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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 126 145
Rank change year-on-year -58 +19 +52
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 555 713 835
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.95% 1.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.03% 5.53% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 425 590
10th Percentile £356 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £637 £638
90th Percentile £688 £713 £689
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 13,781 12,889 16,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.42% 35.33% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,331 8,489 11,658
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £420 £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 £710 £738 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 179 303
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.44 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £17.88
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% +5.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £50.88 £56.88 £60.94
90th Percentile £78.50 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +36.36% +15.30%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -61 464 £513 -2.38% 554
UK excluding London -47 246 £500 - 311
London -60 233 £525 -4.55% 247
Work from Home -36 201 £525 -3.23% 313
Midlands -45 61 £525 -6.96% 57
North of England -88 51 £450 -10.00% 61
South East +3 49 £538 +2.38% 131
West Midlands -45 43 £500 -11.82% 37
Scotland +2 26 £550 +10.00% 12
East of England +6 25 £550 +29.41% 24
Yorkshire -49 24 £485 -11.82% 19
North West -54 23 £450 -10.00% 42
South West -7 19 £410 -15.90% 25
East Midlands -8 16 £700 +40.00% 20
Wales +13 13 £725 +107.14% 5
North East -5 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 41 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.98%) Confluence
3 4 (0.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
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 20 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 198 (35.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.24%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.72%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.72%) NEC Housing
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
1 258 (46.49%) Power Platform
2 248 (44.68%) Azure
3 138 (24.86%) Power Automate
4 130 (23.42%) PowerApps
5 100 (18.02%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
7 39 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 29 (5.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 28 (5.05%) Serverless
11 26 (4.68%) Azure Functions
12 21 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (3.78%) SaaS
13 20 (3.60%) PaaS
14 18 (3.24%) AWS
14 18 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (2.34%) Entra ID
16 13 (2.34%) GitHub
17 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.90%) 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
1 130 (23.42%) Power BI
2 27 (4.86%) SQL Server
3 22 (3.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.80%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.90%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.90%) GIS
9 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.54%) Metadata
11 2 (0.36%) DataStage
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.36%) 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 (3.60%) JIRA
2 14 (2.52%) Git
3 13 (2.34%) Selenium
4 12 (2.16%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.62%) JMeter
6 8 (1.44%) MSTest
7 7 (1.26%) 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 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 183 (32.97%) Finance
3 69 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.11%) Marketing
6 31 (5.59%) Retail
7 29 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.14%) Banking
9 22 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.42%) Billing
11 10 (1.80%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.80%) Legal
12 9 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.62%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.26%) Back Office
13 7 (1.26%) Local Government
14 6 (1.08%) Aviation
15 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (23.24%) Developer
2 104 (18.74%) Consultant
3 81 (14.59%) Architect
4 80 (14.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 74 (13.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 68 (12.25%) Analyst
7 50 (9.01%) Senior
8 46 (8.29%) Functional Consultant
9 42 (7.57%) Lead
10 40 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
11 37 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 35 (6.31%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 26 (4.68%) Business Analyst
14 19 (3.42%) CRM Developer
14 19 (3.42%) Integration Developer
14 19 (3.42%) Power Platform Developer
15 17 (3.06%) Azure Architect
15 17 (3.06%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (12.25%) .NET
2 27 (4.86%) HTML
3 23 (4.14%) REST
4 17 (3.06%) CSS
5 14 (2.52%) Web Services
6 13 (2.34%) JSON
7 10 (1.80%) OAuth
8 9 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.62%) Middleware
8 9 (1.62%) XML
9 8 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (1.26%) OpenID
10 7 (1.26%) React
10 7 (1.26%) SAML
11 6 (1.08%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.08%) RESTful
12 5 (0.90%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.90%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.90%) Node.js
12 5 (0.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.68%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (1.98%) Data Structures
3 11 (1.98%) Low-Code
4 10 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.08%) Data Fabric
9 5 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.90%) 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 (37.66%) CRM
2 149 (26.85%) DevOps
3 147 (26.49%) Agile
4 127 (22.88%) Business Intelligence
5 110 (19.82%) Migration
6 105 (18.92%) ERP
7 91 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (13.69%) Data Migration
9 70 (12.61%) Data Modelling
10 66 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (10.63%) CI/CD
12 54 (9.73%) Customer Engagement
13 50 (9.01%) Analytics
13 50 (9.01%) Customer Service
13 50 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (6.85%) Roadmaps
15 37 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (6.49%) User Acceptance Testing
17 33 (5.95%) Workshop Facilitation
18 30 (5.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.12%) JavaScript
2 91 (16.40%) C#
3 90 (16.22%) SQL
4 22 (3.96%) Python
5 21 (3.78%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.78%) TypeScript
5 21 (3.78%) X++
6 7 (1.26%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
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 (12.25%) Security Cleared
2 49 (8.83%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.29%) Degree
4 33 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.44%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.26%) PMP
9 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.90%) ACCA
11 3 (0.54%) MCT
12 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.36%) CIMA
12 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.18%) APMG
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.96%) QA
2 14 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.34%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.34%) GDPR
4 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (0.90%) PMO
5 5 (0.90%) WCAG
6 4 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
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 (1.44%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.34%) 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 (67.39%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.85%) SAP
3 21 (3.78%) Oracle
4 16 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.44%) DocuSign
6 7 (1.26%) Databricks
7 6 (1.08%) Google
7 6 (1.08%) Workday
8 5 (0.90%) Sage
8 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.72%) NEC
10 3 (0.54%) Adobe
10 3 (0.54%) Ariba
10 3 (0.54%) Brio
10 3 (0.54%) IBM
11 2 (0.36%) ESRI
11 2 (0.36%) Genesys
11 2 (0.36%) Infor
11 2 (0.36%) Sitecore