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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 199 123
Rank change year-on-year +10 -76 +38
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 800 464 731
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.42% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.27% 3.81% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 308 458
10th Percentile £363 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £629
90th Percentile £650 £671 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 1
10th Percentile £18.95 £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 £37.22 £73.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £42.10 £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 18,732 12,180 13,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.92% 37.21% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,400 8,119 9,044
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £747
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 319 229
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.46 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.06 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £33.99 £28.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% +3.70% -22.86%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £22.00
% change year-on-year +72.23% -14.23% -18.52%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +6 689 £500 - 219
London +19 375 £513 +2.50% 83
UK excluding London +21 357 £475 -5.00% 170
Work from Home -48 185 £513 +0.49% 124
North of England -16 96 £475 +2.70% 34
Midlands -27 76 £425 -14.57% 39
South East -32 69 £500 +0.76% 54
North West -7 53 £450 -5.26% 18
West Midlands -22 50 £425 -14.57% 19
Scotland +9 37 £525 +10.53% 3
South West -27 30 £488 -7.14% 23
Yorkshire -27 30 £480 +1.05% 13
East of England -7 26 £450 -28.00% 11
East Midlands -5 25 £455 -1.62% 20
Wales -9 13 £500 +2.51% 2
North East -31 13 £513 +17.14% 3
Channel Islands +4 7 £513 -18.00%
Northern Ireland +5 4 £450 - 6

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 57 (7.13%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.13%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) Appian
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.38%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) Drupal
5 1 (0.13%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 238 (29.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 17 (2.13%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.38%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
8 2 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 353 (44.13%) Power Platform
2 280 (35.00%) Azure
3 195 (24.38%) Power Automate
4 160 (20.00%) PowerApps
5 141 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 59 (7.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 49 (6.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 44 (5.50%) Azure Functions
10 44 (5.50%) Serverless
11 39 (4.88%) Copilot Studio
12 22 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (2.25%) Entra ID
14 16 (2.00%) SaaS
15 11 (1.38%) Azure API Management
15 11 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (1.00%) Azure Event Grid
16 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.50%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (16.63%) Power BI
2 34 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.88%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.88%) Star Schema
6 5 (0.63%) Metadata
6 5 (0.63%) Spark SQL
7 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.38%) GIS
8 3 (0.38%) Power Query
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.13%) MS Access
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.13%) Visual Studio
2 20 (2.50%) JIRA
3 17 (2.13%) Git
4 10 (1.25%) Cypress.io
4 10 (1.25%) Selenium
5 9 (1.13%) Postman
5 9 (1.13%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.75%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.38%) Protractor
8 2 (0.25%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 263 (32.88%) Finance
2 223 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 84 (10.50%) Public Sector
4 62 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.88%) Law
6 35 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.38%) Marketing
7 31 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.25%) Retail
9 24 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.13%) Local Government
11 16 (2.00%) Billing
12 13 (1.63%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.63%) General Ledger
13 9 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.00%) Banking
15 5 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.63%) Legal
16 4 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 201 (25.13%) Developer
2 143 (17.88%) Architect
3 134 (16.75%) Consultant
4 103 (12.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 99 (12.38%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 96 (12.00%) Lead
7 87 (10.88%) Analyst
8 71 (8.88%) Solutions Architect
9 70 (8.75%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 69 (8.63%) Functional Consultant
11 57 (7.13%) Senior
12 49 (6.13%) Business Analyst
12 49 (6.13%) Microsoft Developer
13 44 (5.50%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 38 (4.75%) Lead Architect
15 33 (4.13%) Project Manager
16 32 (4.00%) Functional Architect
17 30 (3.75%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
18 24 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
19 20 (2.50%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.38%) .NET
2 27 (3.38%) HTML5 Canvas
2 27 (3.38%) REST
3 24 (3.00%) Middleware
4 22 (2.75%) JSON
5 14 (1.75%) Terraform
6 12 (1.50%) ASP.NET Web API
7 11 (1.38%) HTML
8 10 (1.25%) RESTful
9 9 (1.13%) Gherkin
9 9 (1.13%) Web Services
10 8 (1.00%) OAuth
10 8 (1.00%) XML
11 7 (0.88%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.88%) ADO
12 6 (0.75%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.75%) CSS
12 6 (0.75%) PySpark
12 6 (0.75%) WCF
13 5 (0.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.00%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.50%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.25%) AI Agents
10 7 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.75%) FMCG
11 6 (0.75%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.63%) IoT
12 5 (0.63%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.50%) IVR
13 4 (0.50%) Life Science
13 4 (0.50%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (31.38%) CRM
2 199 (24.88%) ERP
3 192 (24.00%) Agile
4 179 (22.38%) DevOps
5 164 (20.50%) Migration
6 154 (19.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 140 (17.50%) Data Migration
8 139 (17.38%) Business Intelligence
9 134 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 126 (15.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 102 (12.75%) CI/CD
12 99 (12.38%) Customer Service
13 97 (12.13%) Translating Business Requirements
14 94 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 85 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (9.63%) Data Modelling
17 68 (8.50%) Requirements Gathering
18 66 (8.25%) AI
19 64 (8.00%) Scrum
20 54 (6.75%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (15.25%) JavaScript
2 117 (14.63%) C#
3 68 (8.50%) SQL
4 30 (3.75%) X++
5 19 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.38%) Python
6 11 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.00%) Bicep
8 7 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.63%) Bash
10 5 (0.63%) Korn
11 4 (0.50%) Java
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 78 (9.75%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.75%) Degree
4 50 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.38%) PMI Certification
5 11 (1.38%) PMP
6 10 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.25%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.50%) IIBA
11 3 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.25%) APMG
12 2 (0.25%) CIMA
12 2 (0.25%) CIPD
13 1 (0.13%) CCAB
13 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.50%) QA
3 35 (4.38%) GDPR
4 28 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.88%) PMO
6 11 (1.38%) WCAG
7 7 (0.88%) NIST
8 6 (0.75%) SLA
9 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.50%) GRC
10 4 (0.50%) P3O
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 11 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 590 (73.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.38%) SAP
3 24 (3.00%) Oracle
4 22 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.38%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.00%) Databricks
7 7 (0.88%) Workday
8 5 (0.63%) IFS
9 4 (0.50%) Ariba
9 4 (0.50%) Brio
9 4 (0.50%) NEC
9 4 (0.50%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.50%) Sage
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe
10 3 (0.38%) Foundry
10 3 (0.38%) Splunk
10 3 (0.38%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.25%) Aprimo
11 2 (0.25%) Google
11 2 (0.25%) Infor