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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 172 132
Rank change year-on-year -10 -40 +59
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 670 472 773
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.63% 1.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.10% 4.26% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 346 527
10th Percentile £341 £395 £385
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 0
10th Percentile £19.03 £39.90 -
25th Percentile £22.28 £55.88 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £35.03 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £29.25 -
% change year-on-year -13.23% - -

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 16,324 11,080 14,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.02% 38.17% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,117 7,789 10,220
10th Percentile £313 £313 £291
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -0.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £637
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £489
% change year-on-year -0.84% -2.04% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 217 353
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -18.64%
75th Percentile £66.88 £41.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.80 £62.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year +86.80% +35.95% -19.45%

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 27 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 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 17 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 27 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 -26 553 £500 -4.76% 311
London +25 347 £500 -8.17% 115
UK excluding London -41 247 £500 -3.15% 245
Work from Home -40 198 £500 -4.76% 199
North of England -56 61 £500 -9.09% 33
Midlands -58 50 £488 -7.14% 55
West Midlands -53 42 £469 -10.71% 36
South East -41 39 £550 +16.71% 74
North West -40 36 £450 -19.64% 19
Scotland +12 31 £545 +9.00% 19
South West -18 27 £450 -12.20% 27
Yorkshire -35 25 £595 +16.10% 12
East of England -14 21 £450 -30.77% 26
Wales +1 14 £550 +54.93% 5
East Midlands -27 8 £700 +28.74% 18
Northern Ireland -2 2 £450 - 6
Channel Islands - 2 £500 - 1

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 44 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.60%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) Confluence
4 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Moodle
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 212 (31.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.94%) Shopify
4 11 (1.64%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (1.34%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.15%) Dynamics SL
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.15%) Maximo
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 288 (42.99%) Azure
2 280 (41.79%) Power Platform
3 151 (22.54%) Power Automate
4 119 (17.76%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (17.16%) PowerApps
6 52 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (7.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 40 (5.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 39 (5.82%) Azure Functions
9 39 (5.82%) Serverless
10 36 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (4.03%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (2.84%) GitHub
12 19 (2.84%) SaaS
13 17 (2.54%) AWS
14 16 (2.39%) PaaS
15 15 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.94%) Copilot Studio
16 13 (1.94%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.79%) SMS
2 10 (1.49%) HTTP
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (19.70%) Power BI
2 25 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.75%) GIS
7 4 (0.60%) Power Query
8 3 (0.45%) Metadata
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.15%) MS Access
10 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (2.09%) Visual Studio
2 13 (1.94%) JIRA
3 12 (1.79%) Git
3 12 (1.79%) Selenium
4 9 (1.34%) JMeter
5 8 (1.19%) MSTest
6 6 (0.90%) Postman
7 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
8 2 (0.30%) GitLab
8 2 (0.30%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
General
1 246 (36.72%) Finance
2 198 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 89 (13.28%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (7.01%) Marketing
6 33 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.48%) Law
8 24 (3.58%) Banking
9 23 (3.43%) Retail
10 22 (3.28%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.79%) Billing
11 12 (1.79%) Legal
12 11 (1.64%) Local Government
13 10 (1.49%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.04%) Back Office
14 7 (1.04%) Games
14 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.60%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (23.88%) Developer
2 133 (19.85%) Consultant
3 95 (14.18%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 90 (13.43%) Architect
5 77 (11.49%) Lead
6 70 (10.45%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 57 (8.51%) Senior
8 53 (7.91%) Functional Consultant
9 48 (7.16%) Analyst
10 37 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (4.63%) Business Analyst
12 30 (4.48%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 28 (4.18%) Project Manager
14 27 (4.03%) Functional Architect
15 26 (3.88%) Lead Architect
15 26 (3.88%) Power Platform Developer
16 24 (3.58%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 23 (3.43%) Tester
18 20 (2.99%) Microsoft Consultant
19 19 (2.84%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.25%) .NET
2 28 (4.18%) REST
3 23 (3.43%) HTML
3 23 (3.43%) HTML5 Canvas
4 17 (2.54%) JSON
4 17 (2.54%) Middleware
5 11 (1.64%) CSS
6 10 (1.49%) Web Services
6 10 (1.49%) XML
7 9 (1.34%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (1.34%) RESTful
8 7 (1.04%) EDI
8 7 (1.04%) Kafka
8 7 (1.04%) OAuth
8 7 (1.04%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.90%) Ajax
9 6 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.75%) React
10 5 (0.75%) SOAP
11 4 (0.60%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.88%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.09%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.49%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.19%) IoT
8 7 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.90%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.60%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.45%) FMCG
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
11 3 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.30%) Life Science
12 2 (0.30%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.04%) Windows
2 2 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (34.48%) CRM
2 182 (27.16%) ERP
3 172 (25.67%) DevOps
4 146 (21.79%) Migration
5 144 (21.49%) Agile
6 135 (20.15%) Business Intelligence
7 104 (15.52%) Data Migration
8 91 (13.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 88 (13.13%) User Acceptance Testing
10 74 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (9.25%) Data Modelling
12 60 (8.96%) Customer Service
12 60 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
13 58 (8.66%) CI/CD
14 54 (8.06%) Customer Engagement
15 51 (7.61%) Translating Business Requirements
16 50 (7.46%) Workshop Facilitation
17 48 (7.16%) Analytics
18 43 (6.42%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 118 (17.61%) C#
2 100 (14.93%) JavaScript
3 65 (9.70%) SQL
4 31 (4.63%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.73%) Python
6 21 (3.13%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.79%) X++
8 9 (1.34%) Java
9 6 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.45%) Bicep
11 3 (0.45%) C
11 3 (0.45%) C++
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) Korn
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 83 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 54 (8.06%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.76%) Degree
4 23 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.79%) CIMA
5 12 (1.79%) PMP
6 10 (1.49%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.45%) ACCA
9 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.45%) MBA
10 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) APMG
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.52%) QA
2 19 (2.84%) GDPR
3 15 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.34%) PMO
6 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.45%) GAAP
8 3 (0.45%) IFRS
9 2 (0.30%) GMP
9 2 (0.30%) GxP
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.30%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.19%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.09%) Terraform
2 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 450 (67.16%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.37%) SAP
3 29 (4.33%) Oracle
4 16 (2.39%) Databricks
5 12 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.34%) NEC
7 8 (1.19%) Workday
8 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.60%) Brio
9 4 (0.60%) IFS
9 4 (0.60%) Sage
10 3 (0.45%) Adobe
10 3 (0.45%) Infor
10 3 (0.45%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.30%) ESRI
11 2 (0.30%) Google
11 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.30%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.15%) Concur