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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 127 143
Rank change year-on-year -62 +16 +51
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 562 715 840
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.96% 1.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.06% 5.52% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 424 597
10th Percentile £350 £377 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £633 £638
90th Percentile £688 £713 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £17.50 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £67.24 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% - -
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 13,831 12,951 16,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.37% 35.51% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,367 8,522 11,553
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 £708 £738 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 190 300
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.72 £17.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £30.73 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% +13.82% +22.50%
75th Percentile £51.67 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.18% +25.00% +16.40%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -59 472 £514 -2.14% 318
UK excluding London -50 252 £525 +5.00% 259
London -56 234 £520 -5.45% 147
Work from Home -19 201 £525 -4.55% 172
Midlands -45 62 £538 -4.27% 41
North of England -90 54 £463 -7.50% 38
South East -1 52 £550 +4.76% 138
West Midlands -46 44 £500 -10.95% 29
Yorkshire -40 27 £500 -7.41% 12
East of England +4 26 £550 +29.41% 18
Scotland +2 24 £550 +10.00% 5
North West -62 23 £450 -10.00% 26
South West -9 19 £410 -17.17% 21
East Midlands -5 16 £700 - 10
Wales +8 13 £725 +107.14% 4
North East -4 4 £438 -25.53%
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 44 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.96%) Confluence
3 4 (0.71%) CMS
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.53%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Moodle
5 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 198 (35.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.20%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.89%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.71%) Infor SunSystems
6 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
7 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.36%) Sage CRM
7 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.18%) Maximo
8 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.18%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 261 (46.44%) Power Platform
2 259 (46.09%) Azure
3 142 (25.27%) Power Automate
4 131 (23.31%) PowerApps
5 105 (18.68%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (7.65%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (5.34%) Serverless
10 29 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (4.98%) Azure Functions
12 22 (3.91%) PaaS
12 22 (3.91%) SaaS
13 21 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (3.38%) AWS
15 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (2.49%) GitHub
17 13 (2.31%) Entra ID
17 13 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.89%) 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
1 135 (24.02%) Power BI
2 27 (4.80%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.78%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.07%) GIS
9 5 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.89%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 3 (0.53%) Metadata
12 2 (0.36%) DataStage
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.36%) Power Query
13 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
13 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (3.56%) JIRA
2 14 (2.49%) Git
3 13 (2.31%) Selenium
3 13 (2.31%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.60%) JMeter
5 8 (1.42%) MSTest
6 7 (1.25%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.71%) Postman
8 3 (0.53%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.36%) GitLab
9 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.36%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.18%) Appium
10 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.18%) Maven
10 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.18%) TestComplete
General
1 196 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 193 (34.34%) Finance
3 70 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 50 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.83%) Marketing
6 31 (5.52%) Manufacturing
7 30 (5.34%) Retail
8 22 (3.91%) Banking
8 22 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.38%) Billing
10 10 (1.78%) General Ledger
10 10 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.78%) Legal
11 9 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.25%) Back Office
13 6 (1.07%) Aviation
14 5 (0.89%) Local Government
14 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (22.24%) Developer
2 107 (19.04%) Consultant
3 84 (14.95%) Architect
4 76 (13.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 74 (13.17%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 68 (12.10%) Analyst
7 51 (9.07%) Senior
8 47 (8.36%) Functional Consultant
9 42 (7.47%) Lead
9 42 (7.47%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (6.94%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 35 (6.23%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 26 (4.63%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.56%) Power Platform Developer
14 19 (3.38%) Integration Developer
14 19 (3.38%) Project Manager
15 17 (3.02%) Azure Architect
15 17 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (2.85%) CRM Developer
16 16 (2.85%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (12.28%) .NET
2 26 (4.63%) HTML
2 26 (4.63%) REST
3 16 (2.85%) CSS
4 15 (2.67%) JSON
5 14 (2.49%) Web Services
6 10 (1.78%) OAuth
7 9 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (1.60%) Middleware
7 9 (1.60%) XML
8 8 (1.42%) ASP.NET Web API
8 8 (1.42%) OpenID
8 8 (1.42%) SAML
9 7 (1.25%) React
10 6 (1.07%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.07%) RESTful
11 5 (0.89%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.89%) Node.js
11 5 (0.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (2.31%) Low-Code
4 10 (1.78%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.60%) Data Structures
5 9 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.07%) Data Fabric
9 5 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.71%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.71%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.71%) FMCG
10 4 (0.71%) IoT
10 4 (0.71%) IVR
10 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.53%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.71%) Windows
2 3 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (37.19%) CRM
2 153 (27.22%) DevOps
3 148 (26.33%) Agile
4 132 (23.49%) Business Intelligence
5 111 (19.75%) Migration
6 109 (19.40%) ERP
7 90 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (13.52%) Data Migration
9 70 (12.46%) Data Modelling
10 69 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (10.85%) CI/CD
12 56 (9.96%) Customer Engagement
13 55 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (9.61%) Customer Service
15 51 (9.07%) Analytics
16 41 (7.30%) Roadmaps
17 38 (6.76%) User Acceptance Testing
18 37 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
19 34 (6.05%) Workshop Facilitation
20 31 (5.52%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 92 (16.37%) JavaScript
2 90 (16.01%) C#
3 88 (15.66%) SQL
4 23 (4.09%) TypeScript
5 22 (3.91%) Python
6 21 (3.74%) X++
7 18 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.53%) Bicep
10 3 (0.53%) Java
11 2 (0.36%) Bash
11 2 (0.36%) C
11 2 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (12.28%) Security Cleared
2 50 (8.90%) Degree
3 49 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.42%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 8 (1.42%) PMP
8 6 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.89%) 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 (0.36%) CIMA
11 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CAPM
12 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.45%) QA
2 14 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.31%) GDPR
4 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (0.89%) PMO
5 5 (0.89%) WCAG
6 3 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.53%) GAAP
6 3 (0.53%) IFRS
7 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.42%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.31%) Terraform
2 3 (0.53%) 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
1 382 (67.97%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.12%) SAP
3 22 (3.91%) Oracle
4 15 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.42%) DocuSign
6 7 (1.25%) Databricks
6 7 (1.25%) Google
7 6 (1.07%) Workday
8 5 (0.89%) Sage
8 5 (0.89%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.71%) NEC
10 3 (0.53%) Adobe
10 3 (0.53%) Ariba
10 3 (0.53%) Brio
10 3 (0.53%) IBM
11 2 (0.36%) ESRI
11 2 (0.36%) Genesys
11 2 (0.36%) Infor
11 2 (0.36%) Sitecore