28 (4.53%) Project Manager
14 25 (4.05%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 24 (3.88%) Power Platform Developer
16 23 (3.72%) Microsoft Consultant
17 16 (2.59%) Microsoft Developer
18 15 (2.43%) Azure Architect
18 15 (2.43%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
18 15 (2.43%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (10.03%) .NET
2 26 (4.21%) REST
3 25 (4.05%) HTML
4 23 (3.72%) HTML5 Canvas
5 18 (2.91%) JSON
6 16 (2.59%) Middleware
7 12 (1.94%) Web Services
8 11 (1.78%) CSS
9 10 (1.62%) RESTful
9 10 (1.62%) XML
10 9 (1.46%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.29%) OpenID
11 8 (1.29%) SAML
12 7 (1.13%) Kafka
12 7 (1.13%) OAuth
12 7 (1.13%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (0.97%) Ajax
13 6 (0.97%) EDI
14 5 (0.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.56%) Product Ownership
2 17 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.62%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.29%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.81%) IoT
9 4 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.49%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.49%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.32%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (35.76%) CRM
2 171 (27.67%) DevOps
3 153 (24.76%) ERP
4 146 (23.62%) Agile
5 124 (20.06%) Migration
6 121 (19.58%) Business Intelligence
7 81 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (12.46%) Data Migration
9 70 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 63 (10.19%) CI/CD
10 63 (10.19%) Data Modelling
11 59 (9.55%) User Acceptance Testing
12 56 (9.06%) Customer Engagement
13 54 (8.74%) Analytics
13 54 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 52 (8.41%) Customer Service
15 51 (8.25%) Workshop Facilitation
16 46 (7.44%) Roadmaps
17 42 (6.80%) Requirements Gathering
18 41 (6.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 116 (18.77%) C#
2 98 (15.86%) JavaScript
3 67 (10.84%) SQL
4 28 (4.53%) PowerShell
4 28 (4.53%) Python
5 25 (4.05%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.43%) X++
7 7 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.13%) Java
8 6 (0.97%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.49%) Bicep
10 3 (0.49%) C++
11 2 (0.32%) Bash
11 2 (0.32%) C
11 2 (0.32%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 79 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 54 (8.74%) Degree
3 49 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.94%) CIMA
6 11 (1.78%) PMP
7 10 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.62%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.49%) ACCA
11 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.49%) MBA
12 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.16%) APMG
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.99%) QA
2 20 (3.24%) GDPR
3 14 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.78%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.81%) PMO
8 3 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.49%) GAAP
8 3 (0.49%) IFRS
8 3 (0.49%) WCAG
9 2 (0.32%) GMP
9 2 (0.32%) GxP
9 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) PERC
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (1.29%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.27%) Terraform
2 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 398 (64.40%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.50%) SAP
3 27 (4.37%) Oracle
4 14 (2.27%) Databricks
5 10 (1.62%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.46%) NEC
6 9 (1.46%) Workday
7 5 (0.81%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.81%) Sage
7 5 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.49%) Adobe
8 3 (0.49%) Brio
8 3 (0.49%) DocuSign
8 3 (0.49%) Google
8 3 (0.49%) IFS
8 3 (0.49%) Infor
9 2 (0.32%) ESRI
9 2 (0.32%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.32%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.32%) Sitecore