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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 129 145
Rank change year-on-year -53 +16 +50
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 566 697 824
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.95% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.10% 5.43% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 425 591
10th Percentile £343 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £628
90th Percentile £688 £715 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £17.30 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £100.00 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
75th Percentile - £55.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.04 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year -63.92% - -

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 13,800 12,832 15,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.04% 35.93% 35.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,381 8,507 11,432
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £418 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 179 296
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.44 £14.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%
75th Percentile £51.38 £46.84 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.80 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £21.05
% change year-on-year -17.05% +28.86% +9.27%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 -56 476 £513 -2.38% 1,036
London -45 247 £515 -6.36% 153
UK excluding London -47 242 £525 +5.00% 992
Work from Home -29 204 £511 -5.76% 571
Midlands -38 67 £513 -8.73% 187
West Midlands -39 49 £500 -10.95% 106
South East -12 48 £550 +4.76% 274
North of England -86 44 £450 -10.00% 193
East of England +4 24 £550 +29.41% 153
North West -46 24 £450 -10.00% 93
South West -15 22 £430 -13.57% 120
Scotland +2 21 £550 +10.00% 39
Yorkshire -55 19 £500 -9.09% 90
East Midlands -9 16 £700 - 69
Wales +14 14 £600 +71.43% 25
Channel Islands - 2 £625 -
North East - 1 £438 - 10

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 44 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.94%) Confluence
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.53%) CMS
4 3 (0.53%) Moodle
4 3 (0.53%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 191 (33.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.00%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.59%) Shopify
5 7 (1.24%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.71%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.35%) MIS ActiveH
8 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.18%) Maximo
9 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.18%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 252 (44.52%) Azure
2 251 (44.35%) Power Platform
3 145 (25.62%) Power Automate
4 128 (22.61%) PowerApps
5 101 (17.84%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (7.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 34 (6.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (5.30%) Serverless
10 29 (5.12%) Azure Functions
11 28 (4.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (4.24%) SaaS
13 22 (3.89%) PaaS
14 21 (3.71%) Azure Service Bus
15 19 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (3.00%) AWS
17 15 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (2.65%) GitHub
18 12 (2.12%) Entra ID
18 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.06%) HTTP
2 2 (0.35%) Firewall
2 2 (0.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) DHCP
3 1 (0.18%) DKIM
3 1 (0.18%) DMARC
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (23.14%) Power BI
2 21 (3.71%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.88%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.88%) GIS
9 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.53%) Metadata
11 2 (0.35%) DataStage
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.35%) Power Query
12 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (3.53%) JIRA
2 14 (2.47%) Git
3 13 (2.30%) Selenium
3 13 (2.30%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.59%) JMeter
5 8 (1.41%) MSTest
6 7 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.88%) Postman
8 4 (0.71%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.35%) GitLab
10 2 (0.35%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.18%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 200 (35.34%) Finance
2 196 (34.63%) Social Skills
3 71 (12.54%) Public Sector
4 51 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.89%) Marketing
6 30 (5.30%) Manufacturing
7 24 (4.24%) Banking
8 23 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.06%) Retail
9 19 (3.36%) Billing
10 10 (1.77%) General Ledger
10 10 (1.77%) Legal
10 10 (1.77%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.24%) Back Office
12 7 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.06%) Aviation
14 5 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 117 (20.67%) Developer
2 105 (18.55%) Consultant
3 79 (13.96%) Architect
4 72 (12.72%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 70 (12.37%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 67 (11.84%) Analyst
7 50 (8.83%) Senior
8 47 (8.30%) Functional Consultant
9 42 (7.42%) Lead
10 40 (7.07%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 36 (6.36%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (6.18%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 31 (5.48%) Business Analyst
14 21 (3.71%) Power Platform Developer
15 18 (3.18%) Project Manager
16 17 (3.00%) Azure Architect
16 17 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (3.00%) Integration Developer
17 16 (2.83%) Administrator
18 15 (2.65%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.31%) .NET
2 25 (4.42%) REST
3 21 (3.71%) HTML
4 17 (3.00%) JSON
5 13 (2.30%) Web Services
6 12 (2.12%) HTML5 Canvas
7 11 (1.94%) XML
8 10 (1.77%) OAuth
9 9 (1.59%) CSS
9 9 (1.59%) Middleware
10 8 (1.41%) OpenID
10 8 (1.41%) SAML
11 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (1.24%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.06%) RESTful
13 5 (0.88%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.88%) Ajax
13 5 (0.88%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.88%) Playwright
13 5 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.77%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.47%) Low-Code
4 11 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.06%) Data Fabric
9 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.88%) IoT
10 4 (0.71%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.71%) IVR
10 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.53%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.53%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.88%) Windows
2 3 (0.53%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (36.04%) CRM
2 149 (26.33%) DevOps
3 146 (25.80%) Agile
4 128 (22.61%) Business Intelligence
5 117 (20.67%) ERP
6 111 (19.61%) Migration
7 84 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (13.60%) Data Migration
9 74 (13.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 66 (11.66%) Data Modelling
11 63 (11.13%) CI/CD
12 57 (10.07%) Customer Service
13 55 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 49 (8.66%) Analytics
15 44 (7.77%) Customer Engagement
16 43 (7.60%) Roadmaps
17 40 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
18 39 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
19 37 (6.54%) Workshop Facilitation
20 32 (5.65%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 88 (15.55%) JavaScript
2 87 (15.37%) C#
3 81 (14.31%) SQL
4 26 (4.59%) Python
5 24 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.53%) X++
7 18 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.24%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.88%) Java
9 5 (0.88%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.71%) Bicep
11 2 (0.35%) Bash
11 2 (0.35%) C
11 2 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.35%) Ruby
12 1 (0.18%) C++
12 1 (0.18%) XPath
Qualifications
1 70 (12.37%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.01%) Degree
2 51 (9.01%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.77%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.41%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (1.24%) PMP
8 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.88%) ACCA
10 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
10 3 (0.53%) MCT
11 2 (0.35%) CIMA
11 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.77%) QA
2 14 (2.47%) GDPR
3 13 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.06%) PMO
7 5 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.88%) WCAG
8 3 (0.53%) GAAP
8 3 (0.53%) IFRS
9 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) PERC
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.47%) Terraform
2 3 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.18%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 375 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.24%) SAP
3 25 (4.42%) Oracle
4 15 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.41%) Databricks
5 8 (1.41%) DocuSign
5 8 (1.41%) Workday
6 6 (1.06%) NEC
7 4 (0.71%) Google
7 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.53%) Adobe
8 3 (0.53%) Ariba
8 3 (0.53%) Brio
8 3 (0.53%) IBM
8 3 (0.53%) Infor
8 3 (0.53%) Sage
9 2 (0.35%) ESRI
9 2 (0.35%) Genesys
9 2 (0.35%) Sitecore