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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 188 120
Rank change year-on-year -1 -68 +54
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 769 483 751
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.46% 1.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.10% 3.92% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 326 478
10th Percentile £363 £350 £379
25th Percentile £431 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £645 £651 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 6 0
10th Percentile £18.65 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £50.99 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.23% - -
75th Percentile £36.19 £73.13 -
90th Percentile £38.25 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -62.40% - -

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 18,743 12,307 13,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.14% 37.12% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,365 8,244 9,135
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £421 £411 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £616 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 622 314 265
10th Percentile £15.81 £15.18 £14.20
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.84
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +11.23% -29.03%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.41 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.35 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.13 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +80.84% -11.70% -15.37%

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 10 August 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 10 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 18 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 10 August 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 +5 671 £500 -2.44% 366
London +5 361 £515 +3.00% 171
UK excluding London +17 348 £475 -5.00% 239
Work from Home -54 171 £513 -2.38% 224
North of England -12 100 £480 +1.05% 58
Midlands -15 77 £425 -19.05% 55
South East -38 65 £500 -4.76% 69
North West -9 57 £475 -2.56% 29
West Midlands -23 55 £425 -19.05% 33
Scotland +7 34 £525 +13.51% 11
Yorkshire -29 30 £500 - 28
South West -32 27 £488 -7.14% 20
East of England -4 25 £475 -24.00% 8
East Midlands +1 21 £475 +2.70% 22
North East -34 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -13 11 £500 +2.51% 4
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +9 4 £450 - 14

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 55 (7.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.91%) CMS
3 6 (0.78%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) Appian
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.39%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 239 (31.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.95%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.52%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.39%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) Maximo
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 334 (43.43%) Power Platform
2 263 (34.20%) Azure
3 182 (23.67%) Power Automate
4 155 (20.16%) PowerApps
5 123 (15.99%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 53 (6.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 44 (5.72%) Azure Service Bus
10 37 (4.81%) Copilot Studio
11 35 (4.55%) Azure Functions
11 35 (4.55%) Serverless
12 18 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.95%) SaaS
14 13 (1.69%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.91%) GitHub
16 7 (0.91%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.78%) AWS
18 5 (0.65%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.52%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (17.43%) Power BI
2 34 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.91%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.91%) Star Schema
6 5 (0.65%) Power Query
7 4 (0.52%) Metadata
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.39%) GIS
8 3 (0.39%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.13%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.13%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 24 (3.12%) Visual Studio
2 22 (2.86%) JIRA
3 11 (1.43%) Postman
4 10 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 10 (1.30%) Git
4 10 (1.30%) Selenium
5 9 (1.17%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.39%) Protractor
9 2 (0.26%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) TestRail
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 253 (32.90%) Finance
2 205 (26.66%) Social Skills
3 83 (10.79%) Public Sector
4 63 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.20%) Law
6 33 (4.29%) Marketing
7 31 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.25%) Retail
10 21 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (2.21%) Local Government
13 14 (1.82%) Billing
13 14 (1.82%) General Ledger
14 12 (1.56%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.17%) Banking
16 8 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.65%) Games
18 5 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 194 (25.23%) Developer
2 132 (17.17%) Consultant
3 127 (16.51%) Architect
4 98 (12.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 97 (12.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 94 (12.22%) Lead
7 89 (11.57%) Analyst
8 66 (8.58%) Functional Consultant
9 64 (8.32%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 64 (8.32%) Solutions Architect
10 57 (7.41%) Senior
11 52 (6.76%) Business Analyst
12 48 (6.24%) Microsoft Developer
13 42 (5.46%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 37 (4.81%) Lead Architect
15 36 (4.68%) Project Manager
16 32 (4.16%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 32 (4.16%) Functional Architect
17 22 (2.86%) Power Platform Developer
18 20 (2.60%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (11.05%) .NET
2 26 (3.38%) HTML5 Canvas
3 23 (2.99%) REST
4 20 (2.60%) JSON
4 20 (2.60%) Middleware
5 11 (1.43%) HTML
6 10 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
6 10 (1.30%) RESTful
7 9 (1.17%) Gherkin
7 9 (1.17%) XML
8 8 (1.04%) Web Services
9 7 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.78%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.78%) WCF
11 5 (0.65%) CSS
11 5 (0.65%) OAuth
11 5 (0.65%) XSLT
12 4 (0.52%) EDI
12 4 (0.52%) PySpark
13 3 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.89%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (3.12%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.95%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.69%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.78%) FMCG
8 6 (0.78%) Housing Association
8 6 (0.78%) IoT
9 5 (0.65%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.52%) IVR
10 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.39%) BYOD
11 3 (0.39%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (33.16%) CRM
2 194 (25.23%) ERP
3 176 (22.89%) Agile
4 162 (21.07%) DevOps
5 158 (20.55%) Migration
6 146 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 140 (18.21%) Business Intelligence
8 134 (17.43%) Data Migration
9 116 (15.08%) User Acceptance Testing
10 115 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 100 (13.00%) Customer Service
12 93 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 93 (12.09%) Translating Business Requirements
13 86 (11.18%) CI/CD
14 81 (10.53%) Data Modelling
15 80 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
16 64 (8.32%) Requirements Gathering
17 62 (8.06%) AI
18 54 (7.02%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 53 (6.89%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (15.34%) JavaScript
2 107 (13.91%) C#
3 67 (8.71%) SQL
4 28 (3.64%) X++
5 11 (1.43%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (0.91%) Python
8 7 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.65%) Korn
10 4 (0.52%) Java
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 94 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 66 (8.58%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.63%) Degree
4 43 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.30%) ISTQB
5 10 (1.30%) PMI Certification
5 10 (1.30%) PMP
6 9 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.65%) CIMA
7 5 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.52%) IIBA
9 3 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.26%) APMG
11 1 (0.13%) CCAB
11 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.85%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.81%) QA
3 35 (4.55%) GDPR
4 26 (3.38%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.82%) PMO
6 11 (1.43%) WCAG
7 6 (0.78%) NIST
7 6 (0.78%) SLA
8 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.39%) GMP
9 3 (0.39%) GRC
9 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.39%) P3O
9 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.26%) Terraform
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 556 (72.30%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.51%) SAP
3 24 (3.12%) Oracle
4 21 (2.73%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.43%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.04%) Databricks
6 8 (1.04%) Workday
7 6 (0.78%) IFS
8 5 (0.65%) Brio
8 5 (0.65%) Sage
9 4 (0.52%) Adobe
9 4 (0.52%) Ariba
9 4 (0.52%) NEC
10 3 (0.39%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.39%) Epicor
10 3 (0.39%) Infor
10 3 (0.39%) QAD
10 3 (0.39%) Splunk
10 3 (0.39%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.39%) Zuora