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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 190 122
Rank change year-on-year -10 -68 +66
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 698 446 801
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.45% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.84% 3.84% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 303 528
10th Percentile £363 £365 £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 £674 £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 18,185 11,614 14,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.38% 37.76% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,100 7,779 9,953
10th Percentile £331 £313 £300
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.18% -4.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £622 £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 609 295 358
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.26 £14.09
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.49 £72.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £18.87 £20.87
% change year-on-year +102.70% -9.58% -18.87%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -3 600 £500 -4.76% 325
London +4 336 £500 -3.85% 146
UK excluding London +2 296 £475 -5.00% 223
Work from Home -65 152 £500 -4.76% 214
North of England -29 95 £480 -1.54% 45
Midlands -30 57 £425 -20.00% 43
North West -13 51 £450 -10.00% 28
South East -48 51 £475 -5.00% 69
West Midlands -34 39 £425 -19.05% 25
Yorkshire -37 31 £500 - 17
Scotland +4 25 £500 +11.11% 10
East of England -1 24 £500 -23.08% 15
South West -26 23 £488 -7.14% 21
East Midlands -2 17 £435 -20.00% 18
North East -24 13 £513 +17.14%
Wales -6 12 £500 +2.51% 17
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +5 4 £450 - 7

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 46 (6.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.00%) CMS
3 5 (0.72%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) Appian
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 211 (30.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.01%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.86%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.86%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.29%) Maximo
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 294 (42.12%) Power Platform
2 247 (35.39%) Azure
3 149 (21.35%) Power Automate
4 129 (18.48%) PowerApps
5 112 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (7.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 48 (6.88%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 35 (5.01%) Azure Functions
10 35 (5.01%) Serverless
11 20 (2.87%) Copilot Studio
12 18 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.01%) SaaS
14 9 (1.29%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.15%) OneDrive
16 7 (1.00%) AWS
16 7 (1.00%) GitHub
17 4 (0.57%) Azure Event Grid
17 4 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.43%) SMS
2 1 (0.14%) DKIM
2 1 (0.14%) DMARC
2 1 (0.14%) HTTP
2 1 (0.14%) Intranet
2 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (15.47%) Power BI
2 30 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.00%) Star Schema
6 6 (0.86%) Power Query
7 5 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.57%) Metadata
9 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.43%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.14%) GIS
11 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.14%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 15 (2.15%) JIRA
2 14 (2.01%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.29%) Git
4 7 (1.00%) Postman
5 6 (0.86%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.86%) Selenium
6 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.57%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.29%) Protractor
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) git-flow
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
1 219 (31.38%) Finance
2 179 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 74 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.30%) Law
6 35 (5.01%) Marketing
7 25 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.30%) Retail
9 18 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.86%) Local Government
12 11 (1.58%) Banking
12 11 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.43%) General Ledger
14 9 (1.29%) Billing
14 9 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.15%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.00%) Games
17 6 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 179 (25.64%) Developer
2 134 (19.20%) Consultant
3 114 (16.33%) Architect
4 98 (14.04%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 82 (11.75%) Lead
6 81 (11.60%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 64 (9.17%) Functional Consultant
8 59 (8.45%) Analyst
9 57 (8.17%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (7.74%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 47 (6.73%) Microsoft Developer
11 47 (6.73%) Senior
12 37 (5.30%) Lead Architect
12 37 (5.30%) Project Manager
13 36 (5.16%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 32 (4.58%) Functional Architect
15 30 (4.30%) Business Analyst
16 24 (3.44%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 22 (3.15%) Power Platform Developer
18 19 (2.72%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (9.60%) .NET
2 26 (3.72%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (2.44%) Middleware
4 15 (2.15%) REST
5 13 (1.86%) JSON
6 10 (1.43%) ASP.NET Web API
6 10 (1.43%) HTML
6 10 (1.43%) RESTful
7 9 (1.29%) XML
8 8 (1.15%) Web Services
9 6 (0.86%) CSS
9 6 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.72%) ADO
10 5 (0.72%) WCF
11 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.57%) Gherkin
11 4 (0.57%) Kafka
11 4 (0.57%) Playwright
11 4 (0.57%) PySpark
11 4 (0.57%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.30%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (1.86%) Data Structures
3 13 (1.86%) Low-Code
3 13 (1.86%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.00%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.00%) IoT
8 6 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.72%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.72%) 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%) FMCG
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
11 3 (0.43%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (32.95%) CRM
2 174 (24.93%) ERP
3 155 (22.21%) DevOps
4 142 (20.34%) Migration
5 133 (19.05%) Agile
6 111 (15.90%) Business Intelligence
6 111 (15.90%) Data Migration
7 99 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 97 (13.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 86 (12.32%) Customer Service
10 84 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 78 (11.17%) Translating Business Requirements
12 77 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 76 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
14 73 (10.46%) Data Modelling
15 63 (9.03%) CI/CD
16 44 (6.30%) AI
17 43 (6.16%) Requirements Gathering
17 43 (6.16%) Roadmaps
18 40 (5.73%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.75%) JavaScript
2 88 (12.61%) C#
3 56 (8.02%) SQL
4 20 (2.87%) X++
5 15 (2.15%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.00%) Python
8 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.57%) Java
9 4 (0.57%) Korn
9 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.29%) C
10 2 (0.29%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (10.89%) Security Cleared
2 51 (7.31%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.59%) Degree
4 24 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.58%) CIMA
6 9 (1.29%) PMP
7 8 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
12 2 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.14%) APMG
13 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.73%) QA
2 30 (4.30%) GDPR
3 27 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.15%) PMO
6 6 (0.86%) SLA
6 6 (0.86%) WCAG
7 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
7 3 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.29%) GMP
8 2 (0.29%) GxP
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.29%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 466 (66.76%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.30%) SAP
3 21 (3.01%) Oracle
4 16 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.29%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.15%) Databricks
6 8 (1.15%) Workday
7 7 (1.00%) IFS
8 6 (0.86%) NEC
8 6 (0.86%) Sage
9 5 (0.72%) Adobe
10 4 (0.57%) Ariba
10 4 (0.57%) Brio
11 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.43%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.43%) Epicor
11 3 (0.43%) Infor
11 3 (0.43%) QAD
11 3 (0.43%) Zuora
12 2 (0.29%) MuleSoft