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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 191 133
Rank change year-on-year +17 -58 +51
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 734 427 745
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.46% 1.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.30% 3.90% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 302 501
10th Percentile £327 £408 £375
25th Percentile £431 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 0
10th Percentile £17.75 £46.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £65.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £78.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.77% - -
75th Percentile - £87.50 -
90th Percentile £35.00 - -
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 17,079 10,959 13,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 37.57% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,519 7,525 9,860
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £634
90th Percentile £704 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 249 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.46 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year +84.09% +14.95% -31.49%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +14 629 £500 -4.76% 259
London +42 374 £500 -4.76% 105
UK excluding London +25 293 £500 - 187
Work from Home -46 174 £500 -4.76% 168
North of England -10 90 £500 -6.98% 45
Midlands -45 54 £443 -15.71% 32
North West -20 46 £450 -14.29% 30
South East -45 45 £538 +14.06% 55
West Midlands -44 37 £463 -11.90% 17
Yorkshire -31 33 £513 -13.87% 13
South West -28 31 £475 -6.17% 20
East of England -4 28 £450 -30.77% 20
Scotland 0 25 £500 +8.11% 9
East Midlands -17 16 £435 -20.00% 15
Wales -5 11 £475 -5.09% 7
North East -13 11 £513 +7.89% 2
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +1 4 £450 - 3

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 54 (7.36%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.68%) CMS
4 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.27%) Appian
5 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) Moodle
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 221 (30.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.91%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.77%) Shopify
4 10 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (1.36%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.23%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.54%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.41%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
10 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 291 (39.65%) Power Platform
2 256 (34.88%) Azure
3 153 (20.84%) Power Automate
4 118 (16.08%) PowerApps
5 104 (14.17%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (6.40%) Azure Service Bus
8 46 (6.27%) Azure Logic Apps
9 33 (4.50%) Azure Functions
9 33 (4.50%) Serverless
10 29 (3.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (1.91%) OneDrive
13 13 (1.77%) Copilot Studio
14 11 (1.50%) AWS
15 10 (1.36%) SaaS
16 9 (1.23%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.23%) PaaS
17 8 (1.09%) GitHub
18 6 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.18%) SMS
2 6 (0.82%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) DHCP
3 1 (0.14%) DKIM
3 1 (0.14%) DMARC
3 1 (0.14%) DNS
3 1 (0.14%) Firewall
3 1 (0.14%) Intranet
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.14%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (14.31%) Power BI
2 23 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.82%) Power Query
3 6 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (0.68%) Star Schema
5 4 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.54%) Metadata
6 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.27%) GIS
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.27%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.14%) MS Access
7 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.77%) JIRA
2 11 (1.50%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.82%) Postman
4 5 (0.68%) Git
5 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.27%) git-flow
6 2 (0.27%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
7 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 241 (32.83%) Finance
2 196 (26.70%) Social Skills
3 80 (10.90%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.45%) Marketing
6 35 (4.77%) Law
7 31 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.27%) Retail
9 20 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.04%) Local Government
11 13 (1.77%) Banking
12 12 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.09%) Legal
14 7 (0.95%) Games
14 7 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.68%) Billing
16 4 (0.54%) Back Office
16 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 179 (24.39%) Developer
2 147 (20.03%) Consultant
3 107 (14.58%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 102 (13.90%) Architect
5 81 (11.04%) Lead
6 76 (10.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 63 (8.58%) Functional Consultant
8 60 (8.17%) Analyst
9 47 (6.40%) Microsoft Developer
10 45 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
11 44 (5.99%) Senior
12 41 (5.59%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 36 (4.90%) Business Analyst
14 35 (4.77%) Lead Architect
14 35 (4.77%) Project Manager
15 31 (4.22%) Functional Architect
16 27 (3.68%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 23 (3.13%) Microsoft Consultant
18 22 (3.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
19 20 (2.72%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.90%) .NET
2 25 (3.41%) HTML5 Canvas
3 23 (3.13%) REST
4 19 (2.59%) Middleware
5 16 (2.18%) HTML
6 15 (2.04%) JSON
7 12 (1.63%) RESTful
8 9 (1.23%) XML
9 8 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (0.95%) Kafka
10 7 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.82%) CSS
11 6 (0.82%) EDI
12 5 (0.68%) ADO
13 4 (0.54%) Playwright
14 3 (0.41%) Next.js
14 3 (0.41%) PySpark
14 3 (0.41%) React
14 3 (0.41%) SOAP
14 3 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.63%) Product Ownership
2 18 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (1.77%) Low-Code
3 13 (1.77%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.50%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.09%) IoT
6 7 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
7 6 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.54%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.41%) IVR
10 3 (0.41%) NHS
11 2 (0.27%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (32.43%) CRM
2 195 (26.57%) ERP
3 150 (20.44%) DevOps
4 143 (19.48%) Migration
5 130 (17.71%) Agile
6 109 (14.85%) Business Intelligence
7 106 (14.44%) Data Migration
8 102 (13.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 101 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 93 (12.67%) Customer Service
11 79 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 67 (9.13%) Translating Business Requirements
14 65 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (7.77%) Data Modelling
16 51 (6.95%) Customer Engagement
16 51 (6.95%) Roadmaps
17 46 (6.27%) CI/CD
18 41 (5.59%) Workshop Facilitation
19 40 (5.45%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 100 (13.62%) C#
2 93 (12.67%) JavaScript
3 52 (7.08%) SQL
4 25 (3.41%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.18%) X++
6 12 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.50%) Python
8 7 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.82%) Java
9 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.41%) C++
10 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.27%) C
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
12 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 79 (10.76%) Security Cleared
2 50 (6.81%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.72%) Degree
4 20 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.63%) CIMA
6 11 (1.50%) PMP
7 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.27%) IIBA
10 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.27%) MBA
11 1 (0.14%) APMG
11 1 (0.14%) CCAB
11 1 (0.14%) CIPD
11 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.31%) QA
2 23 (3.13%) GDPR
3 16 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.36%) PMO
6 3 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.41%) NIST
6 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.41%) SLA
6 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.41%) WCAG
7 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.27%) GMP
7 2 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.41%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 466 (63.49%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.50%) Oracle
3 27 (3.68%) SAP
4 13 (1.77%) Databricks
4 13 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.36%) NEC
6 9 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.23%) Workday
7 6 (0.82%) Adobe
7 6 (0.82%) IFS
8 5 (0.68%) Infor
8 5 (0.68%) Sage
9 4 (0.54%) Brio
9 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.41%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.41%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.41%) Epicor
10 3 (0.41%) Google
10 3 (0.41%) QAD
10 3 (0.41%) Zuora