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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 146 137
Rank change year-on-year -49 -9 +53
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 636 563 790
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.84% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.97% 4.85% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 384 546
10th Percentile £325 £393 £375
25th Percentile £427 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £587 £619 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £516 £500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +3.25% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £18.30 - -
25th Percentile - £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% - -
75th Percentile £89.38 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 - -

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 16,017 11,619 14,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.50% 37.91% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,958 7,942 10,484
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £635
90th Percentile £700 £726 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £495
% change year-on-year -4.23% +0.20% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 187 359
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.15 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +24.01% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.45 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year +76.53% +34.33% -18.18%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -47 524 £513 -2.38% 308
London -4 312 £513 -5.88% 116
UK excluding London -47 242 £525 +1.69% 243
Work from Home -47 200 £500 -4.76% 128
Midlands -60 57 £500 -9.09% 45
North of England -77 56 £500 -10.95% 54
West Midlands -57 47 £500 -10.03% 34
South East -31 37 £550 +11.68% 89
North West -56 31 £450 -18.18% 39
South West -24 27 £450 -12.20% 28
Scotland +14 26 £550 +12.82% 11
East of England -2 25 £438 -23.91% 11
Yorkshire -54 25 £595 +4.94% 11
Wales +11 13 £550 - 6
East Midlands -23 10 £700 - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.47%) CMS
4 3 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.31%) 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 15 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 212 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.20%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (2.04%) Shopify
4 10 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (1.42%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.42%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.31%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics SL
8 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.16%) Maximo
8 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 299 (47.01%) Azure
2 263 (41.35%) Power Platform
3 156 (24.53%) Power Automate
4 122 (19.18%) PowerApps
5 117 (18.40%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (8.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (6.29%) Azure Service Bus
9 39 (6.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 38 (5.97%) Azure Functions
10 38 (5.97%) Serverless
11 24 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 23 (3.62%) AWS
12 23 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 22 (3.46%) SaaS
14 20 (3.14%) PaaS
15 17 (2.67%) GitHub
16 11 (1.73%) Copilot Studio
16 11 (1.73%) OneDrive
17 10 (1.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.89%) SMS
2 11 (1.73%) HTTP
3 2 (0.31%) Firewall
3 2 (0.31%) 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
1 117 (18.40%) Power BI
2 25 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.73%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.79%) GIS
6 5 (0.79%) Power Query
7 4 (0.63%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.47%) Metadata
9 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.16%) MS Access
10 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (2.36%) Git
1 15 (2.36%) Visual Studio
2 14 (2.20%) JIRA
3 12 (1.89%) Selenium
4 9 (1.42%) JMeter
5 8 (1.26%) MSTest
6 6 (0.94%) Postman
7 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.31%) git-flow
8 2 (0.31%) GitLab
8 2 (0.31%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.31%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
General
1 222 (34.91%) Finance
2 205 (32.23%) Social Skills
3 88 (13.84%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.55%) Marketing
6 33 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.93%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.62%) Banking
9 22 (3.46%) Retail
10 12 (1.89%) Legal
11 11 (1.73%) Billing
11 11 (1.73%) General Ledger
12 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.26%) Aviation
14 7 (1.10%) Back Office
14 7 (1.10%) Games
15 6 (0.94%) Law
15 6 (0.94%) Local Government
16 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (24.53%) Developer
2 140 (22.01%) Consultant
3 98 (15.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 73 (11.48%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 68 (10.69%) Architect
6 60 (9.43%) Senior
7 53 (8.33%) Functional Consultant
8 50 (7.86%) Analyst
8 50 (7.86%) Lead
9 35 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (5.19%) Business Analyst
11 32 (5.03%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 28 (4.40%) Project Manager
13 26 (4.09%) Power Platform Developer
14 24 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 22 (3.46%) Microsoft Consultant
16 20 (3.14%) Microsoft Developer
17 18 (2.83%) Tester
18 16 (2.52%) Senior Developer
19 15 (2.36%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.75%) .NET
2 28 (4.40%) REST
3 25 (3.93%) HTML
4 24 (3.77%) HTML5 Canvas
5 18 (2.83%) JSON
6 16 (2.52%) Middleware
7 12 (1.89%) Web Services
8 11 (1.73%) CSS
9 10 (1.57%) RESTful
9 10 (1.57%) XML
10 9 (1.42%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.26%) OpenID
11 8 (1.26%) SAML
12 7 (1.10%) EDI
12 7 (1.10%) Kafka
12 7 (1.10%) OAuth
12 7 (1.10%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (0.94%) Ajax
14 5 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.46%) Product Ownership
2 17 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.20%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.73%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.42%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.26%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.94%) IoT
8 6 (0.94%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.47%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.31%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.31%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.94%) Windows
2 2 (0.31%) 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
1 229 (36.01%) CRM
2 181 (28.46%) DevOps
3 158 (24.84%) ERP
4 148 (23.27%) Agile
5 131 (20.60%) Migration
6 119 (18.71%) Business Intelligence
7 82 (12.89%) Data Migration
8 78 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (10.22%) Data Modelling
11 64 (10.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 62 (9.75%) CI/CD
13 56 (8.81%) Analytics
13 56 (8.81%) Customer Engagement
14 54 (8.49%) Customer Service
14 54 (8.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (8.02%) Workshop Facilitation
16 44 (6.92%) Roadmaps
17 43 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
18 40 (6.29%) AI
Programming Languages
1 119 (18.71%) C#
2 99 (15.57%) JavaScript
3 70 (11.01%) SQL
4 29 (4.56%) PowerShell
5 28 (4.40%) Python
6 25 (3.93%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.52%) X++
8 7 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.10%) Java
8 7 (1.10%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.47%) Bicep
10 3 (0.47%) C++
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.31%) C
11 2 (0.31%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.16%) VBA
12 1 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 90 (14.15%) Security Cleared
2 60 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.49%) Degree
4 23 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.89%) CIMA
6 11 (1.73%) PMP
7 10 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.47%) ACCA
11 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.47%) MBA
12 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.97%) QA
2 21 (3.30%) GDPR
3 15 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.73%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.79%) PMO
8 3 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.47%) GAAP
8 3 (0.47%) IFRS
8 3 (0.47%) WCAG
9 2 (0.31%) GMP
9 2 (0.31%) GxP
9 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.31%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) PERC
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.26%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.20%) Terraform
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 414 (65.09%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.50%) SAP
3 28 (4.40%) Oracle
4 14 (2.20%) Databricks
5 10 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.42%) NEC
6 9 (1.42%) Workday
7 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.79%) Sage
7 5 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.63%) IFS
9 3 (0.47%) Adobe
9 3 (0.47%) Brio
9 3 (0.47%) Google
9 3 (0.47%) Infor
10 2 (0.31%) ESRI
10 2 (0.31%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.31%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.31%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.31%) Sitecore