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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 195 124
Rank change year-on-year -4 -71 +55
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 713 471 811
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.35% 1.44% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.83% 3.84% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 317 532
10th Percentile £375 £370 £363
25th Percentile £433 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £645 £658 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 0
10th Percentile £17.75 £28.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.17 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.74% - -
75th Percentile £35.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £36.81 - -
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 18,631 12,266 14,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 37.53% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,358 8,213 9,943
10th Percentile £328 £313 £309
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £734 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 313 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.78 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £27.76 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% +24.48% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.27 £48.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £70.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.94 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.05% -9.83% -20.75%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -11 611 £500 -4.76% 300
London +6 342 £500 -2.68% 122
UK excluding London -1 304 £475 -5.00% 227
Work from Home -73 150 £500 -4.76% 176
North of England -34 93 £480 +1.05% 39
Midlands -25 58 £425 -20.93% 50
South East -51 56 £475 -5.00% 80
North West -28 51 £450 -10.00% 25
West Midlands -46 41 £425 -19.05% 28
Yorkshire -40 29 £500 +5.26% 13
Scotland -2 28 £500 +11.11% 7
East of England -8 24 £500 -20.00% 15
South West -27 24 £525 - 18
East Midlands -8 16 £435 -20.00% 21
North East -26 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -8 12 £500 +2.51% 8
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +5 4 £450 - 13

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 46 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.98%) CMS
3 6 (0.84%) Confluence
4 3 (0.42%) Appian
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 221 (31.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.82%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.84%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.84%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.70%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.42%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.42%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.28%) Maximo
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 301 (42.22%) Power Platform
2 243 (34.08%) Azure
3 153 (21.46%) Power Automate
4 135 (18.93%) PowerApps
5 114 (15.99%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (7.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 47 (6.59%) Microsoft Copilot
9 45 (6.31%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (4.63%) Azure Functions
10 33 (4.63%) Serverless
11 26 (3.65%) Copilot Studio
12 16 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.96%) SaaS
14 9 (1.26%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.12%) GitHub
16 7 (0.98%) AWS
16 7 (0.98%) OneDrive
17 5 (0.70%) Azure AI
17 5 (0.70%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.84%) SMS
2 1 (0.14%) DKIM
2 1 (0.14%) DMARC
2 1 (0.14%) Intranet
2 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (16.41%) Power BI
2 31 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.98%) Star Schema
6 6 (0.84%) Power Query
7 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.56%) Metadata
8 3 (0.42%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.42%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) MS Access
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 20 (2.81%) JIRA
2 13 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.26%) Git
4 8 (1.12%) Postman
5 7 (0.98%) Cypress.io
5 7 (0.98%) Selenium
6 5 (0.70%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.28%) Protractor
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 230 (32.26%) Finance
2 182 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 81 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.47%) Law
6 32 (4.49%) Manufacturing
6 32 (4.49%) Marketing
7 25 (3.51%) Retail
8 20 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.96%) Local Government
11 13 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.54%) Billing
13 10 (1.40%) Banking
13 10 (1.40%) General Ledger
14 9 (1.26%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Games
16 6 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 177 (24.82%) Developer
2 130 (18.23%) Consultant
3 120 (16.83%) Architect
4 97 (13.60%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 86 (12.06%) Lead
6 83 (11.64%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 68 (9.54%) Analyst
8 62 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (8.56%) Functional Consultant
10 58 (8.13%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 49 (6.87%) Microsoft Developer
12 46 (6.45%) Senior
13 40 (5.61%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 38 (5.33%) Project Manager
15 37 (5.19%) Lead Architect
16 36 (5.05%) Business Analyst
17 32 (4.49%) Functional Architect
18 27 (3.79%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
19 25 (3.51%) Power Platform Developer
20 18 (2.52%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (9.96%) .NET
2 25 (3.51%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (2.38%) Middleware
4 15 (2.10%) REST
5 14 (1.96%) JSON
6 9 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web API
6 9 (1.26%) XML
7 8 (1.12%) HTML
7 8 (1.12%) RESTful
7 8 (1.12%) Web Services
8 6 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.70%) ADO
9 5 (0.70%) CSS
9 5 (0.70%) Gherkin
9 5 (0.70%) WCF
10 4 (0.56%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.56%) Playwright
10 4 (0.56%) PySpark
10 4 (0.56%) XSLT
11 3 (0.42%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.03%) Product Ownership
2 27 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.24%) Onboarding
4 12 (1.68%) Data Structures
4 12 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (1.68%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.26%) AI Agents
7 7 (0.98%) IoT
8 6 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.84%) FMCG
9 5 (0.70%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.70%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.56%) IVR
10 4 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.56%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.42%) BYOD
11 3 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (33.52%) CRM
2 176 (24.68%) ERP
3 158 (22.16%) DevOps
4 149 (20.90%) Migration
5 144 (20.20%) Agile
6 120 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
6 120 (16.83%) Data Migration
7 107 (15.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 98 (13.74%) User Acceptance Testing
9 90 (12.62%) Customer Service
9 90 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (11.22%) Translating Business Requirements
12 79 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
13 78 (10.94%) Data Modelling
14 70 (9.82%) CI/CD
15 49 (6.87%) AI
15 49 (6.87%) Requirements Gathering
16 44 (6.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 43 (6.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.46%) JavaScript
2 84 (11.78%) C#
3 57 (7.99%) SQL
4 20 (2.81%) X++
5 15 (2.10%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.40%) Python
7 8 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.70%) Java
10 4 (0.56%) Korn
10 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.28%) C
11 2 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 53 (7.43%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.47%) Degree
4 28 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.26%) CIMA
5 9 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.26%) PMP
6 7 (0.98%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) IIBA
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CCAB
11 1 (0.14%) CIPD
11 1 (0.14%) ISEB
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.63%) QA
2 30 (4.21%) GDPR
3 29 (4.07%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.98%) WCAG
7 6 (0.84%) SLA
8 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.42%) GMP
9 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.42%) NIST
9 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.42%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.28%) GxP
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (0.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.28%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 487 (68.30%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.79%) SAP
3 24 (3.37%) Oracle
4 18 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.40%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.12%) Databricks
6 8 (1.12%) Workday
7 7 (0.98%) IFS
8 6 (0.84%) NEC
8 6 (0.84%) Sage
9 4 (0.56%) Adobe
9 4 (0.56%) Ariba
9 4 (0.56%) Brio
10 3 (0.42%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.42%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.42%) Epicor
10 3 (0.42%) Infor
10 3 (0.42%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.42%) QAD
10 3 (0.42%) Zuora