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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 197 121
Rank change year-on-year +3 -76 +44
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 794 462 736
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.41% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.20% 3.79% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 308 464
10th Percentile £363 £325 £383
25th Percentile £425 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £650 £671 £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 1
10th Percentile £18.95 £28.33 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.38 £50.99 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.23% +1.98% +163.16%
75th Percentile £37.22 £73.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £42.10 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.40% +35.00% +163.16%

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 18,903 12,206 13,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.12% 37.20% 33.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,514 8,148 9,060
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 320 244
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.24
Median hourly rate £34.13 £28.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +12.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £18.87 £21.46
% change year-on-year +77.53% -12.07% -18.25%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +12 685 £500 - 366
London +20 374 £514 +2.75% 175
UK excluding London +11 354 £475 -5.00% 235
Work from Home -34 183 £513 +0.49% 212
North of England -19 94 £475 - 55
Midlands -17 74 £425 -14.57% 54
South East -31 69 £500 +1.52% 63
North West -19 52 £425 -10.53% 30
West Midlands -26 48 £425 -14.57% 30
Scotland +5 37 £525 +10.53% 9
South West -25 31 £525 - 28
Yorkshire -28 29 £480 +1.05% 17
East of England -7 26 £450 -28.00% 14
East Midlands -4 25 £455 -1.62% 24
Wales -14 13 £500 +2.51% 3
North East -35 13 £513 +17.14% 8
Channel Islands +4 7 £513 -18.00%
Northern Ireland +5 4 £450 - 11

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 57 (7.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.13%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) Appian
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.38%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.13%) Drupal
5 1 (0.13%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 238 (29.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 17 (2.14%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.38%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
8 2 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 350 (44.08%) Power Platform
2 275 (34.63%) Azure
3 193 (24.31%) Power Automate
4 158 (19.90%) PowerApps
5 140 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (7.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 59 (7.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 49 (6.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 42 (5.29%) Azure Functions
10 42 (5.29%) Serverless
11 39 (4.91%) Copilot Studio
12 22 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 16 (2.02%) SaaS
15 11 (1.39%) Azure API Management
15 11 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (1.01%) Azure Event Grid
16 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.50%) SMS
2 1 (0.13%) DKIM
2 1 (0.13%) DMARC
2 1 (0.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (16.75%) Power BI
2 34 (4.28%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.88%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.88%) Star Schema
6 5 (0.63%) Metadata
6 5 (0.63%) Spark SQL
7 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.38%) GIS
8 3 (0.38%) Power Query
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.13%) MS Access
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.15%) Visual Studio
2 20 (2.52%) JIRA
3 17 (2.14%) Git
4 10 (1.26%) Cypress.io
4 10 (1.26%) Selenium
5 9 (1.13%) Postman
5 9 (1.13%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.38%) Protractor
8 2 (0.25%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 261 (32.87%) Finance
2 221 (27.83%) Social Skills
3 83 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 62 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.91%) Law
6 37 (4.66%) Marketing
7 35 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.27%) Retail
10 23 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (2.14%) Local Government
12 16 (2.02%) Billing
13 13 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.64%) General Ledger
14 9 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.01%) Banking
16 5 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.63%) Legal
16 5 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 200 (25.19%) Developer
2 139 (17.51%) Architect
3 133 (16.75%) Consultant
4 104 (13.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 98 (12.34%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 97 (12.22%) Lead
7 87 (10.96%) Analyst
8 68 (8.56%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 68 (8.56%) Functional Consultant
8 68 (8.56%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (7.43%) Senior
10 49 (6.17%) Business Analyst
10 49 (6.17%) Microsoft Developer
11 43 (5.42%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
12 38 (4.79%) Lead Architect
13 33 (4.16%) Project Manager
14 32 (4.03%) Functional Architect
15 30 (3.78%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 23 (2.90%) Power Platform Developer
17 19 (2.39%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.46%) .NET
2 27 (3.40%) REST
3 26 (3.27%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (3.02%) Middleware
5 22 (2.77%) JSON
6 14 (1.76%) Terraform
7 12 (1.51%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (1.39%) HTML
9 10 (1.26%) RESTful
10 9 (1.13%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.13%) Web Services
11 8 (1.01%) ADO
11 8 (1.01%) OAuth
11 8 (1.01%) XML
12 7 (0.88%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.76%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.76%) CSS
13 6 (0.76%) PySpark
13 6 (0.76%) WCF
14 5 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.30%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.51%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.26%) AI Agents
9 7 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.76%) FMCG
10 6 (0.76%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.63%) IoT
11 5 (0.63%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.50%) IVR
12 4 (0.50%) Life Science
12 4 (0.50%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.38%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (31.61%) CRM
2 199 (25.06%) ERP
3 192 (24.18%) Agile
4 178 (22.42%) DevOps
5 162 (20.40%) Migration
6 154 (19.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 139 (17.51%) Business Intelligence
7 139 (17.51%) Data Migration
8 132 (16.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
10 102 (12.85%) CI/CD
11 100 (12.59%) Customer Service
12 97 (12.22%) Translating Business Requirements
13 94 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 85 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
15 77 (9.70%) Data Modelling
16 67 (8.44%) Requirements Gathering
17 66 (8.31%) AI
18 64 (8.06%) Scrum
19 54 (6.80%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.11%) JavaScript
2 117 (14.74%) C#
3 67 (8.44%) SQL
4 30 (3.78%) X++
5 19 (2.39%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.39%) Python
6 11 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.01%) Bicep
8 7 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.63%) Bash
10 5 (0.63%) Korn
11 4 (0.50%) Java
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 78 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.68%) Degree
4 50 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.39%) PMI Certification
5 11 (1.39%) PMP
6 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.26%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.50%) IIBA
11 3 (0.38%) CIMA
11 3 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.25%) APMG
12 2 (0.25%) CIPD
13 1 (0.13%) ACCA
13 1 (0.13%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.66%) QA
3 36 (4.53%) GDPR
4 28 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.89%) PMO
6 11 (1.39%) WCAG
7 7 (0.88%) NIST
7 7 (0.88%) SLA
8 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.50%) GRC
9 4 (0.50%) P3O
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.25%) GMP
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 11 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 587 (73.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.40%) SAP
3 24 (3.02%) Oracle
4 22 (2.77%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.01%) Databricks
7 7 (0.88%) Workday
8 5 (0.63%) IFS
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe
9 4 (0.50%) Ariba
9 4 (0.50%) NEC
9 4 (0.50%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.50%) Sage
10 3 (0.38%) Brio
10 3 (0.38%) Foundry
10 3 (0.38%) Splunk
10 3 (0.38%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.25%) Aprimo
11 2 (0.25%) Google
11 2 (0.25%) Infor