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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 194 120
Rank change year-on-year 0 -74 +37
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 817 468 745
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.50% 1.44% 1.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.33% 3.84% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 308 449
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £425 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 1
10th Percentile £17.75 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.99 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.16% +1.98% -33.33%
75th Percentile £38.25 £73.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £53.65 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.40% +35.00% -33.33%

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 18,877 12,179 13,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.69% 37.52% 34.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,526 8,111 8,851
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 297 201
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -11.79%
75th Percentile £67.65 £52.50 £61.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +52.79% -34.55% +11.11%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +2 700 £500 -1.96% 735
UK excluding London +12 371 £475 -5.00% 451
London +12 370 £515 +0.49% 370
Work from Home -55 177 £518 +0.49% 405
North of England -27 92 £475 +5.56% 107
Midlands -9 84 £425 -15.00% 76
South East -28 77 £500 - 109
West Midlands -28 58 £425 -15.00% 54
North West -18 49 £465 +0.54% 57
Scotland +1 34 £525 +13.51% 56
Yorkshire -23 30 £478 -2.05% 40
South West -28 29 £488 -2.50% 39
East of England -14 28 £475 -20.83% 29
East Midlands +4 25 £455 -1.62% 21
Wales -3 17 £500 +2.51% 14
North East -30 13 £513 +17.14% 10
Channel Islands 0 7 £513 -18.00%
Northern Ireland +7 4 £450 - 24

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 61 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.22%) CMS
3 4 (0.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) Appian
4 3 (0.37%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 246 (30.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (2.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.24%) Dynamics SL
9 2 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.24%) Maximo
9 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.24%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 365 (44.68%) Power Platform
2 295 (36.11%) Azure
3 201 (24.60%) Power Automate
4 160 (19.58%) PowerApps
5 144 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (7.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 63 (7.71%) Serverless
8 62 (7.59%) Azure Functions
9 56 (6.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 56 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
9 56 (6.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (4.65%) Copilot Studio
11 21 (2.57%) Entra ID
12 19 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (2.33%) SaaS
13 12 (1.47%) Azure API Management
13 12 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
15 9 (1.10%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.49%) SMS
2 1 (0.12%) DKIM
2 1 (0.12%) DMARC
2 1 (0.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (15.79%) Power BI
2 46 (5.63%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.10%) Star Schema
6 7 (0.86%) Data Vault
7 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.73%) Power Query
7 6 (0.73%) Spark SQL
8 5 (0.61%) Metadata
9 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.37%) GIS
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.12%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 27 (3.30%) Git
2 26 (3.18%) Visual Studio
3 19 (2.33%) JIRA
4 13 (1.59%) Selenium
5 11 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.22%) Postman
6 10 (1.22%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.98%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) Protractor
10 2 (0.24%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.24%) MLflow
10 2 (0.24%) MSTest
10 2 (0.24%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) JUnit
11 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.12%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 275 (33.66%) Finance
2 234 (28.64%) Social Skills
3 86 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 65 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.41%) Marketing
7 35 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 31 (3.79%) Law
9 27 (3.30%) Retail
10 26 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.96%) Billing
13 14 (1.71%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.59%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.47%) Local Government
16 9 (1.10%) Banking
17 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.61%) Automotive
19 4 (0.49%) Legal
19 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 209 (25.58%) Developer
2 149 (18.24%) Architect
3 143 (17.50%) Consultant
4 114 (13.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 104 (12.73%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 95 (11.63%) Analyst
7 90 (11.02%) Lead
8 80 (9.79%) Solutions Architect
9 78 (9.55%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 71 (8.69%) Functional Consultant
11 66 (8.08%) Senior
12 54 (6.61%) Business Analyst
13 51 (6.24%) Microsoft Developer
14 50 (6.12%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 34 (4.16%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 31 (3.79%) Project Manager
17 30 (3.67%) Lead Architect
18 24 (2.94%) Functional Architect
18 24 (2.94%) Power Platform Developer
19 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (11.38%) .NET
2 33 (4.04%) JSON
3 30 (3.67%) REST
4 27 (3.30%) HTML5 Canvas
5 26 (3.18%) Middleware
6 19 (2.33%) XML
7 16 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 15 (1.84%) Terraform
9 13 (1.59%) HTML
9 13 (1.59%) XSLT
10 11 (1.35%) OAuth
10 11 (1.35%) Web Services
11 10 (1.22%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.22%) Gherkin
11 10 (1.22%) RESTful
12 9 (1.10%) WCF
13 8 (0.98%) CSS
13 8 (0.98%) PySpark
14 7 (0.86%) ADO
14 7 (0.86%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.34%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (3.79%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.35%) Taxonomies
9 10 (1.22%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.98%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.73%) FMCG
14 5 (0.61%) Life Science
14 5 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.49%) Housing Association
15 4 (0.49%) IoT
15 4 (0.49%) IVR
15 4 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (31.46%) CRM
2 207 (25.34%) Agile
3 192 (23.50%) ERP
4 183 (22.40%) DevOps
5 168 (20.56%) Migration
6 162 (19.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 145 (17.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 139 (17.01%) Data Migration
9 134 (16.40%) Business Intelligence
10 121 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 113 (13.83%) CI/CD
12 105 (12.85%) Customer Service
13 93 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
14 91 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 89 (10.89%) Translating Business Requirements
16 88 (10.77%) Data Modelling
17 75 (9.18%) AI
17 75 (9.18%) Requirements Gathering
18 66 (8.08%) Scrum
19 58 (7.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 134 (16.40%) JavaScript
2 132 (16.16%) C#
3 72 (8.81%) SQL
4 29 (3.55%) X++
5 17 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 17 (2.08%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.71%) Python
7 9 (1.10%) Bicep
7 9 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.61%) Bash
9 5 (0.61%) Java
10 4 (0.49%) Korn
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 102 (12.48%) Security Cleared
2 70 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.71%) Degree
4 60 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 12 (1.47%) PMP
7 11 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.35%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) IIBA
10 5 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.24%) CIPD
13 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.12%) ACCA
14 1 (0.12%) CIMA
14 1 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 44 (5.39%) GDPR
3 38 (4.65%) Accessibility
4 36 (4.41%) QA
5 21 (2.57%) WCAG
6 15 (1.84%) PMO
7 7 (0.86%) NIST
8 5 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.61%) SLA
9 4 (0.49%) GRC
9 4 (0.49%) P3O
10 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) GMP
System Software
1 12 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 607 (74.30%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.55%) Oracle
2 29 (3.55%) SAP
3 24 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.35%) Databricks
6 8 (0.98%) Workday
7 5 (0.61%) NEC
8 4 (0.49%) Ariba
8 4 (0.49%) Brio
8 4 (0.49%) IFS
8 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.49%) Sage
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe
9 3 (0.37%) Aprimo
9 3 (0.37%) Foundry
9 3 (0.37%) Genesys
9 3 (0.37%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.37%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.37%) Splunk