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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 191 122
Rank change year-on-year 0 -69 +52
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 777 472 737
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.45% 1.43% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.12% 3.84% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 315 467
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £619
90th Percentile £645 £673 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 0
10th Percentile £18.95 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £50.99 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.23% - -
75th Percentile £37.22 £73.13 -
90th Percentile £42.10 £80.63 -
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 18,879 12,299 13,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.16% 37.17% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,472 8,209 9,119
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £411 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 319 262
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.23 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +15.80% -30.51%
75th Percentile £69.50 £47.50 £52.73
90th Percentile £82.26 £67.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +80.13% -11.70% -15.37%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +1 676 £500 -1.96% 395
London +12 363 £515 +3.00% 181
UK excluding London +24 353 £475 -5.00% 270
Work from Home -55 178 £513 -2.38% 227
North of England -22 99 £478 +0.53% 61
Midlands -14 73 £425 -15.00% 57
South East -36 69 £500 -2.44% 83
North West -8 55 £450 -5.26% 28
West Midlands -27 50 £425 -15.00% 29
Scotland +8 36 £525 +13.51% 10
Yorkshire -31 31 £490 +3.16% 29
South West -37 29 £450 -14.29% 24
East of England -8 26 £450 -28.00% 12
East Midlands -7 22 £475 +2.70% 28
North East -32 13 £513 +17.14% 4
Wales -10 12 £500 +2.51% 4
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +8 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 56 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.03%) CMS
3 4 (0.51%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) Appian
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.39%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) Drupal
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 232 (29.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.93%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.51%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.39%) Dynamics SL
9 3 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
9 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.26%) Maximo
10 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 340 (43.76%) Power Platform
2 265 (34.11%) Azure
3 186 (23.94%) Power Automate
4 155 (19.95%) PowerApps
5 127 (16.34%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 58 (7.46%) Microsoft Copilot
8 45 (5.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.28%) Azure Functions
9 41 (5.28%) Serverless
10 37 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
11 20 (2.57%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (2.06%) Entra ID
12 16 (2.06%) SaaS
13 8 (1.03%) Azure API Management
13 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.90%) GitHub
14 7 (0.90%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.77%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.51%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (16.99%) Power BI
2 34 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.90%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.90%) Star Schema
6 4 (0.51%) Metadata
7 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.39%) GIS
7 3 (0.39%) Power Query
7 3 (0.39%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.13%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 24 (3.09%) Visual Studio
2 20 (2.57%) JIRA
3 10 (1.29%) Cypress.io
3 10 (1.29%) Git
3 10 (1.29%) Postman
3 10 (1.29%) Selenium
4 9 (1.16%) WebDriver
5 6 (0.77%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.39%) Protractor
8 2 (0.26%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 257 (33.08%) Finance
2 208 (26.77%) Social Skills
3 82 (10.55%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.15%) Law
6 33 (4.25%) Marketing
7 32 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.09%) Retail
9 22 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.19%) Local Government
11 16 (2.06%) Billing
12 14 (1.80%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.67%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.16%) Banking
14 9 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 194 (24.97%) Developer
2 134 (17.25%) Consultant
3 132 (16.99%) Architect
4 98 (12.61%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 98 (12.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 96 (12.36%) Lead
6 90 (11.58%) Analyst
7 67 (8.62%) Functional Consultant
8 65 (8.37%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 65 (8.37%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (7.59%) Senior
10 52 (6.69%) Business Analyst
11 49 (6.31%) Microsoft Developer
12 41 (5.28%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 37 (4.76%) Lead Architect
14 36 (4.63%) Project Manager
15 32 (4.12%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 32 (4.12%) Functional Architect
16 22 (2.83%) Power Platform Developer
17 19 (2.45%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (10.94%) .NET
2 26 (3.35%) HTML5 Canvas
3 24 (3.09%) REST
4 21 (2.70%) JSON
4 21 (2.70%) Middleware
5 10 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (1.29%) HTML
5 10 (1.29%) RESTful
6 9 (1.16%) Gherkin
7 8 (1.03%) Web Services
7 8 (1.03%) XML
8 6 (0.77%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.77%) OAuth
8 6 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.77%) WCF
9 5 (0.64%) CSS
9 5 (0.64%) XSLT
10 4 (0.51%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.51%) EDI
10 4 (0.51%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.95%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.06%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.03%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.77%) FMCG
10 6 (0.77%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.64%) IoT
11 5 (0.64%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.51%) IVR
12 4 (0.51%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.39%) BYOD
13 3 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (31.66%) CRM
2 198 (25.48%) ERP
3 180 (23.17%) Agile
4 164 (21.11%) DevOps
5 162 (20.85%) Migration
6 149 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 138 (17.76%) Business Intelligence
8 137 (17.63%) Data Migration
9 123 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 122 (15.70%) User Acceptance Testing
11 98 (12.61%) Customer Service
12 96 (12.36%) Translating Business Requirements
13 93 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 90 (11.58%) CI/CD
15 81 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (9.91%) Data Modelling
17 67 (8.62%) Requirements Gathering
18 62 (7.98%) AI
19 54 (6.95%) Change Management
19 54 (6.95%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 119 (15.32%) JavaScript
2 111 (14.29%) C#
3 63 (8.11%) SQL
4 28 (3.60%) X++
5 14 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.90%) Python
7 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.64%) Korn
10 4 (0.51%) Java
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 72 (9.27%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.56%) Degree
4 46 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.42%) PMI Certification
5 11 (1.42%) PMP
6 10 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.29%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.29%) ISTQB
7 7 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.51%) CIMA
9 4 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.51%) IIBA
10 3 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.26%) APMG
11 2 (0.26%) CIPD
12 1 (0.13%) ACCA
12 1 (0.13%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.76%) QA
3 36 (4.63%) GDPR
4 27 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.93%) PMO
6 11 (1.42%) WCAG
7 7 (0.90%) NIST
8 6 (0.77%) SLA
9 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.51%) GRC
10 4 (0.51%) P3O
11 3 (0.39%) GMP
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.64%) Terraform
2 2 (0.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 567 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.73%) SAP
3 23 (2.96%) Oracle
4 21 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.03%) Databricks
6 8 (1.03%) Workday
7 6 (0.77%) IFS
8 5 (0.64%) Sage
9 4 (0.51%) Adobe
9 4 (0.51%) Ariba
9 4 (0.51%) Brio
9 4 (0.51%) NEC
10 3 (0.39%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.39%) Epicor
10 3 (0.39%) Infor
10 3 (0.39%) QAD
10 3 (0.39%) Splunk
10 3 (0.39%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.39%) Zuora