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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 189 123
Rank change year-on-year -11 -66 +64
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 703 459 809
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.35% 1.44% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.82% 3.82% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 309 531
10th Percentile £371 £350 £363
25th Percentile £433 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
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 18,392 12,008 14,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.33% 37.73% 33.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,208 8,033 10,031
10th Percentile £330 £313 £300
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £620 £638
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 614 302 358
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.06 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.63 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.72% +25.59% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £82.33 £70.88 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.99
% change year-on-year +98.73% -10.08% -20.78%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -12 604 £500 -4.76% 311
London -1 338 £500 -2.68% 133
UK excluding London -8 299 £475 -5.00% 221
Work from Home -75 152 £500 -4.76% 207
North of England -25 93 £480 -1.54% 38
Midlands -33 57 £425 -20.93% 47
South East -46 54 £475 -5.00% 79
North West -17 50 £450 -10.00% 25
West Midlands -42 40 £425 -19.05% 22
Yorkshire -36 30 £500 - 13
Scotland -4 26 £500 +11.11% 10
East of England -8 24 £500 -23.08% 14
South West -28 24 £525 - 16
East Midlands -8 16 £435 -20.00% 24
North East -29 13 £513 +17.14%
Wales -10 12 £500 +2.51% 10
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +8 4 £450 - 9

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 45 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.00%) CMS
3 5 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) Appian
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 215 (30.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.99%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.85%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.85%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.71%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.28%) Maximo
10 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 295 (41.96%) Power Platform
2 239 (34.00%) Azure
3 149 (21.19%) Power Automate
4 130 (18.49%) PowerApps
5 112 (15.93%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (7.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 44 (6.26%) Azure Service Bus
9 43 (6.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 33 (4.69%) Azure Functions
10 33 (4.69%) Serverless
11 22 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
12 17 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.99%) SaaS
14 9 (1.28%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.00%) AWS
15 7 (1.00%) GitHub
15 7 (1.00%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.71%) Azure Event Grid
17 4 (0.57%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.14%) SMS
2 1 (0.14%) DKIM
2 1 (0.14%) DMARC
2 1 (0.14%) Intranet
2 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (15.79%) Power BI
2 30 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.00%) Star Schema
6 6 (0.85%) Power Query
7 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.57%) Metadata
8 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.43%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) MS Access
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 15 (2.13%) JIRA
2 14 (1.99%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.28%) Git
4 7 (1.00%) Postman
5 6 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.85%) Selenium
6 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.57%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.28%) Protractor
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) TestRail
8 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 223 (31.72%) Finance
2 179 (25.46%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.67%) Public Sector
4 58 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.41%) Law
6 34 (4.84%) Marketing
7 28 (3.98%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.41%) Retail
9 18 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.85%) Local Government
12 12 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.56%) Banking
14 10 (1.42%) Billing
14 10 (1.42%) General Ledger
15 9 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.14%) Aerospace
17 7 (1.00%) Games
18 6 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
19 4 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 175 (24.89%) Developer
2 132 (18.78%) Consultant
3 118 (16.79%) Architect
4 98 (13.94%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 84 (11.95%) Lead
6 82 (11.66%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 63 (8.96%) Analyst
7 63 (8.96%) Functional Consultant
8 61 (8.68%) Solutions Architect
9 58 (8.25%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 48 (6.83%) Microsoft Developer
11 46 (6.54%) Senior
12 40 (5.69%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 38 (5.41%) Project Manager
14 37 (5.26%) Lead Architect
15 32 (4.55%) Business Analyst
15 32 (4.55%) Functional Architect
16 26 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 22 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
18 18 (2.56%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (9.53%) .NET
2 26 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (2.42%) Middleware
4 15 (2.13%) REST
5 13 (1.85%) JSON
6 9 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
6 9 (1.28%) RESTful
6 9 (1.28%) XML
7 8 (1.14%) HTML
7 8 (1.14%) Web Services
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.71%) ADO
9 5 (0.71%) CSS
9 5 (0.71%) WCF
10 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.57%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.57%) Playwright
10 4 (0.57%) PySpark
10 4 (0.57%) XSLT
11 3 (0.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 27 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 13 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 13 (1.85%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.14%) AI Agents
6 8 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.00%) IoT
8 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.85%) FMCG
9 5 (0.71%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.57%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.57%) IVR
10 4 (0.57%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.43%) BYOD
11 3 (0.43%) NHS
11 3 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (33.14%) CRM
2 178 (25.32%) ERP
3 155 (22.05%) DevOps
4 147 (20.91%) Migration
5 134 (19.06%) Agile
6 117 (16.64%) Data Migration
7 114 (16.22%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (14.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 97 (13.80%) User Acceptance Testing
10 88 (12.52%) Customer Service
11 85 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 82 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 79 (11.24%) Translating Business Requirements
14 77 (10.95%) Data Modelling
14 77 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
15 66 (9.39%) CI/CD
16 46 (6.54%) AI
17 44 (6.26%) Requirements Gathering
17 44 (6.26%) Roadmaps
18 41 (5.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.51%) JavaScript
2 86 (12.23%) C#
3 55 (7.82%) SQL
4 20 (2.84%) X++
5 15 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.28%) Python
7 8 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.71%) Java
10 4 (0.57%) Korn
10 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.28%) C
11 2 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 50 (7.11%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.69%) Degree
4 25 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.42%) CIMA
6 9 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.28%) PMP
7 6 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.71%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.28%) IIBA
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.14%) APMG
11 1 (0.14%) CCAB
11 1 (0.14%) CIPD
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.69%) QA
2 30 (4.27%) GDPR
3 28 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.42%) PMO
6 6 (0.85%) SLA
6 6 (0.85%) WCAG
7 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.43%) GMP
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 (0.28%) GxP
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.28%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 476 (67.71%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.70%) SAP
3 23 (3.27%) Oracle
4 16 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.14%) Databricks
6 8 (1.14%) Workday
7 7 (1.00%) IFS
8 6 (0.85%) NEC
8 6 (0.85%) Sage
9 4 (0.57%) Adobe
9 4 (0.57%) Ariba
9 4 (0.57%) Brio
10 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.43%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.43%) Epicor
10 3 (0.43%) Infor
10 3 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.43%) QAD
10 3 (0.43%) Zuora