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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 200 128
Rank change year-on-year +1 -72 +44
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 746 475 769
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.45% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.98% 3.89% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 318 491
10th Percentile £363 £371 £375
25th Percentile £425 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £645 £656 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 0
10th Percentile £18.35 £28.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.17 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.74% - -
75th Percentile £36.19 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £38.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -62.40% - -

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 18,750 12,222 13,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.39% 37.35% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,376 8,174 9,529
10th Percentile £327 £313 £313
25th Percentile £418 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 314 305
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.11 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £36.87 £27.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +34.05% +24.15% -36.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.35 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.24 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +97.35% -10.14% -20.00%

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 25 July 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 25 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 18 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 25 July 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 0 646 £500 -4.76% 263
London 0 345 £513 +0.49% 115
UK excluding London +17 338 £475 -5.00% 186
Work from Home -72 161 £500 -4.76% 155
North of England -31 97 £480 +1.05% 40
Midlands -14 73 £425 -20.93% 42
South East -39 63 £475 -7.32% 70
North West -20 57 £475 -5.00% 18
West Midlands -20 55 £425 -19.05% 24
Scotland +1 33 £500 +8.11% 3
East of England -2 27 £475 -24.00% 9
Yorkshire -41 27 £500 +5.26% 22
South West -24 26 £525 - 18
East Midlands -8 17 £435 -19.07% 18
North East -34 13 £513 +17.14%
Wales -11 11 £500 +2.51% 2
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +5 3 £450 - 2

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 54 (7.24%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.94%) CMS
3 6 (0.80%) Confluence
4 3 (0.40%) Appian
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.40%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 232 (31.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.01%) Dynamics NAV
3 14 (1.88%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.67%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.40%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.27%) Maximo
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 317 (42.49%) Power Platform
2 253 (33.91%) Azure
3 168 (22.52%) Power Automate
4 146 (19.57%) PowerApps
5 114 (15.28%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (7.24%) Microsoft Copilot
8 53 (7.10%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (5.76%) Azure Service Bus
10 35 (4.69%) Copilot Studio
11 32 (4.29%) Azure Functions
11 32 (4.29%) Serverless
12 19 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.01%) SaaS
14 11 (1.47%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.94%) AWS
15 7 (0.94%) GitHub
15 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.94%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.80%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (17.43%) Power BI
2 33 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.94%) Star Schema
5 6 (0.80%) Data Vault
5 6 (0.80%) Power Query
6 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.54%) Metadata
7 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.40%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.13%) GIS
9 1 (0.13%) MS Access
9 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.95%) JIRA
2 18 (2.41%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.34%) Postman
4 9 (1.21%) Cypress.io
4 9 (1.21%) Selenium
5 8 (1.07%) Git
5 8 (1.07%) WebDriver
6 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) Protractor
7 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.13%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 256 (34.32%) Finance
2 200 (26.81%) Social Skills
3 83 (11.13%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.36%) Law
6 32 (4.29%) Marketing
7 30 (4.02%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (3.22%) Retail
10 17 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.14%) Local Government
12 15 (2.01%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.74%) Billing
14 11 (1.47%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.34%) Banking
15 10 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Games
17 6 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 184 (24.66%) Developer
2 131 (17.56%) Consultant
3 123 (16.49%) Architect
4 98 (13.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 94 (12.60%) Lead
6 89 (11.93%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 79 (10.59%) Analyst
8 64 (8.58%) Functional Consultant
8 64 (8.58%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (7.91%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 51 (6.84%) Senior
11 46 (6.17%) Microsoft Developer
12 43 (5.76%) Business Analyst
13 41 (5.50%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 37 (4.96%) Lead Architect
15 36 (4.83%) Project Manager
16 32 (4.29%) Functional Architect
17 30 (4.02%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
18 24 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
19 21 (2.82%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (10.05%) .NET
2 24 (3.22%) HTML5 Canvas
3 21 (2.82%) Middleware
4 17 (2.28%) REST
5 16 (2.14%) JSON
6 9 (1.21%) HTML
6 9 (1.21%) RESTful
7 8 (1.07%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (1.07%) Gherkin
7 8 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.07%) Web Services
7 8 (1.07%) XML
8 6 (0.80%) CSS
9 5 (0.67%) WCF
9 5 (0.67%) XSLT
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.54%) ADO
10 4 (0.54%) EDI
10 4 (0.54%) OAuth
10 4 (0.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.70%) Product Ownership
2 29 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.14%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.74%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.80%) FMCG
9 6 (0.80%) Housing Association
9 6 (0.80%) IoT
10 5 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.54%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.54%) IVR
11 4 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.40%) NHS
12 3 (0.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (33.38%) CRM
2 196 (26.27%) ERP
3 164 (21.98%) Agile
4 159 (21.31%) Migration
5 156 (20.91%) DevOps
6 135 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
7 134 (17.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 133 (17.83%) Data Migration
9 119 (15.95%) User Acceptance Testing
10 106 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 96 (12.87%) Customer Service
12 88 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 88 (11.80%) Translating Business Requirements
13 84 (11.26%) Data Modelling
14 81 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
15 78 (10.46%) CI/CD
16 61 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
17 58 (7.77%) AI
18 51 (6.84%) Change Management
19 50 (6.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 108 (14.48%) JavaScript
2 96 (12.87%) C#
3 61 (8.18%) SQL
4 26 (3.49%) X++
5 15 (2.01%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.21%) Python
7 7 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.54%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) Korn
10 1 (0.13%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (11.53%) Security Cleared
2 61 (8.18%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.57%) Degree
4 41 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.61%) PMI Certification
5 12 (1.61%) PMP
6 10 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.94%) CIMA
9 5 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.40%) IIBA
10 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.27%) APMG
11 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.13%) CCAB
12 1 (0.13%) CIPD
12 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.56%) QA
3 33 (4.42%) GDPR
4 23 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.01%) PMO
6 10 (1.34%) WCAG
7 6 (0.80%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.54%) NIST
9 3 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.40%) GMP
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.40%) P3O
9 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.27%) GxP
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (1.07%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 529 (70.91%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.75%) SAP
3 27 (3.62%) Oracle
4 21 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.47%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.34%) Workday
7 8 (1.07%) Databricks
8 7 (0.94%) IFS
9 5 (0.67%) NEC
9 5 (0.67%) Sage
10 4 (0.54%) Adobe
10 4 (0.54%) Ariba
10 4 (0.54%) Brio
10 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.40%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.40%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.40%) Epicor
11 3 (0.40%) Infor
11 3 (0.40%) QAD
11 3 (0.40%) TIBCO