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

 6 months to
29 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 168 135
Rank change year-on-year -16 -33 +60
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 674 477 758
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.63% 1.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.09% 4.27% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 348 516
10th Percentile £343 £397 £384
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £688 £690 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 0
10th Percentile £19.03 £39.90 -
25th Percentile £22.28 £55.88 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £35.03 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £29.25 -
% change year-on-year -13.23% - -

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 16,471 11,165 14,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.97% 38.13% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,216 7,836 10,201
10th Percentile £313 £313 £294
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 464 221 349
10th Percentile £15.54 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.47 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.92% +26.19% -23.64%
75th Percentile £66.56 £41.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.50 £62.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +86.10% +36.46% -20.04%

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 29 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 29 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 17 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 29 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 -21 556 £500 -4.76% 311
London +32 350 £500 -8.17% 115
UK excluding London -37 249 £500 -4.31% 245
Work from Home -25 198 £500 -4.76% 199
North of England -52 61 £500 -9.09% 33
Midlands -58 50 £488 -8.24% 55
West Midlands -49 42 £469 -10.71% 36
South East -36 39 £550 +16.71% 74
North West -48 36 £450 -19.64% 19
Scotland +16 31 £545 +9.00% 19
South West -24 27 £450 -12.20% 27
Yorkshire -42 25 £595 +8.18% 12
East of England -13 21 £450 -30.77% 26
Wales 0 14 £550 +54.93% 5
East Midlands -26 8 £700 +28.74% 18
Channel Islands - 4 £500 - 1
Northern Ireland -2 2 £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 44 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.59%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) Confluence
4 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Moodle
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 212 (31.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.93%) Shopify
4 11 (1.63%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (1.34%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.15%) Dynamics SL
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.15%) Maximo
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 291 (43.18%) Azure
2 284 (42.14%) Power Platform
3 151 (22.40%) Power Automate
4 119 (17.66%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (17.06%) PowerApps
6 52 (7.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 52 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (5.93%) Azure Service Bus
8 39 (5.79%) Azure Functions
8 39 (5.79%) Serverless
9 36 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 27 (4.01%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (2.82%) GitHub
11 19 (2.82%) SaaS
12 17 (2.52%) AWS
13 16 (2.37%) PaaS
14 15 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (1.93%) Copilot Studio
15 13 (1.93%) OneDrive
16 12 (1.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.78%) SMS
2 10 (1.48%) HTTP
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (19.88%) Power BI
2 25 (3.71%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.74%) GIS
7 4 (0.59%) Power Query
8 3 (0.45%) Metadata
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
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 14 (2.08%) Visual Studio
2 13 (1.93%) JIRA
3 12 (1.78%) Git
3 12 (1.78%) Selenium
4 9 (1.34%) JMeter
5 8 (1.19%) MSTest
6 6 (0.89%) Postman
7 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
8 2 (0.30%) GitLab
8 2 (0.30%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
General
1 247 (36.65%) Finance
2 198 (29.38%) Social Skills
3 89 (13.20%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.97%) Marketing
6 33 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (4.75%) Law
8 24 (3.56%) Banking
9 23 (3.41%) Retail
10 22 (3.26%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.78%) Legal
12 11 (1.63%) Billing
12 11 (1.63%) Local Government
13 10 (1.48%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.04%) Back Office
14 7 (1.04%) Games
14 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.59%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (23.74%) Developer
2 132 (19.58%) Consultant
3 94 (13.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 93 (13.80%) Architect
5 79 (11.72%) Lead
6 70 (10.39%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 56 (8.31%) Senior
8 52 (7.72%) Functional Consultant
9 48 (7.12%) Analyst
10 37 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (4.60%) Business Analyst
11 31 (4.60%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 29 (4.30%) Functional Architect
13 28 (4.15%) Lead Architect
13 28 (4.15%) Project Manager
14 26 (3.86%) Power Platform Developer
15 24 (3.56%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 23 (3.41%) Tester
17 20 (2.97%) Microsoft Consultant
18 19 (2.82%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.20%) .NET
2 28 (4.15%) REST
3 23 (3.41%) HTML
3 23 (3.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 17 (2.52%) JSON
4 17 (2.52%) Middleware
5 11 (1.63%) CSS
6 10 (1.48%) Web Services
6 10 (1.48%) XML
7 9 (1.34%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (1.34%) RESTful
8 8 (1.19%) OAuth
9 7 (1.04%) EDI
9 7 (1.04%) Kafka
9 7 (1.04%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.89%) Ajax
10 6 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.74%) React
11 5 (0.74%) SOAP
12 4 (0.59%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.86%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.63%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.48%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.19%) IoT
8 7 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.89%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.59%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.45%) FMCG
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
11 3 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.30%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.30%) Life Science
12 2 (0.30%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.04%) Windows
2 2 (0.30%) 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
1 231 (34.27%) CRM
2 184 (27.30%) ERP
3 172 (25.52%) DevOps
4 147 (21.81%) Migration
5 144 (21.36%) Agile
6 137 (20.33%) Business Intelligence
7 105 (15.58%) Data Migration
8 93 (13.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 90 (13.35%) User Acceptance Testing
10 74 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 62 (9.20%) Data Modelling
13 60 (8.90%) Customer Service
13 60 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (8.61%) CI/CD
15 54 (8.01%) Customer Engagement
16 53 (7.86%) Translating Business Requirements
17 49 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
18 48 (7.12%) Analytics
19 43 (6.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 118 (17.51%) C#
2 100 (14.84%) JavaScript
3 65 (9.64%) SQL
4 31 (4.60%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.71%) Python
6 21 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.78%) X++
8 9 (1.34%) Java
9 6 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.45%) Bicep
11 3 (0.45%) C
11 3 (0.45%) C++
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) Korn
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 83 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 54 (8.01%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.72%) Degree
4 23 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.78%) CIMA
5 12 (1.78%) PMP
6 10 (1.48%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.89%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.45%) ACCA
9 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.45%) MBA
10 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) APMG
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.49%) QA
2 19 (2.82%) GDPR
3 15 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.34%) PMO
6 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.45%) GAAP
8 3 (0.45%) IFRS
9 2 (0.30%) GMP
9 2 (0.30%) GxP
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.30%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.19%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.08%) Terraform
2 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 452 (67.06%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.34%) SAP
3 29 (4.30%) Oracle
4 16 (2.37%) Databricks
5 12 (1.78%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.34%) NEC
7 8 (1.19%) Workday
8 5 (0.74%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.59%) Brio
9 4 (0.59%) IFS
9 4 (0.59%) Sage
10 3 (0.45%) Adobe
10 3 (0.45%) Infor
10 3 (0.45%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.30%) ESRI
11 2 (0.30%) Google
11 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.30%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.15%) Concur
383 Dynamics 365 jobs Nationwide