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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 167 139
Rank change year-on-year -24 -28 +52
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 649 507 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.50% 1.72% 1.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.03% 4.53% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 352 520
10th Percentile £325 £405 £375
25th Percentile £431 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £586 £620 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +2.50% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile £18.65 - -
25th Percentile - £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 - -

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 16,120 11,193 14,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.35% 37.93% 32.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,001 7,744 10,327
10th Percentile £313 £313 £287
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £633
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.56% - -3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 196 360
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.18 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%
75th Percentile £61.81 £43.10 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.72 £62.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.15 £24.00 £17.80
% change year-on-year +79.78% +34.83% -19.24%

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 14 March 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 14 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 16 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 14 March 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 -27 535 £500 -4.76% 272
London +12 324 £513 -5.88% 104
UK excluding London -36 243 £506 -1.22% 228
Work from Home -30 203 £500 -4.76% 128
North of England -64 59 £500 -9.09% 49
Midlands -48 54 £500 -4.76% 35
West Midlands -61 44 £500 -4.76% 25
South East -45 37 £550 +16.71% 81
North West -47 34 £450 -18.18% 35
Scotland +17 28 £550 +15.79% 14
South West -24 28 £450 -13.25% 24
Yorkshire -40 25 £595 +8.18% 11
East of England -8 23 £425 -26.09% 15
Wales +3 13 £550 - 8
East Midlands -23 10 £700 - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 43 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.46%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) Confluence
5 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) Moodle
6 1 (0.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.54%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 211 (32.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.16%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (2.00%) Shopify
4 9 (1.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.39%) NEC Housing
4 9 (1.39%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics SL
7 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.15%) Maximo
7 1 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 290 (44.68%) Azure
2 264 (40.68%) Power Platform
3 153 (23.57%) Power Automate
4 118 (18.18%) PowerApps
5 116 (17.87%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (7.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 46 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (6.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 38 (5.86%) Azure Functions
9 38 (5.86%) Serverless
10 35 (5.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 25 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
12 23 (3.54%) AWS
13 20 (3.08%) PaaS
13 20 (3.08%) SaaS
14 19 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (2.62%) GitHub
16 13 (2.00%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
18 10 (1.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.85%) SMS
2 11 (1.69%) HTTP
3 2 (0.31%) Firewall
3 2 (0.31%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) DKIM
4 1 (0.15%) DMARC
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (18.03%) Power BI
2 25 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.77%) GIS
7 5 (0.77%) Power Query
8 3 (0.46%) Metadata
9 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.31%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) MS Access
10 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (2.31%) Visual Studio
2 14 (2.16%) Git
2 14 (2.16%) JIRA
3 12 (1.85%) Selenium
4 9 (1.39%) JMeter
5 8 (1.23%) MSTest
6 6 (0.92%) Postman
7 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.31%) git-flow
8 2 (0.31%) GitLab
8 2 (0.31%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.31%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
General
1 232 (35.75%) Finance
2 203 (31.28%) Social Skills
3 90 (13.87%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.40%) Marketing
6 33 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.70%) Banking
9 22 (3.39%) Retail
10 12 (1.85%) Billing
10 12 (1.85%) Law
10 12 (1.85%) Legal
11 11 (1.69%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.39%) Local Government
12 9 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.23%) Aviation
14 7 (1.08%) Back Office
14 7 (1.08%) Games
15 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 157 (24.19%) Developer
2 143 (22.03%) Consultant
3 99 (15.25%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 73 (11.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 70 (10.79%) Architect
6 61 (9.40%) Senior
7 57 (8.78%) Lead
8 55 (8.47%) Functional Consultant
9 50 (7.70%) Analyst
10 35 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (4.93%) Business Analyst
12 30 (4.62%) Project Manager
13 29 (4.47%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 27 (4.16%) Power Platform Developer
15 24 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 22 (3.39%) Microsoft Consultant
17 21 (3.24%) Tester
18 19 (2.93%) Microsoft Developer
19 16 (2.47%) Senior Developer
20 14 (2.16%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (9.24%) .NET
2 28 (4.31%) REST
3 24 (3.70%) HTML
3 24 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 18 (2.77%) JSON
5 16 (2.47%) Middleware
6 12 (1.85%) CSS
6 12 (1.85%) Web Services
7 10 (1.54%) RESTful
7 10 (1.54%) XML
8 9 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web API
9 8 (1.23%) OpenID
9 8 (1.23%) SAML
10 7 (1.08%) EDI
10 7 (1.08%) Kafka
10 7 (1.08%) OAuth
10 7 (1.08%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.92%) Ajax
12 5 (0.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.54%) Product Ownership
2 17 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.16%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.69%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.39%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.92%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.77%) IoT
10 4 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.46%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.46%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Licensing
11 3 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.92%) Windows
2 2 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (35.13%) CRM
2 177 (27.27%) DevOps
3 168 (25.89%) ERP
4 146 (22.50%) Agile
5 137 (21.11%) Migration
6 119 (18.34%) Business Intelligence
7 89 (13.71%) Data Migration
8 79 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 70 (10.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 60 (9.24%) Data Modelling
11 58 (8.94%) CI/CD
12 55 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (8.32%) Customer Engagement
13 54 (8.32%) Customer Service
14 53 (8.17%) Workshop Facilitation
15 52 (8.01%) Analytics
16 45 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (6.78%) Roadmaps
18 43 (6.63%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 116 (17.87%) C#
2 97 (14.95%) JavaScript
3 67 (10.32%) SQL
4 29 (4.47%) PowerShell
5 26 (4.01%) Python
6 23 (3.54%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.47%) X++
8 8 (1.23%) Java
9 7 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.08%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.46%) Bicep
11 3 (0.46%) C++
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
12 2 (0.31%) C
12 2 (0.31%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 87 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 57 (8.78%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.01%) Degree
4 24 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.85%) CIMA
5 12 (1.85%) PMP
6 10 (1.54%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.46%) ACCA
10 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.46%) MBA
11 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.15%) APMG
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.86%) QA
2 20 (3.08%) GDPR
3 14 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.69%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (0.92%) PMO
7 3 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.46%) GAAP
7 3 (0.46%) IFRS
8 2 (0.31%) GMP
8 2 (0.31%) GxP
8 2 (0.31%) SLA
8 2 (0.31%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.16%) Terraform
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 425 (65.49%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.24%) SAP
3 28 (4.31%) Oracle
4 13 (2.00%) Databricks
5 10 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.39%) NEC
7 8 (1.23%) Workday
8 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.77%) Sage
9 4 (0.62%) IFS
10 3 (0.46%) Adobe
10 3 (0.46%) Brio
10 3 (0.46%) Google
10 3 (0.46%) Infor
10 3 (0.46%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.31%) ESRI
11 2 (0.31%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.31%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.31%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.31%) Sitecore