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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 134 133
Rank change year-on-year -43 -1 +68
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 593 666 824
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.95% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.22% 5.39% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 414 589
10th Percentile £343 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £625
90th Percentile £688 £722 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £17.50 - -
25th Percentile £27.00 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.04 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year -63.92% - -

All Cloud 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 14,046 12,364 15,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.10% 36.28% 34.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,589 8,222 11,017
10th Percentile £307 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £732 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 174 272
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.65 £14.37
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +6.55% +14.71%
75th Percentile £55.00 £44.90 £58.19
90th Percentile £76.73 £68.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.39% +15.14% +7.69%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -52 501 £513 -2.38% 173
London -31 269 £513 -6.82% 70
UK excluding London -29 249 £533 +6.50% 142
Work from Home -38 204 £513 -2.38% 102
Midlands -39 66 £500 -10.95% 29
West Midlands -36 50 £500 -11.39% 21
South East -12 47 £550 +4.76% 60
North of England -91 41 £463 -7.50% 22
East of England +1 30 £563 +32.35% 10
Scotland +9 24 £550 +10.00% 5
South West -2 24 £430 -14.00% 14
North West -51 24 £450 -10.00% 13
Yorkshire -64 17 £585 +6.36% 8
Wales +16 15 £550 +57.14% 2
East Midlands -10 14 £700 - 8
Channel Islands - 2 £625 -

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 42 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.85%) Confluence
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.51%) CMS
4 3 (0.51%) Moodle
4 3 (0.51%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 201 (33.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.53%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (2.02%) Shopify
5 11 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.35%) NetSuite
7 7 (1.18%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.67%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
9 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.17%) Maximo
10 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
10 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 266 (44.86%) Azure
2 261 (44.01%) Power Platform
3 157 (26.48%) Power Automate
4 132 (22.26%) PowerApps
5 105 (17.71%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (7.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 37 (6.24%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (5.06%) Serverless
10 29 (4.89%) Azure Functions
11 28 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 27 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
13 24 (4.05%) SaaS
14 23 (3.88%) PaaS
15 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
16 19 (3.20%) AWS
17 15 (2.53%) GitHub
18 13 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
19 12 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
19 12 (2.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.52%) HTTP
2 4 (0.67%) SMS
3 2 (0.34%) Firewall
3 2 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.17%) DHCP
4 1 (0.17%) DKIM
4 1 (0.17%) DMARC
4 1 (0.17%) DNS
4 1 (0.17%) Internet
4 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (21.59%) Power BI
2 21 (3.54%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.69%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.84%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.67%) GIS
7 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.51%) Metadata
9 2 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.34%) DataStage
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (3.20%) JIRA
2 14 (2.36%) Git
2 14 (2.36%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.19%) Selenium
4 9 (1.52%) JMeter
5 8 (1.35%) MSTest
6 7 (1.18%) Postman
6 7 (1.18%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.67%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.34%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.34%) GitLab
9 2 (0.34%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.34%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.17%) Maven
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.17%) TestComplete
General
1 219 (36.93%) Finance
2 212 (35.75%) Social Skills
3 76 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.59%) Marketing
6 30 (5.06%) Manufacturing
7 29 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (4.22%) Banking
8 25 (4.22%) Retail
9 20 (3.37%) Billing
10 13 (2.19%) Legal
11 10 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.52%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.35%) Back Office
13 8 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.01%) Aviation
15 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 119 (20.07%) Developer
2 108 (18.21%) Consultant
3 83 (14.00%) Architect
4 77 (12.98%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 69 (11.64%) Analyst
5 69 (11.64%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 50 (8.43%) Senior
7 46 (7.76%) Functional Consultant
8 43 (7.25%) Lead
9 41 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (6.75%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 37 (6.24%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 34 (5.73%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.54%) Project Manager
14 18 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
15 17 (2.87%) Azure Architect
15 17 (2.87%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
16 16 (2.70%) Support Analyst
17 15 (2.53%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (11.80%) .NET
2 28 (4.72%) REST
3 25 (4.22%) HTML
4 22 (3.71%) JSON
5 13 (2.19%) Web Services
6 12 (2.02%) HTML5 Canvas
6 12 (2.02%) XML
7 11 (1.85%) OAuth
8 10 (1.69%) CSS
8 10 (1.69%) Middleware
9 8 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
9 8 (1.35%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.35%) OpenID
9 8 (1.35%) RESTful
9 8 (1.35%) SAML
10 6 (1.01%) Ajax
11 5 (0.84%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.84%) Playwright
11 5 (0.84%) React
12 4 (0.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.53%) Low-Code
4 11 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.84%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.84%) Data Fabric
8 5 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.84%) IoT
9 4 (0.67%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.67%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.67%) FMCG
9 4 (0.67%) IVR
10 3 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.01%) Windows
2 3 (0.51%) Linux
3 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (35.58%) CRM
2 160 (26.98%) DevOps
3 157 (26.48%) Agile
4 128 (21.59%) ERP
5 125 (21.08%) Business Intelligence
6 116 (19.56%) Migration
7 86 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (13.66%) Data Migration
9 78 (13.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 63 (10.62%) CI/CD
11 62 (10.46%) Data Modelling
12 58 (9.78%) Customer Service
13 57 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (9.11%) Customer Engagement
15 52 (8.77%) Analytics
16 46 (7.76%) User Acceptance Testing
17 43 (7.25%) Workshop Facilitation
18 42 (7.08%) Roadmaps
19 39 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
20 37 (6.24%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 103 (17.37%) C#
2 94 (15.85%) JavaScript
3 75 (12.65%) SQL
4 26 (4.38%) Python
5 25 (4.22%) PowerShell
6 24 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.20%) X++
8 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.84%) Java
10 4 (0.67%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
11 2 (0.34%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 79 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 57 (9.61%) Degree
3 55 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 36 (6.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.52%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.35%) PMP
9 6 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.84%) ACCA
11 4 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.51%) MBA
13 2 (0.34%) CIMA
13 2 (0.34%) MCT
13 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.06%) QA
2 15 (2.53%) GDPR
3 14 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.01%) PMO
6 6 (1.01%) WCAG
7 5 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.51%) GAAP
8 3 (0.51%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) PERC
10 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.35%) Docker
2 7 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.36%) Terraform
2 3 (0.51%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 394 (66.44%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.42%) SAP
3 24 (4.05%) Oracle
4 14 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.52%) Databricks
6 8 (1.35%) DocuSign
6 8 (1.35%) Workday
7 7 (1.18%) NEC
8 6 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.67%) Google
9 4 (0.67%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.67%) Infor
9 4 (0.67%) Sage
10 3 (0.51%) Adobe
10 3 (0.51%) Ariba
10 3 (0.51%) Brio
10 3 (0.51%) IBM
11 2 (0.34%) ESRI
11 2 (0.34%) Genesys
11 2 (0.34%) Sitecore