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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 128 138
Rank change year-on-year -49 +10 +58
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 595 623 776
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.64% 1.96% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.29% 5.38% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 389 545
10th Percentile £325 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £635
90th Percentile £688 £729 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £17.50 - -
25th Percentile £27.00 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.04 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year -63.92% - -

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 13,861 11,574 14,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.09% 36.41% 34.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,522 7,697 10,524
10th Percentile £306 £313 £298
25th Percentile £406 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 170 258
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.88% +1.11%
75th Percentile £57.25 £43.75 £53.44
90th Percentile £80.50 £65.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.96 £24.18 £20.64
% change year-on-year +7.35% +17.18% +7.70%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -43 499 £513 -2.38% 342
London -18 278 £513 -6.39% 59
UK excluding London -32 241 £525 +5.00% 322
Work from Home -36 201 £500 -4.76% 117
Midlands -35 64 £500 -10.95% 62
West Midlands -29 52 £500 -10.95% 32
South East -1 45 £550 +12.82% 96
North of England -73 43 £463 -7.50% 54
East of England +2 25 £500 +17.65% 45
Scotland +4 24 £550 +10.00% 9
North West -47 24 £450 -9.55% 18
South West -13 23 £430 -14.00% 43
Yorkshire -57 19 £585 +5.26% 30
Wales +15 15 £550 - 14
East Midlands -15 12 £550 - 30
Channel Islands - 2 £625 -

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 43 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.51%) Confluence
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.67%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) CMS
5 3 (0.50%) Moodle
6 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 198 (33.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.18%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (2.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 13 (2.18%) Shopify
3 10 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.18%) NEC Housing
4 7 (1.18%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.17%) Maximo
7 1 (0.17%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 277 (46.55%) Azure
2 266 (44.71%) Power Platform
3 159 (26.72%) Power Automate
4 130 (21.85%) PowerApps
5 103 (17.31%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (8.07%) Azure Logic Apps
7 43 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (6.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 35 (5.88%) Serverless
10 34 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 34 (5.71%) Azure Functions
11 25 (4.20%) PaaS
12 24 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
13 22 (3.70%) SaaS
14 19 (3.19%) AWS
15 17 (2.86%) GitHub
16 14 (2.35%) Copilot Studio
17 13 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
18 12 (2.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.85%) HTTP
2 10 (1.68%) SMS
3 2 (0.34%) Firewall
3 2 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.17%) DHCP
4 1 (0.17%) DKIM
4 1 (0.17%) DMARC
4 1 (0.17%) DNS
4 1 (0.17%) Internet
4 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (21.34%) Power BI
2 21 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.84%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.67%) GIS
7 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.50%) Metadata
9 2 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.34%) DataStage
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (3.36%) JIRA
2 16 (2.69%) Git
3 15 (2.52%) Visual Studio
4 13 (2.18%) Selenium
5 9 (1.51%) JMeter
6 8 (1.34%) MSTest
7 7 (1.18%) Postman
7 7 (1.18%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.67%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.50%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.34%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.34%) git-flow
10 2 (0.34%) GitLab
10 2 (0.34%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.34%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.17%) Maven
11 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 209 (35.13%) Social Skills
2 208 (34.96%) Finance
3 79 (13.28%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.73%) Marketing
6 28 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.87%) Banking
8 23 (3.87%) Retail
9 18 (3.03%) Billing
10 11 (1.85%) Legal
11 10 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.51%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.34%) Aviation
13 8 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.18%) Back Office
14 7 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.50%) Local Government
15 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 136 (22.86%) Developer
2 120 (20.17%) Consultant
3 86 (14.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 75 (12.61%) Architect
4 75 (12.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 55 (9.24%) Analyst
6 53 (8.91%) Senior
7 50 (8.40%) Functional Consultant
8 46 (7.73%) Lead
9 39 (6.55%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (6.05%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 29 (4.87%) Business Analyst
11 29 (4.87%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 20 (3.36%) Project Manager
13 18 (3.03%) Power Platform Developer
14 17 (2.86%) Azure Architect
14 17 (2.86%) Microsoft Consultant
15 16 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
16 15 (2.52%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
16 15 (2.52%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (12.94%) .NET
2 33 (5.55%) REST
3 27 (4.54%) HTML
4 25 (4.20%) JSON
5 18 (3.03%) HTML5 Canvas
6 13 (2.18%) Web Services
7 12 (2.02%) XML
8 11 (1.85%) CSS
8 11 (1.85%) OAuth
8 11 (1.85%) RESTful
9 10 (1.68%) Middleware
10 9 (1.51%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.34%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.34%) OpenID
11 8 (1.34%) SAML
12 7 (1.18%) React
13 6 (1.01%) Ajax
14 5 (0.84%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.84%) Kafka
14 5 (0.84%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.52%) Low-Code
4 11 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.01%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.84%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.67%) FMCG
10 4 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.67%) IoT
10 4 (0.67%) IVR
11 3 (0.50%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.50%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.50%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.34%) Windows
2 3 (0.50%) Linux
3 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (35.29%) CRM
2 163 (27.39%) DevOps
3 150 (25.21%) Agile
4 139 (23.36%) ERP
5 125 (21.01%) Business Intelligence
6 110 (18.49%) Migration
7 80 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 74 (12.44%) Data Migration
10 66 (11.09%) CI/CD
11 59 (9.92%) Data Modelling
12 54 (9.08%) Analytics
13 51 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 50 (8.40%) Customer Engagement
14 50 (8.40%) Customer Service
15 49 (8.24%) User Acceptance Testing
16 48 (8.07%) Workshop Facilitation
17 44 (7.39%) Roadmaps
18 39 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
19 36 (6.05%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 118 (19.83%) C#
2 102 (17.14%) JavaScript
3 71 (11.93%) SQL
4 29 (4.87%) PowerShell
5 26 (4.37%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.03%) Python
7 16 (2.69%) X++
8 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.84%) Java
10 4 (0.67%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
11 2 (0.34%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 85 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 56 (9.41%) Degree
3 55 (9.24%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.51%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.34%) PMP
9 6 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.84%) ACCA
10 5 (0.84%) CIMA
11 3 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.50%) MBA
12 2 (0.34%) MCT
12 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.17%) CAPM
13 1 (0.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.05%) QA
2 17 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.52%) GDPR
4 10 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.01%) PMO
6 6 (1.01%) WCAG
7 5 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.50%) GAAP
8 3 (0.50%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) PERC
10 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (2.69%) Terraform
2 3 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 381 (64.03%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.72%) SAP
3 23 (3.87%) Oracle
4 10 (1.68%) Databricks
4 10 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.34%) Workday
6 7 (1.18%) NEC
7 6 (1.01%) DocuSign
7 6 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.67%) Google
9 3 (0.50%) Adobe
9 3 (0.50%) Brio
9 3 (0.50%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.50%) IBM
9 3 (0.50%) Infor
9 3 (0.50%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.50%) Sage
10 2 (0.34%) Ariba
10 2 (0.34%) ESRI
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore