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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 194 120
Rank change year-on-year -7 -74 +60
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 728 474 790
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 1.45% 1.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.91% 3.89% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 315 508
10th Percentile £375 £368 £369
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £648 £662 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 0
10th Percentile £18.05 £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 £38.25 - -
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 18,608 12,192 13,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.28% 37.37% 33.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,309 8,153 9,694
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 312 318
10th Percentile £16.61 £15.10 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.56 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.31 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.04% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £50.19
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -5.65% -25.93%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -4 625 £500 -3.85% 291
London -3 334 £513 +0.49% 120
UK excluding London +7 327 £475 -5.00% 193
Work from Home -67 157 £500 -4.76% 180
North of England -30 95 £480 +1.05% 45
Midlands -15 71 £425 -22.73% 47
South East -33 60 £475 -9.52% 66
North West -17 56 £475 -5.00% 22
West Midlands -22 53 £425 -22.73% 24
Scotland -2 31 £500 +8.11% 5
East of England -3 27 £475 -24.00% 11
Yorkshire -40 26 £500 +5.26% 22
South West -32 23 £488 -7.14% 17
East Midlands -5 17 £435 -20.00% 23
North East -28 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -12 11 £500 +2.51% 2
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +7 4 £450 -

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 50 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.96%) CMS
3 6 (0.82%) Confluence
4 3 (0.41%) Appian
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.41%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 225 (30.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (1.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.69%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.41%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.41%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.41%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.27%) Maximo
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 309 (42.45%) Power Platform
2 245 (33.65%) Azure
3 160 (21.98%) Power Automate
4 140 (19.23%) PowerApps
5 111 (15.25%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (7.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 52 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (5.91%) Azure Service Bus
10 34 (4.67%) Copilot Studio
11 30 (4.12%) Azure Functions
11 30 (4.12%) Serverless
12 19 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.06%) SaaS
14 10 (1.37%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.96%) AWS
15 7 (0.96%) GitHub
15 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.96%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.82%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) 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
1 126 (17.31%) Power BI
2 33 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.96%) Star Schema
6 6 (0.82%) Data Vault
6 6 (0.82%) Power Query
7 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.55%) Metadata
8 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.41%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) MS Access
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.88%) JIRA
2 17 (2.34%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.24%) Postman
4 8 (1.10%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.10%) Git
4 8 (1.10%) Selenium
5 7 (0.96%) WebDriver
6 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.41%) Protractor
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
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
1 245 (33.65%) Finance
2 191 (26.24%) Social Skills
3 81 (11.13%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.49%) Law
6 33 (4.53%) Marketing
7 32 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.30%) Retail
9 23 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.20%) Local Government
12 15 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.92%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.79%) Billing
15 10 (1.37%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.37%) Banking
16 9 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.96%) Games
18 6 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 181 (24.86%) Developer
2 132 (18.13%) Consultant
3 119 (16.35%) Architect
4 100 (13.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 90 (12.36%) Lead
6 88 (12.09%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 73 (10.03%) Analyst
8 64 (8.79%) Functional Consultant
9 61 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
10 57 (7.83%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 48 (6.59%) Senior
12 46 (6.32%) Microsoft Developer
13 40 (5.49%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 38 (5.22%) Business Analyst
15 37 (5.08%) Lead Architect
16 36 (4.95%) Project Manager
17 32 (4.40%) Functional Architect
18 28 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
19 24 (3.30%) Power Platform Developer
20 21 (2.88%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (9.89%) .NET
2 22 (3.02%) HTML5 Canvas
3 19 (2.61%) Middleware
4 16 (2.20%) REST
5 15 (2.06%) JSON
6 8 (1.10%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (1.10%) HTML
6 8 (1.10%) RESTful
6 8 (1.10%) Web Services
6 8 (1.10%) XML
7 7 (0.96%) Gherkin
8 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.69%) CSS
9 5 (0.69%) WCF
9 5 (0.69%) XSLT
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.55%) ADO
10 4 (0.55%) PySpark
11 3 (0.41%) Playwright
11 3 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 28 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.06%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (1.65%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 6 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.82%) FMCG
8 6 (0.82%) Housing Association
8 6 (0.82%) IoT
9 5 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.69%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.55%) IVR
10 4 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.41%) BYOD
11 3 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (33.24%) CRM
2 185 (25.41%) ERP
3 155 (21.29%) Agile
4 153 (21.02%) DevOps
5 151 (20.74%) Migration
6 131 (17.99%) Business Intelligence
7 129 (17.72%) Data Migration
8 123 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 114 (15.66%) User Acceptance Testing
10 100 (13.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 93 (12.77%) Customer Service
12 86 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 85 (11.68%) Translating Business Requirements
14 84 (11.54%) Data Modelling
15 79 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
16 74 (10.16%) CI/CD
17 57 (7.83%) Requirements Gathering
18 52 (7.14%) AI
19 46 (6.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 46 (6.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 101 (13.87%) JavaScript
2 88 (12.09%) C#
3 59 (8.10%) SQL
4 24 (3.30%) X++
5 15 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.24%) Python
7 7 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.82%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.82%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.55%) Java
9 4 (0.55%) Korn
10 2 (0.27%) C
11 1 (0.14%) Bicep
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (11.13%) Security Cleared
2 56 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.04%) Degree
4 35 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.24%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.24%) PMP
7 8 (1.10%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.96%) CIMA
9 6 (0.82%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.27%) IIBA
12 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.14%) CCAB
13 1 (0.14%) CIPD
13 1 (0.14%) ISEB
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.95%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.40%) GDPR
2 32 (4.40%) QA
3 21 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.92%) PMO
5 9 (1.24%) WCAG
6 6 (0.82%) SLA
7 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.41%) GMP
8 3 (0.41%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.27%) GxP
9 2 (0.27%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 511 (70.19%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.57%) SAP
3 25 (3.43%) Oracle
4 21 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.51%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.24%) Workday
7 8 (1.10%) Databricks
8 7 (0.96%) IFS
9 6 (0.82%) Sage
10 5 (0.69%) NEC
11 4 (0.55%) Adobe
11 4 (0.55%) Ariba
11 4 (0.55%) Brio
11 4 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.41%) Adaptive Insights
12 3 (0.41%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.41%) Epicor
12 3 (0.41%) Infor
12 3 (0.41%) QAD
12 3 (0.41%) TIBCO