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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 199 127
Rank change year-on-year +4 -72 +49
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 758 469 753
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.42% 1.43% 1.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.03% 3.83% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 315 482
10th Percentile £363 £368 £375
25th Percentile £425 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £648 £673 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 7 0
10th Percentile £18.65 £28.51 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.87 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -62.40% - -
75th Percentile £36.19 £80.63 -
90th Percentile £38.25 £87.50 -
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 18,822 12,256 13,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.30% 37.26% 33.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,428 8,209 9,287
10th Percentile £325 £313 £311
25th Percentile £420 £411 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £622 £615 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 626 312 280
10th Percentile £16.15 £15.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.70 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% +15.55% -32.00%
75th Percentile £69.67 £47.50 £52.18
90th Percentile £83.13 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.57 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +88.47% -10.14% -20.75%

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 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 1 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 1 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 -2 657 £500 -4.76% 284
London +7 351 £513 +0.49% 115
UK excluding London +20 346 £475 -5.00% 208
Work from Home -60 165 £505 -3.90% 159
North of England -20 96 £480 +1.05% 47
Midlands -13 75 £425 -20.93% 54
South East -29 66 £475 -7.32% 62
West Midlands -27 57 £425 -20.93% 23
North West -18 56 £475 -5.00% 17
Scotland +7 35 £513 +10.81% 6
South West -29 28 £550 +4.76% 22
Yorkshire -29 27 £500 +5.26% 29
East of England -2 26 £475 -24.00% 10
East Midlands -9 17 £435 -19.07% 31
North East -31 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -7 11 £500 +2.51% 2
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +3 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 56 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) CMS
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 3 (0.40%) Appian
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.40%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 236 (31.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.98%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.79%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.66%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.53%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.40%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) Maximo
10 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 326 (43.01%) Power Platform
2 260 (34.30%) Azure
3 176 (23.22%) Power Automate
4 152 (20.05%) PowerApps
5 120 (15.83%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (7.26%) Microsoft Copilot
8 51 (6.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 36 (4.75%) Copilot Studio
11 35 (4.62%) Azure Functions
11 35 (4.62%) Serverless
12 20 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.98%) SaaS
14 12 (1.58%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.92%) AWS
16 7 (0.92%) GitHub
16 7 (0.92%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.79%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (17.94%) Power BI
2 34 (4.49%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (0.92%) Data Vault
4 7 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.92%) Star Schema
5 5 (0.66%) Power Query
6 4 (0.53%) Metadata
7 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.40%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.26%) GIS
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
Development Applications
1 21 (2.77%) JIRA
1 21 (2.77%) Visual Studio
2 11 (1.45%) Postman
3 10 (1.32%) Cypress.io
3 10 (1.32%) Selenium
4 9 (1.19%) Git
4 9 (1.19%) WebDriver
5 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.40%) Protractor
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.13%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 255 (33.64%) Finance
2 201 (26.52%) Social Skills
3 86 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 63 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.28%) Law
6 32 (4.22%) Marketing
7 30 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.17%) Retail
9 18 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.11%) Local Government
12 15 (1.98%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.72%) Billing
14 12 (1.58%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.19%) Banking
16 8 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.92%) Games
18 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 191 (25.20%) Developer
2 131 (17.28%) Consultant
3 127 (16.75%) Architect
4 97 (12.80%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 93 (12.27%) Lead
6 91 (12.01%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 84 (11.08%) Analyst
8 65 (8.58%) Solutions Architect
9 63 (8.31%) Functional Consultant
10 61 (8.05%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 56 (7.39%) Senior
12 47 (6.20%) Business Analyst
12 47 (6.20%) Microsoft Developer
13 41 (5.41%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 37 (4.88%) Lead Architect
15 36 (4.75%) Project Manager
16 32 (4.22%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 32 (4.22%) Functional Architect
17 24 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
18 20 (2.64%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (10.55%) .NET
2 26 (3.43%) HTML5 Canvas
3 22 (2.90%) Middleware
4 20 (2.64%) REST
5 17 (2.24%) JSON
6 9 (1.19%) Gherkin
6 9 (1.19%) HTML
6 9 (1.19%) RESTful
7 8 (1.06%) Web Services
7 8 (1.06%) XML
8 7 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.66%) CSS
9 5 (0.66%) OAuth
9 5 (0.66%) WCF
9 5 (0.66%) XSLT
10 4 (0.53%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.53%) ADO
10 4 (0.53%) EDI
10 4 (0.53%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.98%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.72%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.06%) AI Agents
9 7 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.79%) FMCG
10 6 (0.79%) Housing Association
10 6 (0.79%) IoT
11 5 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.53%) IVR
12 4 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.40%) BYOD
13 3 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (33.25%) CRM
2 193 (25.46%) ERP
3 173 (22.82%) Agile
4 163 (21.50%) Migration
5 160 (21.11%) DevOps
6 142 (18.73%) Business Intelligence
7 141 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 138 (18.21%) Data Migration
9 119 (15.70%) User Acceptance Testing
10 109 (14.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 100 (13.19%) Customer Service
12 90 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 90 (11.87%) Translating Business Requirements
13 85 (11.21%) CI/CD
14 83 (10.95%) Data Modelling
15 80 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
16 63 (8.31%) Requirements Gathering
17 61 (8.05%) AI
18 52 (6.86%) Change Management
18 52 (6.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 115 (15.17%) JavaScript
2 102 (13.46%) C#
3 65 (8.58%) SQL
4 27 (3.56%) X++
5 13 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.19%) Python
7 7 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (0.92%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.66%) Korn
10 4 (0.53%) Java
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 64 (8.44%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.33%) Degree
4 43 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 11 (1.45%) PMP
6 10 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.32%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.79%) CIMA
9 5 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.40%) IIBA
11 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.26%) APMG
12 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.75%) QA
3 34 (4.49%) GDPR
4 25 (3.30%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.98%) PMO
6 11 (1.45%) WCAG
7 6 (0.79%) SLA
8 5 (0.66%) NIST
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.40%) GMP
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.40%) P3O
10 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.26%) Terraform
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 544 (71.77%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.69%) SAP
3 26 (3.43%) Oracle
4 21 (2.77%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.32%) Workday
7 9 (1.19%) Databricks
8 7 (0.92%) IFS
9 5 (0.66%) Brio
9 5 (0.66%) NEC
9 5 (0.66%) Sage
10 4 (0.53%) Adobe
10 4 (0.53%) Ariba
10 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.40%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.40%) Epicor
11 3 (0.40%) Infor
11 3 (0.40%) QAD
11 3 (0.40%) Splunk
11 3 (0.40%) TIBCO