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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 199 122
Rank change year-on-year +13 -77 +31
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 821 471 757
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.50% 1.43% 1.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.32% 3.82% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 307 455
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £425 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £628
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.52% -0.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 1
10th Percentile £17.75 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.38 £50.99 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.23% +1.98% -33.33%
75th Percentile £38.25 £73.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.80 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.40% +35.00% -33.33%

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 18,989 12,346 13,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.81% 37.40% 34.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,599 8,215 8,949
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 308 205
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.20
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67.70 £54.06 £61.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.62 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £20.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +46.34% -28.07% +5.56%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -1 702 £500 -1.96% 459
London +16 375 £515 +0.49% 228
UK excluding London +18 370 £475 -4.52% 286
Work from Home -51 178 £515 - 300
North of England -29 92 £475 +5.56% 59
Midlands -18 82 £425 -15.00% 51
South East -25 76 £500 - 75
West Midlands -28 56 £425 -15.00% 37
North West -17 51 £465 +0.54% 30
Scotland -4 36 £525 +13.51% 27
South West -22 29 £488 -2.50% 32
East of England -5 28 £475 -24.00% 25
Yorkshire -36 28 £478 -2.05% 22
East Midlands -2 25 £455 -1.62% 13
Wales -7 17 £500 +2.51% 7
North East -37 13 £513 +17.14% 7
Channel Islands +1 7 £513 -18.00%
Northern Ireland +6 4 £450 - 13

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 60 (7.31%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.22%) CMS
3 4 (0.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) Appian
4 3 (0.37%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 243 (29.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (2.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (1.95%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics SL
8 2 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.24%) Maximo
8 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.24%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 366 (44.58%) Power Platform
2 291 (35.44%) Azure
3 198 (24.12%) Power Automate
4 160 (19.49%) PowerApps
5 143 (17.42%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (7.80%) Azure Logic Apps
7 61 (7.43%) Serverless
8 60 (7.31%) Azure Functions
9 58 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
9 58 (7.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 56 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
11 39 (4.75%) Copilot Studio
12 20 (2.44%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (2.19%) SaaS
15 12 (1.46%) Azure API Management
15 12 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
16 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
17 9 (1.10%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.49%) SMS
2 1 (0.12%) DKIM
2 1 (0.12%) DMARC
2 1 (0.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (16.32%) Power BI
2 44 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.10%) Star Schema
6 7 (0.85%) Data Vault
7 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.73%) Power Query
7 6 (0.73%) Spark SQL
8 5 (0.61%) Metadata
9 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.37%) GIS
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.12%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 26 (3.17%) Visual Studio
2 25 (3.05%) Git
3 19 (2.31%) JIRA
4 13 (1.58%) Selenium
5 11 (1.34%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.22%) Postman
6 10 (1.22%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.97%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) Protractor
10 2 (0.24%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.24%) MLflow
10 2 (0.24%) MSTest
10 2 (0.24%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) JUnit
11 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.12%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 278 (33.86%) Finance
2 233 (28.38%) Social Skills
3 87 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 65 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.38%) Marketing
7 35 (4.26%) Law
8 34 (4.14%) Manufacturing
9 27 (3.29%) Retail
10 26 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.95%) Billing
13 14 (1.71%) General Ledger
13 14 (1.71%) Local Government
14 13 (1.58%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.10%) Banking
16 8 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.61%) Automotive
18 4 (0.49%) Legal
18 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 208 (25.33%) Developer
2 150 (18.27%) Architect
3 143 (17.42%) Consultant
4 111 (13.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 104 (12.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 95 (11.57%) Analyst
7 93 (11.33%) Lead
8 78 (9.50%) Solutions Architect
9 77 (9.38%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 71 (8.65%) Functional Consultant
11 64 (7.80%) Senior
12 54 (6.58%) Business Analyst
13 51 (6.21%) Microsoft Developer
14 50 (6.09%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 34 (4.14%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 34 (4.14%) Lead Architect
16 31 (3.78%) Project Manager
17 28 (3.41%) Functional Architect
18 25 (3.05%) Power Platform Developer
19 23 (2.80%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (11.33%) .NET
2 31 (3.78%) JSON
2 31 (3.78%) REST
3 27 (3.29%) HTML5 Canvas
4 25 (3.05%) Middleware
5 17 (2.07%) XML
6 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
7 15 (1.83%) Terraform
8 13 (1.58%) HTML
9 11 (1.34%) OAuth
9 11 (1.34%) XSLT
10 10 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 10 (1.22%) Gherkin
10 10 (1.22%) RESTful
10 10 (1.22%) Web Services
11 9 (1.10%) WCF
12 8 (0.97%) CSS
12 8 (0.97%) PySpark
13 7 (0.85%) ADO
13 7 (0.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.31%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
3 31 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.22%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.10%) Taxonomies
11 8 (0.97%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.73%) FMCG
14 5 (0.61%) Housing Association
14 5 (0.61%) Life Science
14 5 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.49%) IoT
15 4 (0.49%) IVR
15 4 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (30.94%) CRM
2 204 (24.85%) Agile
3 195 (23.75%) ERP
4 182 (22.17%) DevOps
5 171 (20.83%) Migration
6 158 (19.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 150 (18.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 143 (17.42%) Data Migration
9 139 (16.93%) Business Intelligence
10 125 (15.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 112 (13.64%) CI/CD
12 107 (13.03%) Customer Service
13 94 (11.45%) Translating Business Requirements
14 93 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 92 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
16 86 (10.48%) Data Modelling
17 75 (9.14%) Requirements Gathering
18 74 (9.01%) AI
19 66 (8.04%) Scrum
20 57 (6.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 132 (16.08%) JavaScript
2 130 (15.83%) C#
3 72 (8.77%) SQL
4 29 (3.53%) X++
5 17 (2.07%) PowerShell
5 17 (2.07%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.71%) Python
7 9 (1.10%) Bicep
7 9 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.73%) Java
8 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.61%) Bash
10 4 (0.49%) Korn
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 102 (12.42%) Security Cleared
2 70 (8.53%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.55%) Degree
4 59 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.34%) ISTQB
6 11 (1.34%) PMI Certification
6 11 (1.34%) PMP
7 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.61%) IIBA
9 5 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.24%) CIPD
12 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) ACCA
13 1 (0.12%) APMG
13 1 (0.12%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.12%) GDPR
3 36 (4.38%) Accessibility
3 36 (4.38%) QA
4 19 (2.31%) WCAG
5 16 (1.95%) PMO
6 7 (0.85%) NIST
7 5 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.61%) SLA
8 4 (0.49%) GRC
8 4 (0.49%) P3O
9 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) GMP
System Software
1 11 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 614 (74.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.41%) Oracle
2 28 (3.41%) SAP
3 25 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.46%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.34%) Databricks
6 7 (0.85%) Workday
7 5 (0.61%) NEC
8 4 (0.49%) Ariba
8 4 (0.49%) Brio
8 4 (0.49%) IFS
8 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.49%) Sage
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe
9 3 (0.37%) Aprimo
9 3 (0.37%) Foundry
9 3 (0.37%) Genesys
9 3 (0.37%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.37%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.37%) Splunk