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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 173 146
Rank change year-on-year -4 -27 +51
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 697 475 729
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.63% 1.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.15% 4.27% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 343 493
10th Percentile £336 £400 £375
25th Percentile £444 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £600
90th Percentile £688 £694 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £45.23 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £69.19 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £35.00 £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 16,787 11,126 14,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.70% 38.07% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,459 7,792 10,102
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.13% -2.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 231 346
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.99 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +30.24% -27.59%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.97 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.25 £60.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.23 £23.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +96.65% +29.83% -22.13%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -8 576 £500 -4.76% 311
London +24 362 £500 -4.76% 115
UK excluding London -30 263 £500 -3.15% 245
Work from Home -33 192 £500 -4.76% 199
North of England -42 69 £500 -12.28% 33
Midlands -58 47 £435 -17.14% 55
South East -31 42 £550 +22.22% 74
West Midlands -62 39 £456 -13.10% 36
North West -36 37 £450 -21.05% 19
Yorkshire -27 32 £595 - 12
Scotland +15 31 £520 +4.00% 19
South West -27 26 £450 -10.00% 27
East of England -12 23 £450 -30.77% 26
Wales +1 15 £550 +54.93% 5
East Midlands -26 8 £370 -31.95% 18
Channel Islands - 6 £500 - 1
Northern Ireland 0 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 45 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) Moodle
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 223 (31.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.87%) Shopify
4 9 (1.29%) NEC Housing
4 9 (1.29%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics SL
8 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.14%) Maximo
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 291 (41.75%) Azure
2 290 (41.61%) Power Platform
3 151 (21.66%) Power Automate
4 116 (16.64%) Azure DevOps
5 114 (16.36%) PowerApps
6 55 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
9 39 (5.60%) Azure Functions
9 39 (5.60%) Serverless
10 35 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (4.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (2.73%) GitHub
13 18 (2.58%) AWS
14 16 (2.30%) PaaS
15 15 (2.15%) Copilot Studio
16 14 (2.01%) OneDrive
17 13 (1.87%) SaaS
18 12 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 12 (1.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.87%) SMS
2 10 (1.43%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) VPN
4 1 (0.14%) DHCP
4 1 (0.14%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (19.37%) Power BI
2 28 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.43%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.86%) Power Query
7 5 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.72%) GIS
8 3 (0.43%) Metadata
8 3 (0.43%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.14%) MS Access
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.87%) JIRA
2 12 (1.72%) Git
2 12 (1.72%) Selenium
3 11 (1.58%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.29%) JMeter
5 8 (1.15%) MSTest
6 6 (0.86%) Postman
7 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.29%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.29%) git-flow
8 2 (0.29%) GitLab
8 2 (0.29%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.29%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Maven
9 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
General
1 243 (34.86%) Finance
2 199 (28.55%) Social Skills
3 91 (13.06%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (6.46%) Marketing
6 36 (5.16%) Law
7 31 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.87%) Retail
9 24 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.16%) Banking
11 13 (1.87%) Local Government
12 8 (1.15%) General Ledger
12 8 (1.15%) Legal
13 7 (1.00%) Back Office
13 7 (1.00%) Games
13 7 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.72%) Billing
16 4 (0.57%) Aviation
16 4 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 165 (23.67%) Developer
2 129 (18.51%) Consultant
3 102 (14.63%) Architect
4 92 (13.20%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 82 (11.76%) Lead
6 71 (10.19%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 55 (7.89%) Senior
8 52 (7.46%) Analyst
8 52 (7.46%) Functional Consultant
9 42 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (5.16%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 32 (4.59%) Business Analyst
11 32 (4.59%) Functional Architect
11 32 (4.59%) Lead Architect
11 32 (4.59%) Project Manager
12 26 (3.73%) Microsoft Developer
12 26 (3.73%) Power Platform Developer
13 24 (3.44%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 24 (3.44%) Tester
14 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (9.04%) .NET
2 29 (4.16%) REST
3 24 (3.44%) HTML5 Canvas
4 23 (3.30%) HTML
5 18 (2.58%) Middleware
6 17 (2.44%) JSON
7 11 (1.58%) CSS
7 11 (1.58%) Web Services
8 10 (1.43%) XML
9 9 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
9 9 (1.29%) RESTful
10 8 (1.15%) OAuth
11 7 (1.00%) Kafka
11 7 (1.00%) OAuth2
12 6 (0.86%) Ajax
12 6 (0.86%) EDI
12 6 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (0.86%) SOAP
13 5 (0.72%) React
14 4 (0.57%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.30%) Product Ownership
2 20 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.01%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.58%) Data Structures
4 11 (1.58%) Low-Code
5 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.15%) IoT
6 7 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.00%) Management Information System
7 6 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.57%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.43%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.43%) FMCG
9 3 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
2 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (34.86%) CRM
2 190 (27.26%) ERP
3 170 (24.39%) DevOps
4 148 (21.23%) Agile
5 145 (20.80%) Migration
6 142 (20.37%) Business Intelligence
7 104 (14.92%) Data Migration
8 102 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 92 (13.20%) User Acceptance Testing
10 74 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (9.61%) Customer Service
12 66 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (9.47%) Data Modelling
13 61 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (8.46%) CI/CD
15 58 (8.32%) Translating Business Requirements
16 54 (7.75%) Customer Engagement
17 48 (6.89%) Workshop Facilitation
18 46 (6.60%) Analytics
19 44 (6.31%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.93%) C#
2 103 (14.78%) JavaScript
3 66 (9.47%) SQL
4 32 (4.59%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.59%) Python
6 22 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.29%) Java
7 9 (1.29%) X++
8 7 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.43%) Bicep
11 3 (0.43%) C
11 3 (0.43%) C++
12 2 (0.29%) Bash
12 2 (0.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) Korn
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.14%) VBA
13 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 80 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 53 (7.60%) SC Cleared
3 51 (7.32%) Degree
4 22 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.72%) CIMA
5 12 (1.72%) PMP
6 10 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.29%) MBA
11 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.14%) ACCA
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.14%) CCAB
12 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.88%) QA
2 19 (2.73%) GDPR
3 15 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.29%) PMO
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) GxP
9 2 (0.29%) SLA
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
10 1 (0.14%) GAAP
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS
10 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (1.87%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 462 (66.28%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.73%) Oracle
3 32 (4.59%) SAP
4 15 (2.15%) Databricks
5 10 (1.43%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.29%) NEC
7 8 (1.15%) Workday
8 5 (0.72%) Brio
8 5 (0.72%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.57%) IFS
9 4 (0.57%) Sage
9 4 (0.57%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe
10 3 (0.43%) Google
10 3 (0.43%) Infor
11 2 (0.29%) ESRI
11 2 (0.29%) Genesys
11 2 (0.29%) PagerDuty
12 1 (0.14%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.14%) Zuora