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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 186 126
Rank change year-on-year -6 -60 +63
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 700 433 787
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.47% 1.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.99% 3.89% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 296 511
10th Percentile £363 £413 £363
25th Percentile £433 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £642 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 0
10th Percentile £17.75 £28.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.17 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.74% - -
75th Percentile - £87.50 -
90th Percentile £35.00 - -
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 17,544 11,129 14,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.89% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 7,531 9,982
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.79% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 270 357
10th Percentile £15.91 £15.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%
75th Percentile £68.00 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.06 £19.14 £19.09
% change year-on-year +93.68% +0.26% -30.60%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +1 601 £500 -4.76% 230
London +14 356 £500 -4.76% 90
UK excluding London +4 280 £480 -4.00% 173
Work from Home -54 150 £500 -4.76% 148
North of England -29 91 £480 -1.54% 35
North West -13 48 £450 -10.00% 29
Midlands -43 48 £435 -17.14% 34
South East -51 46 £500 - 53
Yorkshire -40 31 £500 -4.76% 6
West Midlands -43 31 £456 -13.10% 12
East of England -2 27 £505 -22.31% 12
Scotland -4 25 £500 +11.11% 8
South West -19 23 £525 +2.44% 22
East Midlands -17 16 £435 -20.00% 22
North East -16 12 £513 +17.14%
Wales -7 11 £513 +2.40% 4
Channel Islands - 6 £500 -
Northern Ireland +6 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 50 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.00%) CMS
3 5 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) Appian
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 205 (29.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.00%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.86%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.86%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.57%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.29%) Maximo
8 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.29%) Shopify
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 291 (41.57%) Power Platform
2 250 (35.71%) Azure
3 148 (21.14%) Power Automate
4 120 (17.14%) PowerApps
5 105 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 45 (6.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 35 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
10 31 (4.43%) Azure Functions
10 31 (4.43%) Serverless
11 21 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.57%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.43%) OneDrive
14 9 (1.29%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.29%) SaaS
15 7 (1.00%) AWS
15 7 (1.00%) GitHub
15 7 (1.00%) WhatsApp
16 5 (0.71%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.29%) SMS
2 4 (0.57%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) DKIM
3 1 (0.14%) DMARC
3 1 (0.14%) Intranet
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (14.29%) Power BI
2 25 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.86%) Power Query
4 6 (0.86%) Star Schema
5 5 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.57%) Metadata
7 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.43%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) MS Access
9 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (2.00%) Visual Studio
2 12 (1.71%) JIRA
3 8 (1.14%) Git
4 5 (0.71%) Postman
5 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.29%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.29%) git-flow
6 2 (0.29%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
7 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 217 (31.00%) Finance
2 188 (26.86%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 55 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.43%) Marketing
6 35 (5.00%) Law
7 28 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.43%) Retail
9 20 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.00%) Local Government
11 11 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.43%) Banking
13 9 (1.29%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.00%) Games
15 6 (0.86%) Billing
15 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.86%) Legal
15 6 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.71%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 180 (25.71%) Developer
2 142 (20.29%) Consultant
3 106 (15.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 103 (14.71%) Architect
5 77 (11.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 77 (11.00%) Lead
6 65 (9.29%) Functional Consultant
7 56 (8.00%) Analyst
8 48 (6.86%) Microsoft Developer
9 47 (6.71%) Senior
9 47 (6.71%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (6.29%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 37 (5.29%) Project Manager
12 36 (5.14%) Lead Architect
13 31 (4.43%) Functional Architect
14 30 (4.29%) Business Analyst
15 27 (3.86%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 27 (3.86%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
16 23 (3.29%) Microsoft Consultant
17 21 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (8.86%) .NET
2 26 (3.71%) HTML5 Canvas
3 21 (3.00%) REST
4 14 (2.00%) HTML
4 14 (2.00%) JSON
4 14 (2.00%) Middleware
5 12 (1.71%) RESTful
6 10 (1.43%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (1.14%) XML
8 7 (1.00%) CSS
8 7 (1.00%) Kafka
9 6 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.86%) Web Services
10 5 (0.71%) ADO
10 5 (0.71%) WCF
11 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.57%) Next.js
11 4 (0.57%) Playwright
11 4 (0.57%) PySpark
11 4 (0.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 18 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (1.86%) Low-Code
4 12 (1.71%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.43%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.00%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.00%) IoT
7 6 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (0.86%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.71%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.57%) Housing Association
9 4 (0.57%) IVR
10 3 (0.43%) BYOD
10 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.43%) FMCG
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.43%) NHS
11 2 (0.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (31.86%) CRM
2 181 (25.86%) ERP
3 151 (21.57%) DevOps
4 139 (19.86%) Migration
5 123 (17.57%) Agile
6 107 (15.29%) Data Migration
7 104 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
8 98 (14.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 95 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (11.71%) Customer Service
11 79 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 73 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (10.14%) Translating Business Requirements
14 62 (8.86%) Data Modelling
15 61 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 49 (7.00%) CI/CD
17 45 (6.43%) Customer Engagement
18 44 (6.29%) AI
18 44 (6.29%) Roadmaps
19 40 (5.71%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (14.29%) C#
2 97 (13.86%) JavaScript
3 49 (7.00%) SQL
4 24 (3.43%) PowerShell
5 19 (2.71%) X++
6 8 (1.14%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.00%) Python
8 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.57%) Java
10 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.29%) C
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 53 (7.57%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.57%) Degree
4 21 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.71%) CIMA
6 9 (1.29%) PMP
7 7 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.29%) IIBA
11 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.14%) APMG
12 1 (0.14%) CCAB
12 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.14%) QA
2 27 (3.86%) GDPR
3 21 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.14%) PMO
6 5 (0.71%) SLA
7 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
7 3 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.43%) WCAG
8 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.29%) GMP
8 2 (0.29%) GxP
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 8 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.29%) Terraform
2 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 447 (63.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.29%) Oracle
3 22 (3.14%) SAP
4 15 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.71%) Databricks
6 9 (1.29%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.14%) IFS
8 7 (1.00%) Sage
8 7 (1.00%) Workday
9 6 (0.86%) Adobe
9 6 (0.86%) NEC
10 4 (0.57%) Brio
10 4 (0.57%) Infor
10 4 (0.57%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.43%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.43%) Epicor
11 3 (0.43%) QAD
11 3 (0.43%) Zuora
12 2 (0.29%) Google