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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 194 121
Rank change year-on-year -1 -73 +36
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 811 467 736
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.43% 1.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.26% 3.82% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 303 440
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £425 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £637
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 1
10th Percentile £18.35 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.38 £50.99 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.23% +1.98% -33.33%
75th Percentile £38.25 £73.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.80 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.40% +35.00% -33.33%

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 19,021 12,228 13,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.92% 37.35% 34.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,622 8,124 8,831
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 305 206
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.50 £14.21
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.00 £60.95
90th Percentile £82.05 £71.78 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.13 £19.89 £30.00
% change year-on-year +56.53% -33.72% +11.11%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +6 693 £500 -1.72% 517
London +9 372 £515 +0.49% 264
UK excluding London +16 366 £475 -4.04% 324
Work from Home -52 181 £514 -2.14% 300
North of England -22 93 £475 +2.70% 71
Midlands -16 79 £425 -15.00% 63
South East -34 76 £500 - 79
West Midlands -25 53 £425 -15.00% 43
North West -19 52 £470 -1.05% 43
Scotland -6 36 £525 +13.51% 35
South West -27 30 £488 -4.88% 29
Yorkshire -26 28 £478 -2.05% 23
East of England -9 26 £475 -24.00% 25
East Midlands 0 25 £455 -1.62% 19
Wales -8 16 £500 +2.51% 5
North East -38 13 £513 +17.14% 5
Channel Islands +2 7 £513 -18.00%
Northern Ireland +6 4 £450 - 20

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 59 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.23%) 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 35 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 240 (29.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (2.59%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.62%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
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
10 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 361 (44.51%) Power Platform
2 282 (34.77%) Azure
3 192 (23.67%) Power Automate
4 157 (19.36%) PowerApps
5 140 (17.26%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (7.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 59 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
8 58 (7.15%) Microsoft Copilot
9 55 (6.78%) Azure Functions
9 55 (6.78%) Serverless
10 54 (6.66%) Azure Service Bus
11 38 (4.69%) Copilot Studio
12 20 (2.47%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (2.22%) SaaS
15 12 (1.48%) Azure API Management
15 12 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
16 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
17 8 (0.99%) Azure Event Grid
17 8 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.49%) SMS
2 1 (0.12%) DKIM
2 1 (0.12%) DMARC
2 1 (0.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (16.65%) Power BI
2 39 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.99%) Star Schema
7 7 (0.86%) Data Vault
8 6 (0.74%) Spark SQL
9 5 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.62%) Metadata
9 5 (0.62%) Power Query
10 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.37%) GIS
12 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.12%) MySQL
12 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.12%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 25 (3.08%) Visual Studio
2 23 (2.84%) Git
3 20 (2.47%) JIRA
4 11 (1.36%) Selenium
5 10 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.11%) Postman
6 9 (1.11%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) Protractor
10 2 (0.25%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.25%) MLflow
11 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.12%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 280 (34.53%) Finance
2 226 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 83 (10.23%) Public Sector
4 62 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.56%) Law
7 34 (4.19%) Manufacturing
7 34 (4.19%) Marketing
8 27 (3.33%) Retail
9 26 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.10%) Billing
11 16 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.85%) Local Government
13 14 (1.73%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.60%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.99%) Banking
15 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.62%) Automotive
17 4 (0.49%) Legal
17 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 201 (24.78%) Developer
2 149 (18.37%) Architect
3 142 (17.51%) Consultant
4 105 (12.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 101 (12.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 96 (11.84%) Lead
7 93 (11.47%) Analyst
8 76 (9.37%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 76 (9.37%) Solutions Architect
9 73 (9.00%) Functional Consultant
10 62 (7.64%) Senior
11 52 (6.41%) Business Analyst
12 49 (6.04%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 48 (5.92%) Microsoft Developer
14 37 (4.56%) Lead Architect
15 33 (4.07%) Project Manager
16 32 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 31 (3.82%) Functional Architect
18 25 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
19 21 (2.59%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (11.47%) .NET
2 29 (3.58%) JSON
3 27 (3.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 27 (3.33%) REST
4 25 (3.08%) Middleware
5 15 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
5 15 (1.85%) Terraform
5 15 (1.85%) XML
6 14 (1.73%) HTML
7 10 (1.23%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.23%) RESTful
7 10 (1.23%) Web Services
8 9 (1.11%) CSS
8 9 (1.11%) Gherkin
8 9 (1.11%) WCF
8 9 (1.11%) XSLT
9 8 (0.99%) OAuth
9 8 (0.99%) PySpark
10 7 (0.86%) ADO
10 7 (0.86%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 31 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.85%) Data Structures
5 15 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.36%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.23%) AI Agents
8 8 (0.99%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.86%) Taxonomies
9 7 (0.86%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.74%) FMCG
11 5 (0.62%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.62%) Life Science
11 5 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.49%) IoT
12 4 (0.49%) IVR
12 4 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (30.95%) CRM
2 203 (25.03%) ERP
3 198 (24.41%) Agile
4 178 (21.95%) DevOps
5 173 (21.33%) Migration
6 152 (18.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 152 (18.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 146 (18.00%) Data Migration
8 140 (17.26%) Business Intelligence
9 126 (15.54%) User Acceptance Testing
10 108 (13.32%) CI/CD
11 104 (12.82%) Customer Service
12 96 (11.84%) Translating Business Requirements
13 94 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 88 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
15 82 (10.11%) Data Modelling
16 73 (9.00%) Requirements Gathering
17 70 (8.63%) AI
18 66 (8.14%) Scrum
19 57 (7.03%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 128 (15.78%) JavaScript
2 124 (15.29%) C#
3 70 (8.63%) SQL
4 28 (3.45%) X++
5 17 (2.10%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.85%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.73%) Python
8 9 (1.11%) Bicep
9 8 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.62%) Bash
11 5 (0.62%) Java
11 5 (0.62%) Korn
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 98 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 68 (8.38%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.40%) Degree
4 54 (6.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.48%) PMI Certification
5 12 (1.48%) PMP
6 11 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.23%) ISTQB
8 8 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.62%) IIBA
9 5 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.25%) CIPD
12 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) ACCA
13 1 (0.12%) APMG
13 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.81%) GDPR
3 34 (4.19%) QA
4 32 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.97%) PMO
5 16 (1.97%) WCAG
6 7 (0.86%) NIST
7 5 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
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%) Disclosure Scotland
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 11 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 605 (74.60%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.58%) SAP
3 28 (3.45%) Oracle
4 24 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.48%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.23%) Databricks
7 7 (0.86%) Workday
8 5 (0.62%) NEC
9 4 (0.49%) Ariba
9 4 (0.49%) Brio
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%) Genesys
10 3 (0.37%) OneTrust
10 3 (0.37%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.37%) Splunk