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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 189 124
Rank change year-on-year -1 -65 +59
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 692 436 798
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.37% 1.46% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.86% 3.87% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 299 516
10th Percentile £363 £399 £363
25th Percentile £432 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £614
90th Percentile £638 £678 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 0
10th Percentile £17.75 £28.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.17 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.74% - -
75th Percentile £35.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £37.01 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -62.40% - -

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 17,914 11,278 14,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.82% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,970 7,607 10,025
10th Percentile £326 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £635
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 278 365
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.14 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.36% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.13 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.77
% change year-on-year +98.73% -9.15% -23.07%

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 19 June 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 19 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 18 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 19 June 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 +3 593 £500 -2.91% 209
London +4 332 £500 -3.85% 88
UK excluding London +5 295 £475 -5.00% 169
Work from Home -48 153 £500 -4.76% 138
North of England -21 96 £478 +0.53% 35
Midlands -31 54 £430 -18.10% 32
South East -42 53 £500 +0.76% 52
North West -8 52 £450 -10.00% 25
West Midlands -46 36 £425 -19.05% 13
Yorkshire -45 31 £500 - 10
Scotland -2 24 £500 +11.11% 7
East of England -8 24 £500 -23.08% 10
South West -19 23 £488 -6.02% 21
East Midlands -6 17 £435 -20.00% 18
North East -27 13 £513 +17.14%
Wales -7 12 £500 -0.10% 11
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +4 4 £450 - 4

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 46 (6.65%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.01%) CMS
3 5 (0.72%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) Appian
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 202 (29.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.02%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.87%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.29%) Maximo
9 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
10 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 291 (42.05%) Power Platform
2 250 (36.13%) Azure
3 149 (21.53%) Power Automate
4 123 (17.77%) PowerApps
5 109 (15.75%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 47 (6.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 35 (5.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 34 (4.91%) Azure Functions
10 34 (4.91%) Serverless
11 20 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.45%) SaaS
14 9 (1.30%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.30%) OneDrive
15 8 (1.16%) GitHub
16 7 (1.01%) AWS
17 5 (0.72%) Azure AI
17 5 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.73%) SMS
2 2 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) DKIM
3 1 (0.14%) DMARC
3 1 (0.14%) Intranet
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (15.17%) Power BI
2 28 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.87%) Power Query
4 6 (0.87%) Star Schema
5 5 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.58%) Metadata
7 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.43%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.14%) MS Access
9 1 (0.14%) MySQL
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.88%) Visual Studio
2 11 (1.59%) JIRA
3 8 (1.16%) Git
4 5 (0.72%) Postman
5 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.58%) Selenium
5 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.29%) git-flow
6 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Protractor
7 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
7 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 214 (30.92%) Finance
2 178 (25.72%) Social Skills
3 77 (11.13%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.35%) Marketing
6 36 (5.20%) Law
7 23 (3.32%) Retail
8 22 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.18%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.02%) Local Government
10 11 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.45%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.30%) Banking
13 8 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.16%) Billing
14 7 (1.01%) Games
14 7 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 177 (25.58%) Developer
2 136 (19.65%) Consultant
3 107 (15.46%) Architect
4 98 (14.16%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 80 (11.56%) Lead
6 78 (11.27%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 64 (9.25%) Functional Consultant
8 56 (8.09%) Analyst
9 50 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
10 48 (6.94%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 47 (6.79%) Microsoft Developer
12 46 (6.65%) Senior
13 37 (5.35%) Lead Architect
14 36 (5.20%) Project Manager
15 32 (4.62%) Functional Architect
16 30 (4.34%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
17 29 (4.19%) Business Analyst
18 24 (3.47%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
19 22 (3.18%) Microsoft Consultant
20 20 (2.89%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (8.96%) .NET
2 28 (4.05%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (2.46%) REST
4 16 (2.31%) Middleware
5 13 (1.88%) JSON
6 11 (1.59%) ASP.NET Web API
6 11 (1.59%) HTML
7 10 (1.45%) RESTful
8 8 (1.16%) XML
9 7 (1.01%) Web Services
10 6 (0.87%) CSS
10 6 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.72%) ADO
11 5 (0.72%) Kafka
11 5 (0.72%) WCF
12 4 (0.58%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.58%) Next.js
12 4 (0.58%) Playwright
12 4 (0.58%) PySpark
12 4 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.06%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (1.88%) Data Structures
4 12 (1.73%) Low-Code
4 12 (1.73%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.01%) IoT
7 6 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.72%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.58%) Housing Association
9 4 (0.58%) IVR
9 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.43%) BYOD
10 3 (0.43%) FMCG
10 3 (0.43%) NHS
10 3 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (31.94%) CRM
2 173 (25.00%) ERP
3 150 (21.68%) DevOps
4 139 (20.09%) Migration
5 124 (17.92%) Agile
6 108 (15.61%) Business Intelligence
7 107 (15.46%) Data Migration
8 98 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 97 (14.02%) User Acceptance Testing
10 82 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (11.85%) Customer Service
11 75 (10.84%) Translating Business Requirements
12 73 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
13 66 (9.54%) Data Modelling
13 66 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (7.95%) CI/CD
15 45 (6.50%) AI
15 45 (6.50%) Roadmaps
16 39 (5.64%) Customer Engagement
17 38 (5.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.87%) JavaScript
2 92 (13.29%) C#
3 55 (7.95%) SQL
4 20 (2.89%) PowerShell
4 20 (2.89%) X++
5 8 (1.16%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.01%) Python
7 6 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.58%) Java
9 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.29%) C
10 2 (0.29%) C++
10 2 (0.29%) Korn
11 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (11.13%) Security Cleared
2 49 (7.08%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.49%) Degree
4 22 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.73%) CIMA
6 9 (1.30%) PMP
7 8 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.58%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.29%) IIBA
11 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.14%) APMG
12 1 (0.14%) CCAB
12 1 (0.14%) CIPD
12 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.06%) QA
2 29 (4.19%) GDPR
3 25 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.01%) PMO
6 5 (0.72%) SLA
7 4 (0.58%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.43%) NIST
8 3 (0.43%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) GxP
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (1.01%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.43%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 453 (65.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.03%) Oracle
3 19 (2.75%) SAP
4 15 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.59%) Databricks
6 9 (1.30%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.16%) Workday
8 7 (1.01%) IFS
9 6 (0.87%) Adobe
9 6 (0.87%) NEC
9 6 (0.87%) Sage
10 4 (0.58%) Brio
10 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.43%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.43%) Epicor
11 3 (0.43%) Infor
11 3 (0.43%) QAD
11 3 (0.43%) Zuora
12 2 (0.29%) Google