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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 197 121
Rank change year-on-year +3 -76 +53
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 767 474 751
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.44% 1.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.08% 3.87% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 321 479
10th Percentile £363 £350 £379
25th Percentile £431 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £615
90th Percentile £645 £651 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 7 0
10th Percentile £18.65 £28.51 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.87 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -62.40% - -
75th Percentile £36.19 £80.63 -
90th Percentile £38.25 £87.50 -
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 18,803 12,233 13,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.20% 37.23% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,416 8,198 9,163
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £615 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 625 312 273
10th Percentile £15.86 £15.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +14.41% -31.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.00
90th Percentile £82.32 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +85.48% -11.70% -18.59%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +2 669 £500 -2.44% 362
London +11 363 £515 +3.00% 164
UK excluding London +19 344 £475 -5.00% 237
Work from Home -57 170 £510 -2.86% 223
North of England -23 99 £480 +1.05% 53
Midlands -21 75 £425 -20.93% 56
South East -34 65 £475 -9.52% 70
North West -10 56 £475 -2.56% 22
West Midlands -33 54 £425 -26.09% 31
Scotland +8 34 £525 +13.51% 10
Yorkshire -27 30 £500 - 30
South West -25 26 £525 - 23
East of England -8 25 £475 -24.00% 7
East Midlands -5 20 £475 +2.70% 25
North East -34 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -6 11 £500 +2.51% 4
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +8 4 £450 - 14

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 56 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.91%) CMS
3 6 (0.78%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) Appian
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.39%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 239 (31.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.65%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.39%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) Maximo
10 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 334 (43.55%) Power Platform
2 264 (34.42%) Azure
3 181 (23.60%) Power Automate
4 154 (20.08%) PowerApps
5 122 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (7.43%) Microsoft Copilot
8 54 (7.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 44 (5.74%) Azure Service Bus
10 37 (4.82%) Copilot Studio
11 36 (4.69%) Azure Functions
11 36 (4.69%) Serverless
12 19 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.96%) SaaS
14 12 (1.56%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.91%) GitHub
16 7 (0.91%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.78%) AWS
18 5 (0.65%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.52%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (17.60%) Power BI
2 36 (4.69%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.91%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.91%) Star Schema
6 5 (0.65%) Power Query
7 4 (0.52%) Metadata
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.39%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) MS Access
10 1 (0.13%) MySQL
10 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (3.13%) Visual Studio
2 22 (2.87%) JIRA
3 11 (1.43%) Postman
4 10 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 10 (1.30%) Git
4 10 (1.30%) Selenium
5 9 (1.17%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.39%) Protractor
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 255 (33.25%) Finance
2 204 (26.60%) Social Skills
3 83 (10.82%) Public Sector
4 63 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.22%) Law
6 32 (4.17%) Marketing
7 30 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (3.78%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.26%) Retail
10 19 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.09%) Local Government
13 14 (1.83%) Billing
13 14 (1.83%) General Ledger
14 12 (1.56%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.17%) Banking
16 8 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.65%) Games
18 5 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 195 (25.42%) Developer
2 133 (17.34%) Consultant
3 126 (16.43%) Architect
4 98 (12.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 97 (12.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 93 (12.13%) Lead
7 88 (11.47%) Analyst
8 66 (8.60%) Functional Consultant
9 64 (8.34%) Solutions Architect
10 62 (8.08%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 57 (7.43%) Senior
12 52 (6.78%) Business Analyst
13 48 (6.26%) Microsoft Developer
14 42 (5.48%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 37 (4.82%) Lead Architect
15 37 (4.82%) Project Manager
16 32 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 32 (4.17%) Functional Architect
17 22 (2.87%) Power Platform Developer
18 20 (2.61%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (11.08%) .NET
2 28 (3.65%) HTML5 Canvas
3 23 (3.00%) REST
4 21 (2.74%) Middleware
5 19 (2.48%) JSON
6 11 (1.43%) HTML
7 10 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
7 10 (1.30%) RESTful
8 9 (1.17%) Gherkin
8 9 (1.17%) XML
9 8 (1.04%) Web Services
10 7 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.78%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.78%) CSS
11 6 (0.78%) WCF
12 5 (0.65%) OAuth
12 5 (0.65%) XSLT
13 4 (0.52%) EDI
13 4 (0.52%) PySpark
14 3 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.69%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.78%) FMCG
8 6 (0.78%) Housing Association
8 6 (0.78%) IoT
9 5 (0.65%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.52%) IVR
10 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.39%) BYOD
11 3 (0.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (33.25%) CRM
2 195 (25.42%) ERP
3 174 (22.69%) Agile
4 161 (20.99%) DevOps
5 160 (20.86%) Migration
6 144 (18.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 141 (18.38%) Business Intelligence
8 135 (17.60%) Data Migration
9 117 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
10 113 (14.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 101 (13.17%) Customer Service
12 92 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (11.99%) Translating Business Requirements
13 87 (11.34%) CI/CD
14 84 (10.95%) Data Modelling
15 80 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
16 64 (8.34%) Requirements Gathering
17 63 (8.21%) AI
18 54 (7.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 53 (6.91%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 106 (13.82%) C#
3 66 (8.60%) SQL
4 28 (3.65%) X++
5 11 (1.43%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (0.91%) Python
7 7 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.65%) Korn
9 4 (0.52%) Java
10 1 (0.13%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 94 (12.26%) Security Cleared
2 65 (8.47%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.52%) Degree
4 42 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.30%) ISTQB
5 10 (1.30%) PMI Certification
5 10 (1.30%) PMP
6 9 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.78%) CIMA
8 5 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.52%) IIBA
10 3 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.26%) APMG
12 1 (0.13%) CCAB
12 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.87%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.82%) QA
3 35 (4.56%) GDPR
4 25 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.83%) PMO
6 11 (1.43%) WCAG
7 6 (0.78%) SLA
8 5 (0.65%) NIST
9 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) GMP
10 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.39%) P3O
10 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.26%) Terraform
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 553 (72.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.52%) SAP
3 24 (3.13%) Oracle
4 21 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.43%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.04%) Databricks
6 8 (1.04%) Workday
7 6 (0.78%) IFS
8 5 (0.65%) Brio
8 5 (0.65%) NEC
8 5 (0.65%) Sage
9 4 (0.52%) Adobe
9 4 (0.52%) Ariba
10 3 (0.39%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.39%) Epicor
10 3 (0.39%) Infor
10 3 (0.39%) QAD
10 3 (0.39%) Splunk
10 3 (0.39%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.39%) Zuora