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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 188 125
Rank change year-on-year -11 -63 +18
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 813 479 732
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.44% 1.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.30% 3.80% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 310 429
10th Percentile £350 £325 £373
25th Percentile £419 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.18%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £620
90th Percentile £675 £669 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 1
10th Percentile £17.75 £20.86 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £27.40 £45.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.48 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% -31.04% -
75th Percentile £38.25 £71.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £72.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.69 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.98% +35.00% -

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 18,910 12,619 13,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.61% 38.02% 34.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,545 8,428 8,670
10th Percentile £325 £311 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £715 £716 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 632 297 190
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £31.13 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.71% -25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £64.73
90th Percentile £78.98 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £33.00
% change year-on-year +55.68% -41.61% +42.00%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -1 701 £500 -2.20% 835
UK excluding London +11 376 £475 -5.00% 591
London +6 354 £525 +2.44% 360
Work from Home -64 178 £511 -0.49% 509
North of England -19 97 £475 - 154
Midlands -12 88 £425 -20.93% 101
South East -26 79 £500 -4.76% 132
West Midlands -18 65 £425 -17.07% 65
North West -16 50 £470 -1.05% 69
Scotland -4 34 £525 +16.67% 67
Yorkshire -27 34 £535 +11.46% 68
South West -9 32 £500 -2.44% 45
East of England -11 28 £400 -30.43% 31
East Midlands -1 22 £513 -18.00% 36
Wales -3 16 £500 +2.51% 23
North East -31 13 £513 +17.14% 17
Northern Ireland - 2 £450 - 41
Channel Islands -5 1 £525 -16.00%

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 57 (7.01%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.98%) CMS
3 4 (0.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) Appian
4 3 (0.37%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 246 (30.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV
3 14 (1.72%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.62%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
9 2 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.25%) Maximo
9 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 342 (42.07%) Power Platform
2 297 (36.53%) Azure
3 201 (24.72%) Power Automate
4 164 (20.17%) PowerApps
5 146 (17.96%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 61 (7.50%) Serverless
7 60 (7.38%) Azure Functions
8 55 (6.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 53 (6.52%) Azure Service Bus
10 50 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (4.55%) Copilot Studio
12 23 (2.83%) Entra ID
13 21 (2.58%) SaaS
14 17 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (1.72%) Azure API Management
16 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 11 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
19 9 (1.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.37%) SMS
2 1 (0.12%) DKIM
2 1 (0.12%) DMARC
2 1 (0.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.42%) Power BI
2 46 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.98%) Data Vault
7 7 (0.86%) Star Schema
8 6 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.74%) Metadata
8 6 (0.74%) Spark SQL
9 5 (0.62%) Power Query
10 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.49%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.49%) GIS
11 3 (0.37%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.25%) ZAP BI
13 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (3.94%) Git
2 26 (3.20%) Visual Studio
3 22 (2.71%) JIRA
4 14 (1.72%) Selenium
5 13 (1.60%) Postman
6 12 (1.48%) Cypress.io
7 11 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.35%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) MSTest
9 3 (0.37%) NUnit
9 3 (0.37%) Protractor
9 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Applitools
10 2 (0.25%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.25%) JMeter
10 2 (0.25%) MLflow
10 2 (0.25%) Newman
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 262 (32.23%) Finance
2 233 (28.66%) Social Skills
3 85 (10.46%) Public Sector
4 68 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.54%) Marketing
7 38 (4.67%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.32%) Retail
10 22 (2.71%) Billing
11 20 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.46%) General Ledger
12 13 (1.60%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.35%) Banking
13 11 (1.35%) Law
13 11 (1.35%) Local Government
14 9 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.62%) Automotive
17 4 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 218 (26.81%) Developer
2 147 (18.08%) Consultant
3 130 (15.99%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 128 (15.74%) Architect
5 109 (13.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 98 (12.05%) Analyst
7 84 (10.33%) Solutions Architect
8 79 (9.72%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 75 (9.23%) Lead
10 74 (9.10%) Senior
11 65 (8.00%) Functional Consultant
12 58 (7.13%) Business Analyst
13 54 (6.64%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 50 (6.15%) Microsoft Developer
15 37 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 29 (3.57%) Project Manager
17 24 (2.95%) Microsoft Consultant
17 24 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
18 23 (2.83%) Business Consultant
18 23 (2.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.56%) .NET
2 33 (4.06%) JSON
3 32 (3.94%) REST
4 29 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
5 25 (3.08%) Middleware
6 21 (2.58%) XML
7 19 (2.34%) HTML
8 16 (1.97%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.85%) Terraform
10 13 (1.60%) XSLT
11 12 (1.48%) .NET Framework
12 11 (1.35%) Gherkin
12 11 (1.35%) OAuth
12 11 (1.35%) Web Services
13 10 (1.23%) RESTful
14 9 (1.11%) ASP.NET
14 9 (1.11%) CSS
14 9 (1.11%) PySpark
14 9 (1.11%) WCF
15 7 (0.86%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 15 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 15 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.60%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.48%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.35%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.11%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.62%) FMCG
12 5 (0.62%) Life Science
13 4 (0.49%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.37%) BYOD
14 3 (0.37%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (31.37%) CRM
2 219 (26.94%) Agile
3 191 (23.49%) DevOps
4 178 (21.89%) ERP
5 173 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 158 (19.43%) Migration
7 124 (15.25%) Data Migration
8 123 (15.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (14.76%) CI/CD
10 107 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
10 107 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 98 (12.05%) Customer Service
11 98 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (10.33%) Data Modelling
13 80 (9.84%) AI
14 75 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 69 (8.49%) Requirements Gathering
16 68 (8.36%) Workshop Facilitation
17 67 (8.24%) Translating Business Requirements
18 65 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 139 (17.10%) JavaScript
2 137 (16.85%) C#
3 78 (9.59%) SQL
4 29 (3.57%) X++
5 20 (2.46%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.21%) Python
7 13 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.11%) Bicep
9 7 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.62%) Bash
10 5 (0.62%) Korn
11 4 (0.49%) Java
12 3 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 74 (9.10%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.63%) Degree
3 62 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (1.72%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.48%) ISTQB
5 12 (1.48%) PMI Certification
5 12 (1.48%) PMP
6 10 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.49%) IIBA
9 3 (0.37%) ACCA
9 3 (0.37%) CIMA
9 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.25%) CIPD
10 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 44 (5.41%) GDPR
3 42 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 42 (5.17%) QA
4 22 (2.71%) WCAG
5 13 (1.60%) PMO
6 7 (0.86%) NIST
7 5 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.62%) SLA
8 4 (0.49%) GRC
8 4 (0.49%) P3O
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) GMP
System Software
1 12 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 608 (74.78%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.94%) Oracle
3 29 (3.57%) SAP
4 24 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.60%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.11%) Databricks
6 9 (1.11%) Workday
7 6 (0.74%) Ariba
8 5 (0.62%) NEC
9 4 (0.49%) IFS
9 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.49%) Sage
10 3 (0.37%) Adobe
10 3 (0.37%) Aprimo
10 3 (0.37%) Foundry
10 3 (0.37%) OneTrust
10 3 (0.37%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.37%) OutSystems
10 3 (0.37%) Splunk
10 3 (0.37%) TIBCO