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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 128 144
Rank change year-on-year -65 +16 +54
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 494 732 886
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.94% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.87% 5.60% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 436 601
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £424 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £20.86 - -
25th Percentile £27.40 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £34.48 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.04% - -
75th Percentile £71.25 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £72.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.00% - -

All Cloud 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 12,754 13,079 16,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.41% 34.74% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,530 8,661 12,154
10th Percentile £308 £313 £300
25th Percentile £410 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 181 326
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.30 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.41
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.99% +44.04%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.64 £34.47 £22.51
% change year-on-year -43.03% +53.11% +15.44%

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025. 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 -70 423 £513 -2.38% 442
UK excluding London -51 215 £500 - 337
London -71 205 £513 -6.82% 172
Work from Home -33 173 £520 -2.58% 282
Midlands -38 59 £550 +10.00% 71
North of England -67 49 £475 -5.00% 81
South East +13 48 £538 +2.38% 126
West Midlands -42 41 £513 +2.50% 53
North West -44 23 £475 -5.00% 63
East of England +6 21 £575 +21.05% 19
Yorkshire -34 21 £480 -6.80% 16
Scotland 0 17 £475 -5.00% 21
East Midlands +1 16 £700 +40.00% 18
South West -7 11 £519 +4.80% 17
Wales +8 8 £488 +39.36% 4
North East -6 5 £438 -25.53% 2
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 36 (7.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.23%) Confluence
3 3 (0.61%) CMS
3 3 (0.61%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.40%) Moodle
5 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 162 (32.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (4.66%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.81%) Infor SunSystems
6 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.40%) MIS ActiveH
7 2 (0.40%) Sage CRM
7 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.20%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 221 (44.74%) Power Platform
2 201 (40.69%) Azure
3 120 (24.29%) Power Automate
4 113 (22.87%) PowerApps
5 76 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (7.09%) Azure Logic Apps
7 29 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (5.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (4.66%) Serverless
11 21 (4.25%) Azure Functions
12 19 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 19 (3.85%) SaaS
13 14 (2.83%) AWS
13 14 (2.83%) PaaS
14 13 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
15 9 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.20%) DKIM
2 1 (0.20%) DMARC
2 1 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (23.08%) Power BI
2 20 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.81%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.81%) GIS
9 3 (0.61%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.40%) DataStage
10 2 (0.40%) Metadata
10 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.20%) Looker
11 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (4.45%) JIRA
2 10 (2.02%) Git
3 6 (1.21%) SonarQube
3 6 (1.21%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.01%) Postman
5 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.61%) GitLab
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.20%) Appium
8 1 (0.20%) JMeter
8 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 174 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 160 (32.39%) Finance
3 48 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 40 (8.10%) Marketing
5 38 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.67%) Retail
7 25 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 19 (3.85%) Billing
9 17 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.63%) Banking
11 10 (2.02%) Legal
12 9 (1.82%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.21%) Local Government
15 5 (1.01%) Aviation
15 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.61%) Retail Banking
18 2 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 108 (21.86%) Developer
2 106 (21.46%) Consultant
3 81 (16.40%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 75 (15.18%) Architect
5 67 (13.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 64 (12.96%) Analyst
7 45 (9.11%) Functional Consultant
8 39 (7.89%) Lead
9 37 (7.49%) Senior
10 34 (6.88%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 33 (6.68%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (6.48%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 23 (4.66%) Business Analyst
14 19 (3.85%) CRM Developer
14 19 (3.85%) Integration Developer
15 15 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Support Analyst
17 13 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
17 13 (2.63%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.73%) .NET
2 21 (4.25%) HTML
3 20 (4.05%) REST
4 14 (2.83%) CSS
5 9 (1.82%) JSON
5 9 (1.82%) Web Services
6 8 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (1.62%) Middleware
7 6 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
7 6 (1.21%) React
7 6 (1.21%) RESTful
8 5 (1.01%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.01%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.01%) OAuth
8 5 (1.01%) OpenID
8 5 (1.01%) SAML
8 5 (1.01%) XML
9 4 (0.81%) XSLT
10 3 (0.61%) ADO
10 3 (0.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.64%) Product Ownership
2 14 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.23%) Low-Code
4 9 (1.82%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.62%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.21%) Data Fabric
6 6 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.81%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.81%) FMCG
8 4 (0.81%) IoT
8 4 (0.81%) IVR
8 4 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.61%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.61%) Life Science
9 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) Windows
2 2 (0.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
3 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.02%) CRM
2 113 (22.87%) DevOps
3 109 (22.06%) Agile
3 109 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
4 103 (20.85%) Migration
5 98 (19.84%) ERP
6 84 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (14.78%) Data Migration
8 58 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 55 (11.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 50 (10.12%) Customer Engagement
11 48 (9.72%) Customer Service
12 46 (9.31%) Data Modelling
13 43 (8.70%) CI/CD
14 42 (8.50%) Analytics
15 33 (6.68%) User Acceptance Testing
16 32 (6.48%) Roadmaps
16 32 (6.48%) Workshop Facilitation
17 31 (6.28%) Translating Business Requirements
18 28 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 75 (15.18%) SQL
2 65 (13.16%) JavaScript
3 60 (12.15%) C#
4 20 (4.05%) X++
5 15 (3.04%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.43%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.02%) Python
8 7 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.40%) Korn
11 1 (0.20%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) Bicep
11 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 56 (11.34%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.10%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.68%) Degree
4 29 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.42%) PMP
7 6 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.01%) ACCA
8 5 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.61%) MCT
11 2 (0.40%) CIMA
11 2 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.20%) APMG
12 1 (0.20%) CSPO
12 1 (0.20%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.20%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.45%) QA
2 12 (2.43%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.43%) GDPR
3 10 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.01%) PMO
5 4 (0.81%) WCAG
6 3 (0.61%) GAAP
6 3 (0.61%) IFRS
7 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.81%) Terraform
2 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 330 (66.80%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.48%) SAP
3 15 (3.04%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.63%) Oracle
5 8 (1.62%) DocuSign
6 7 (1.42%) Databricks
6 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.01%) Google
8 4 (0.81%) Adobe
8 4 (0.81%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.81%) Sage
8 4 (0.81%) Workday
9 2 (0.40%) Ariba
9 2 (0.40%) Brio
9 2 (0.40%) ESRI
9 2 (0.40%) IBM
9 2 (0.40%) Infor
9 2 (0.40%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.20%) Dundas
10 1 (0.20%) Genesys