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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 171 149
Rank change year-on-year -3 -22 +45
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 721 465 719
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.58% 1.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.27% 4.18% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 335 493
10th Percentile £343 £405 £375
25th Percentile £433 £452 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £692 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -1.72% +1.75% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 0
10th Percentile £17.98 £46.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £65.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £78.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.77% - -
75th Percentile - £87.50 -
90th Percentile £51.73 - -
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 16,867 11,134 14,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.17% 37.72% 32.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,484 7,745 10,000
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £704 £732 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 252 349
10th Percentile £15.59 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.36 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.64 £27.43 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.83% +30.60% -38.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.38 £73.75 £61.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +111.11% +27.01% -27.13%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 0 611 £500 -4.76% 180
London +38 382 £500 -4.76% 76
UK excluding London -12 269 £500 -1.72% 152
Work from Home -25 184 £500 -4.76% 105
North of England -43 75 £500 -12.28% 26
Midlands -40 53 £435 -17.14% 21
South East -53 41 £550 +22.22% 60
West Midlands -48 39 £450 -14.29% 17
North West -42 38 £475 -16.67% 12
South West -31 33 £425 -15.00% 18
Yorkshire -37 30 £585 +4.46% 9
Scotland +14 29 £500 +5.26% 6
East of England -22 20 £475 -26.92% 14
East Midlands -24 13 £435 -20.00% 4
Wales -4 9 £475 -5.09% 5
North East - 7 £550 - 5
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +6 4 £450 - 6

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 53 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.42%) CMS
3 3 (0.42%) Confluence
4 2 (0.28%) Appian
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Moodle
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
5 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 223 (30.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.80%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.80%) Shopify
4 10 (1.39%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.25%) NEC Housing
6 8 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.55%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.42%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.14%) Maximo
9 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 288 (39.94%) Power Platform
2 274 (38.00%) Azure
3 153 (21.22%) Power Automate
4 114 (15.81%) PowerApps
5 107 (14.84%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (7.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (5.96%) Azure Service Bus
9 38 (5.27%) Azure Functions
9 38 (5.27%) Serverless
10 34 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (4.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (1.94%) Copilot Studio
12 14 (1.94%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.94%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.94%) PaaS
13 13 (1.80%) AWS
14 11 (1.53%) GitHub
15 10 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.22%) SMS
2 10 (1.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.14%) DHCP
4 1 (0.14%) DKIM
4 1 (0.14%) DMARC
4 1 (0.14%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (17.20%) Power BI
2 26 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.39%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.97%) Power Query
7 5 (0.69%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.55%) Metadata
9 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.28%) GIS
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.14%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.94%) JIRA
2 9 (1.25%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.97%) Git
4 6 (0.83%) Postman
5 3 (0.42%) Selenium
5 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.28%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.28%) git-flow
6 2 (0.28%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) GitLab
7 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
General
1 246 (34.12%) Finance
2 202 (28.02%) Social Skills
3 83 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 58 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.83%) Marketing
6 36 (4.99%) Law
7 28 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.74%) Retail
9 23 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.91%) Banking
11 13 (1.80%) Local Government
12 11 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.39%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.11%) Legal
15 7 (0.97%) Games
15 7 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.69%) Back Office
17 4 (0.55%) Billing
17 4 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (22.88%) Developer
2 142 (19.69%) Consultant
3 106 (14.70%) Architect
4 100 (13.87%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 82 (11.37%) Lead
6 73 (10.12%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 59 (8.18%) Analyst
8 58 (8.04%) Functional Consultant
9 47 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (6.10%) Senior
11 40 (5.55%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 37 (5.13%) Microsoft Developer
13 36 (4.99%) Business Analyst
14 35 (4.85%) Project Manager
15 32 (4.44%) Lead Architect
16 31 (4.30%) Functional Architect
17 26 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
18 22 (3.05%) Microsoft Consultant
19 21 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
20 20 (2.77%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (8.46%) .NET
2 24 (3.33%) REST
3 22 (3.05%) HTML5 Canvas
4 20 (2.77%) HTML
5 18 (2.50%) JSON
6 16 (2.22%) Middleware
7 11 (1.53%) RESTful
8 10 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 10 (1.39%) XML
9 8 (1.11%) CSS
9 8 (1.11%) OAuth
9 8 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.97%) Kafka
10 7 (0.97%) OAuth2
11 6 (0.83%) Ajax
11 6 (0.83%) EDI
12 5 (0.69%) ADO
13 4 (0.55%) React
13 4 (0.55%) SOAP
13 4 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.16%) Product Ownership
2 17 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (1.94%) Low-Code
3 14 (1.94%) Onboarding
4 12 (1.66%) Data Structures
5 9 (1.25%) IoT
6 7 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (0.97%) Management Information System
7 6 (0.83%) Cloud Native
7 6 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.69%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.55%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.42%) FMCG
10 3 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.42%) IVR
11 2 (0.28%) Life Science
11 2 (0.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
2 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (33.84%) CRM
2 195 (27.05%) ERP
3 157 (21.78%) DevOps
4 148 (20.53%) Migration
5 138 (19.14%) Agile
6 131 (18.17%) Business Intelligence
7 106 (14.70%) Data Migration
8 103 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 101 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 81 (11.23%) Customer Service
11 76 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
12 66 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 62 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (8.60%) Translating Business Requirements
14 61 (8.46%) Data Modelling
15 53 (7.35%) CI/CD
15 53 (7.35%) Customer Engagement
16 45 (6.24%) Requirements Gathering
16 45 (6.24%) Workshop Facilitation
17 43 (5.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 104 (14.42%) C#
2 87 (12.07%) JavaScript
3 57 (7.91%) SQL
4 28 (3.88%) PowerShell
5 17 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.08%) Python
7 13 (1.80%) X++
8 8 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.97%) Java
10 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.42%) Bicep
12 3 (0.42%) C++
13 2 (0.28%) C
13 2 (0.28%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) Korn
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.14%) VBA
14 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 77 (10.68%) Security Cleared
2 49 (6.80%) Degree
2 49 (6.80%) SC Cleared
3 21 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (1.80%) PMP
5 12 (1.66%) CIMA
6 10 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.11%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.28%) IIBA
9 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) MBA
9 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.14%) CCAB
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.85%) QA
2 20 (2.77%) GDPR
3 16 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.39%) PMO
6 3 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.28%) GMP
7 2 (0.28%) GxP
7 2 (0.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.28%) WCAG
8 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.25%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 471 (65.33%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.85%) Oracle
3 31 (4.30%) SAP
4 15 (2.08%) Databricks
5 12 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.39%) Workday
7 9 (1.25%) NEC
8 8 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.83%) IFS
9 6 (0.83%) Sage
10 5 (0.69%) Adobe
10 5 (0.69%) Brio
10 5 (0.69%) Infor
10 5 (0.69%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.55%) Google
12 3 (0.42%) Adaptive Insights
12 3 (0.42%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.42%) Epicor
12 3 (0.42%) QAD
12 3 (0.42%) Zuora