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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 126 145
Rank change year-on-year -67 +19 +47
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 552 714 831
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 1.96% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.02% 5.54% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 426 589
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £638
90th Percentile £688 £713 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £17.70 - -
25th Percentile £22.95 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £34.48 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.04% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £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 13,747 12,895 16,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.41% 35.34% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 8,504 11,577
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £711 £738 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 174 301
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.74 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.59 £18.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £32.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% +9.17% +36.36%
75th Percentile £51.00 £58.56 £61.88
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +36.36% +17.33%

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -66 461 £514 -2.14% 560
UK excluding London -48 240 £500 - 328
London -59 236 £525 -4.55% 244
Work from Home -32 197 £525 -3.23% 325
Midlands -39 61 £525 -6.96% 62
North of England -90 51 £450 -10.00% 66
South East 0 48 £525 - 131
West Midlands -48 43 £500 -11.82% 44
Scotland +9 26 £550 +10.00% 15
East of England -5 24 £563 +32.35% 22
North West -63 24 £450 -10.00% 44
Yorkshire -48 23 £480 -12.73% 21
East Midlands -12 16 £700 +40.00% 18
South West -13 15 £430 -11.79% 32
Wales +14 13 £725 +107.14% 5
North East -6 4 £438 -25.53% 1
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 40 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.99%) Confluence
3 4 (0.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Moodle
5 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 198 (35.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.26%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.72%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
6 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.36%) Sage CRM
6 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.18%) Maximo
7 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.18%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 262 (47.46%) Power Platform
2 246 (44.57%) Azure
3 139 (25.18%) Power Automate
4 131 (23.73%) PowerApps
5 98 (17.75%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 38 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (5.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (5.25%) Serverless
11 27 (4.89%) Azure Functions
12 21 (3.80%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (3.62%) SaaS
14 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (3.26%) PaaS
15 17 (3.08%) AWS
16 14 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (2.36%) Entra ID
17 13 (2.36%) GitHub
18 11 (1.99%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.91%) HTTP
2 1 (0.18%) DKIM
2 1 (0.18%) DMARC
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
2 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (24.09%) Power BI
2 27 (4.89%) SQL Server
3 24 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (0.91%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.91%) GIS
8 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.54%) Metadata
10 2 (0.36%) DataStage
10 2 (0.36%) Power Query
11 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.18%) Looker
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (3.80%) JIRA
2 14 (2.54%) Git
3 13 (2.36%) Selenium
4 12 (2.17%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.63%) JMeter
6 8 (1.45%) MSTest
7 7 (1.27%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.72%) Postman
9 3 (0.54%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.36%) GitLab
10 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.36%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.18%) Appium
11 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) Maven
11 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.18%) TestComplete
General
1 194 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 179 (32.43%) Finance
3 67 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (8.33%) Marketing
6 33 (5.98%) Retail
7 29 (5.25%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.99%) Banking
10 19 (3.44%) Billing
11 10 (1.81%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.81%) Legal
12 9 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.09%) Aviation
14 5 (0.91%) Local Government
14 5 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.72%) Back Office
16 3 (0.54%) Law
16 3 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (23.37%) Developer
2 105 (19.02%) Consultant
3 80 (14.49%) Architect
3 80 (14.49%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 76 (13.77%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 68 (12.32%) Analyst
6 49 (8.88%) Senior
7 45 (8.15%) Functional Consultant
8 40 (7.25%) Lead
9 39 (7.07%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (6.70%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 35 (6.34%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 26 (4.71%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.44%) CRM Developer
13 19 (3.44%) Integration Developer
13 19 (3.44%) Power Platform Developer
14 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Consultant
14 18 (3.26%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.90%) Azure Architect
15 16 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (12.32%) .NET
2 27 (4.89%) HTML
3 23 (4.17%) REST
4 17 (3.08%) CSS
5 14 (2.54%) Web Services
6 13 (2.36%) JSON
7 10 (1.81%) OAuth
8 9 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.63%) Middleware
8 9 (1.63%) XML
9 8 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (1.27%) React
11 6 (1.09%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.09%) OpenID
11 6 (1.09%) RESTful
11 6 (1.09%) SAML
12 5 (0.91%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.91%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.91%) Node.js
12 5 (0.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 11 (1.99%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.09%) Data Fabric
8 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.72%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.72%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.72%) FMCG
10 4 (0.72%) IoT
10 4 (0.72%) IVR
10 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.54%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.72%) Windows
2 3 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (37.86%) CRM
2 147 (26.63%) DevOps
3 146 (26.45%) Agile
4 130 (23.55%) Business Intelligence
5 112 (20.29%) Migration
6 104 (18.84%) ERP
7 89 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (13.95%) Data Migration
9 70 (12.68%) Data Modelling
10 64 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (10.69%) CI/CD
12 55 (9.96%) Customer Engagement
13 53 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 51 (9.24%) Analytics
15 47 (8.51%) Customer Service
16 37 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (6.52%) Roadmaps
18 33 (5.98%) User Acceptance Testing
18 33 (5.98%) Workshop Facilitation
19 30 (5.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.21%) JavaScript
2 91 (16.49%) C#
3 89 (16.12%) SQL
4 22 (3.99%) Python
5 21 (3.80%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.80%) TypeScript
5 21 (3.80%) X++
6 7 (1.27%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.54%) Bicep
8 3 (0.54%) Java
9 2 (0.36%) Bash
9 2 (0.36%) C
9 2 (0.36%) Korn
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 68 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 49 (8.88%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.15%) Degree
4 33 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 8 (1.45%) PMP
8 7 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.91%) ACCA
10 3 (0.54%) MCT
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) CIMA
11 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.18%) APMG
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.99%) QA
2 14 (2.54%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.36%) GDPR
4 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (0.91%) WCAG
6 4 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.72%) PMO
7 3 (0.54%) GAAP
7 3 (0.54%) IFRS
8 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.36%) Terraform
2 3 (0.54%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
1 374 (67.75%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.70%) SAP
3 17 (3.08%) Oracle
4 16 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.45%) DocuSign
6 7 (1.27%) Databricks
7 6 (1.09%) Google
7 6 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.09%) Workday
8 5 (0.91%) Sage
9 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.54%) Adobe
10 3 (0.54%) Brio
10 3 (0.54%) IBM
11 2 (0.36%) Ariba
11 2 (0.36%) ESRI
11 2 (0.36%) Infor
11 2 (0.36%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.18%) Dundas
12 1 (0.18%) Facebook