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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 133 139
Rank change year-on-year -51 +6 +54
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 607 606 782
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.96% 1.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.01% 5.23% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 376 559
10th Percentile £325 £380 £379
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £586 £633 £600
90th Percentile £688 £704 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +1.49% +1.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £17.50 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £27.00 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.04 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year -63.92% - -

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 15,125 11,592 14,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.98% 37.42% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,377 7,753 10,556
10th Percentile £309 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.26% -0.77% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 172 321
10th Percentile £14.49 £16.78 £14.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.43 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.27% +21.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.94 £51.58
90th Percentile £78.88 £73.25 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.22 £24.18 £20.77
% change year-on-year +58.04% +16.42% +3.85%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -57 501 £508 -7.73% 228
London -17 294 £513 -6.82% 74
UK excluding London -47 234 £513 +1.49% 198
Work from Home -41 195 £500 -6.98% 107
Midlands -59 53 £500 -9.09% 37
South East -20 48 £550 +22.22% 78
North of England -94 45 £493 -10.45% 48
West Midlands -65 43 £500 -9.09% 27
South West -16 26 £450 -10.00% 17
Scotland +12 25 £550 +12.82% 10
North West -51 24 £450 -10.00% 36
East of England -5 23 £425 -15.00% 11
Yorkshire -62 21 £595 +4.94% 11
Wales +12 13 £550 - 2
East Midlands -18 10 £700 - 10
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 41 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.15%) Confluence
3 4 (0.66%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 199 (32.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.14%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (2.14%) Shopify
3 10 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.48%) NEC Housing
5 8 (1.32%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.16%) Maximo
9 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 286 (47.12%) Azure
2 269 (44.32%) Power Platform
3 159 (26.19%) Power Automate
4 126 (20.76%) PowerApps
5 109 (17.96%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (8.57%) Azure Logic Apps
7 42 (6.92%) Azure Service Bus
8 40 (6.59%) Azure Functions
8 40 (6.59%) Serverless
9 37 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 24 (3.95%) PaaS
11 24 (3.95%) SaaS
12 22 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 21 (3.46%) AWS
14 16 (2.64%) GitHub
15 12 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
16 11 (1.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.98%) SMS
2 11 (1.81%) HTTP
3 2 (0.33%) Firewall
3 2 (0.33%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) DHCP
4 1 (0.16%) DKIM
4 1 (0.16%) DMARC
4 1 (0.16%) DNS
4 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (20.92%) Power BI
2 23 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.81%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.82%) GIS
8 4 (0.66%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.66%) Power Query
9 3 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (3.13%) JIRA
2 15 (2.47%) Git
2 15 (2.47%) Visual Studio
3 12 (1.98%) Selenium
4 9 (1.48%) JMeter
5 8 (1.32%) MSTest
6 7 (1.15%) Postman
6 7 (1.15%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.33%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.33%) git-flow
8 2 (0.33%) GitLab
8 2 (0.33%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.33%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) Maven
9 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
General
1 220 (36.24%) Finance
2 216 (35.58%) Social Skills
3 82 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 59 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.91%) Marketing
6 32 (5.27%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.95%) Retail
8 23 (3.79%) Banking
9 17 (2.80%) Billing
10 12 (1.98%) General Ledger
11 11 (1.81%) Legal
12 10 (1.65%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.32%) Aviation
14 7 (1.15%) Back Office
14 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 3 (0.49%) Games
17 3 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 149 (24.55%) Developer
2 132 (21.75%) Consultant
3 92 (15.16%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 74 (12.19%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 67 (11.04%) Architect
6 58 (9.56%) Senior
7 53 (8.73%) Functional Consultant
8 50 (8.24%) Lead
9 47 (7.74%) Analyst
10 37 (6.10%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (5.27%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 30 (4.94%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
14 23 (3.79%) Power Platform Developer
15 22 (3.62%) Project Manager
16 21 (3.46%) Microsoft Consultant
17 18 (2.97%) Senior Developer
18 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Developer
19 15 (2.47%) Azure Architect
19 15 (2.47%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.20%) .NET
2 31 (5.11%) REST
3 25 (4.12%) HTML
4 23 (3.79%) HTML5 Canvas
5 22 (3.62%) JSON
6 15 (2.47%) Middleware
7 14 (2.31%) Web Services
8 13 (2.14%) XML
9 11 (1.81%) CSS
10 10 (1.65%) ASP.NET Web API
10 10 (1.65%) RESTful
11 9 (1.48%) OAuth
12 8 (1.32%) OpenID
12 8 (1.32%) SAML
13 7 (1.15%) Kafka
13 7 (1.15%) OAuth2
14 6 (0.99%) Ajax
15 5 (0.82%) EDI
15 5 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
15 5 (0.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.46%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (2.14%) Low-Code
4 10 (1.65%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.66%) IoT
10 3 (0.49%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.49%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.33%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.99%) Windows
2 2 (0.33%) Linux
3 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (34.93%) CRM
2 172 (28.34%) DevOps
3 150 (24.71%) Agile
4 147 (24.22%) ERP
5 125 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
6 115 (18.95%) Migration
7 86 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (11.86%) Data Migration
9 68 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 62 (10.21%) CI/CD
10 62 (10.21%) Data Modelling
11 59 (9.72%) Analytics
12 58 (9.56%) User Acceptance Testing
13 57 (9.39%) Customer Engagement
14 53 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (8.73%) Workshop Facilitation
15 50 (8.24%) Roadmaps
16 47 (7.74%) Customer Service
17 41 (6.75%) AI
18 40 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 118 (19.44%) C#
2 98 (16.14%) JavaScript
3 69 (11.37%) SQL
4 31 (5.11%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.12%) Python
5 25 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.64%) X++
7 7 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.99%) Java
8 6 (0.99%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) Bash
11 2 (0.33%) C
11 2 (0.33%) C++
11 2 (0.33%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 81 (13.34%) Security Cleared
2 56 (9.23%) Degree
3 52 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.98%) PMP
6 11 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.65%) CIMA
7 10 (1.65%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.15%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.82%) ACCA
11 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.49%) MBA
12 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.16%) CAPM
13 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.93%) QA
2 19 (3.13%) GDPR
3 14 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.81%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (0.99%) PMO
7 3 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.49%) GAAP
7 3 (0.49%) IFRS
7 3 (0.49%) WCAG
8 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) PERC
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.32%) Docker
2 7 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (2.64%) Terraform
2 2 (0.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 395 (65.07%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.93%) SAP
3 27 (4.45%) Oracle
4 11 (1.81%) Databricks
5 9 (1.48%) NEC
5 9 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.32%) Workday
7 6 (0.99%) DocuSign
7 6 (0.99%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.82%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.66%) Sage
10 3 (0.49%) Brio
10 3 (0.49%) Google
11 2 (0.33%) Adobe
11 2 (0.33%) ESRI
11 2 (0.33%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.33%) IFS
11 2 (0.33%) Infor
11 2 (0.33%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.33%) Sitecore