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

 6 months to
26 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 167 132
Rank change year-on-year -17 -35 +64
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 666 474 772
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.63% 1.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.09% 4.27% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 348 528
10th Percentile £336 £390 £381
25th Percentile £441 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £586 £616 £613
90th Percentile £691 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 0
10th Percentile £18.88 £39.90 -
25th Percentile £24.35 £55.88 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £33.41 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £29.25 -
% change year-on-year -13.23% - -

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 16,302 11,104 14,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.07% 38.21% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,118 7,791 10,229
10th Percentile £313 £313 £291
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £490
% change year-on-year -0.89% -2.19% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 212 355
10th Percentile £15.54 £15.30 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.79 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.47 £25.98 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.93% +23.69% -18.64%
75th Percentile £64.00 £41.50 £40.69
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.88 £62.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.23 £23.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +92.47% +32.62% -19.45%

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 March 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 26 March 2026.

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 March 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 -27 550 £500 -4.76% 311
London +27 347 £500 -6.50% 115
UK excluding London -43 241 £500 -3.15% 245
Work from Home -44 197 £500 -4.76% 199
North of England -53 60 £500 -9.09% 33
Midlands -53 51 £500 -4.76% 55
West Midlands -56 43 £475 -9.52% 36
South East -44 38 £550 +16.71% 74
North West -45 36 £450 -19.64% 19
Scotland +19 31 £545 +9.00% 19
South West -21 27 £450 -12.20% 27
Yorkshire -35 24 £595 +16.10% 12
East of England -14 18 £425 -34.62% 26
Wales -2 13 £550 +54.93% 5
East Midlands -29 8 £700 +28.74% 18
Northern Ireland -3 2 £450 - 6
Channel Islands - 1 £500 - 1

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 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.60%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) Confluence
4 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Moodle
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 209 (31.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.95%) Shopify
4 11 (1.65%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (1.35%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.35%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics SL
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.15%) Maximo
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 286 (42.94%) Azure
2 277 (41.59%) Power Platform
3 151 (22.67%) Power Automate
4 121 (18.17%) Azure DevOps
5 114 (17.12%) PowerApps
6 52 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (7.51%) Azure Logic Apps
8 40 (6.01%) Azure Service Bus
9 37 (5.56%) Azure Functions
9 37 (5.56%) Serverless
10 33 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (2.85%) GitHub
12 19 (2.85%) SaaS
13 17 (2.55%) AWS
14 16 (2.40%) PaaS
15 15 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
16 13 (1.95%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.80%) SMS
2 10 (1.50%) HTTP
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (19.67%) Power BI
2 22 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.75%) GIS
8 4 (0.60%) Power Query
9 3 (0.45%) Metadata
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.15%) MS Access
11 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (2.25%) Visual Studio
2 14 (2.10%) JIRA
3 12 (1.80%) Git
3 12 (1.80%) Selenium
4 9 (1.35%) JMeter
5 8 (1.20%) MSTest
6 6 (0.90%) Postman
7 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
8 2 (0.30%) GitLab
8 2 (0.30%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
General
1 248 (37.24%) Finance
2 199 (29.88%) Social Skills
3 91 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (7.06%) Marketing
6 33 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (4.35%) Law
8 24 (3.60%) Banking
9 23 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 23 (3.45%) Retail
10 12 (1.80%) Billing
10 12 (1.80%) Legal
11 11 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 11 (1.65%) Local Government
12 7 (1.05%) Back Office
12 7 (1.05%) Games
12 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.60%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 159 (23.87%) Developer
2 134 (20.12%) Consultant
3 96 (14.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 88 (13.21%) Architect
5 72 (10.81%) Lead
6 71 (10.66%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 57 (8.56%) Senior
8 53 (7.96%) Functional Consultant
9 49 (7.36%) Analyst
10 37 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (4.65%) Business Analyst
12 30 (4.50%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 29 (4.35%) Project Manager
14 26 (3.90%) Power Platform Developer
15 25 (3.75%) Functional Architect
16 24 (3.60%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 24 (3.60%) Lead Architect
17 23 (3.45%) Tester
18 21 (3.15%) Microsoft Consultant
19 18 (2.70%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (9.16%) .NET
2 28 (4.20%) REST
3 23 (3.45%) HTML
3 23 (3.45%) HTML5 Canvas
4 17 (2.55%) JSON
4 17 (2.55%) Middleware
5 11 (1.65%) CSS
6 10 (1.50%) Web Services
6 10 (1.50%) XML
7 9 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (1.35%) RESTful
8 7 (1.05%) EDI
8 7 (1.05%) Kafka
8 7 (1.05%) OAuth
8 7 (1.05%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.90%) Ajax
9 6 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.75%) React
10 5 (0.75%) SOAP
11 4 (0.60%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.75%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.65%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.35%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.20%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.20%) IoT
7 7 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.60%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.45%) FMCG
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.30%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Life Science
11 2 (0.30%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.05%) Windows
2 2 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (34.23%) CRM
2 183 (27.48%) ERP
3 174 (26.13%) DevOps
4 144 (21.62%) Agile
5 143 (21.47%) Migration
6 133 (19.97%) Business Intelligence
7 101 (15.17%) Data Migration
8 89 (13.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 86 (12.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 73 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
11 61 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (9.01%) Customer Service
13 59 (8.86%) Data Modelling
14 58 (8.71%) CI/CD
15 57 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 54 (8.11%) Customer Engagement
17 50 (7.51%) Workshop Facilitation
18 48 (7.21%) Analytics
18 48 (7.21%) Translating Business Requirements
19 44 (6.61%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 116 (17.42%) C#
2 98 (14.71%) JavaScript
3 61 (9.16%) SQL
4 28 (4.20%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.75%) Python
6 21 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.80%) X++
8 9 (1.35%) Java
9 6 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.45%) Bicep
11 3 (0.45%) C
11 3 (0.45%) C++
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) Korn
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 85 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 55 (8.26%) SC Cleared
3 53 (7.96%) Degree
4 22 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.80%) CIMA
5 12 (1.80%) PMP
6 10 (1.50%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.45%) ACCA
9 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.45%) MBA
10 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) APMG
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.71%) QA
2 19 (2.85%) GDPR
3 14 (2.10%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.35%) PMO
6 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.45%) GAAP
8 3 (0.45%) IFRS
9 2 (0.30%) GMP
9 2 (0.30%) GxP
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.30%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.10%) Terraform
2 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 445 (66.82%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.41%) SAP
3 29 (4.35%) Oracle
4 13 (1.95%) Databricks
5 12 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.35%) NEC
7 8 (1.20%) Workday
8 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.60%) IFS
9 4 (0.60%) Sage
10 3 (0.45%) Adobe
10 3 (0.45%) Brio
10 3 (0.45%) Infor
10 3 (0.45%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.30%) ESRI
11 2 (0.30%) Google
11 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.30%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.15%) Concur
383 Dynamics 365 jobs Nationwide