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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 194 125
Rank change year-on-year -1 -69 +51
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 742 477 755
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.40% 1.46% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.97% 3.90% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 321 482
10th Percentile £366 £363 £375
25th Percentile £431 £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 £651 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 8 0
10th Percentile £18.50 £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 18,669 12,237 13,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.32% 37.37% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,316 8,189 9,408
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 316 296
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.12 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.43 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.71 £27.50 £22.33
Median % change year-on-year +29.85% +23.18% -36.21%
75th Percentile £69.88 £47.63 £50.48
90th Percentile £83.05 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +94.54% -10.14% -21.50%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -1 643 £500 -4.76% 263
London -2 342 £513 +0.49% 112
UK excluding London +7 339 £475 -5.00% 190
Work from Home -68 160 £500 -4.76% 161
North of England -26 96 £480 +1.05% 46
Midlands -12 73 £425 -20.93% 42
South East -36 65 £488 -7.14% 67
North West -16 56 £475 -5.00% 18
West Midlands -18 55 £425 -19.05% 24
Scotland +3 34 £500 +8.11% 5
Yorkshire -32 27 £500 +5.26% 27
East of England -5 26 £475 -24.00% 10
South West -28 26 £525 - 17
East Midlands -6 17 £435 -19.07% 18
North East -33 13 £513 +17.14% 1
Wales -10 11 £500 +2.51% 2
Channel Islands +5 6 £500 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +2 3 £450 - 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 54 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.94%) CMS
3 6 (0.81%) 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 (3.37%) 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 (31.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.02%) Dynamics AX
2 15 (2.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.67%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.40%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.27%) Maximo
9 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 313 (42.18%) Power Platform
2 251 (33.83%) Azure
3 167 (22.51%) Power Automate
4 144 (19.41%) PowerApps
5 115 (15.50%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 52 (7.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (5.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 35 (4.72%) Copilot Studio
11 32 (4.31%) Azure Functions
11 32 (4.31%) Serverless
12 19 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.02%) SaaS
14 10 (1.35%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.94%) AWS
16 7 (0.94%) GitHub
16 7 (0.94%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.81%) 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 (17.52%) Power BI
2 33 (4.45%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (0.94%) Data Vault
4 7 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.94%) Star Schema
5 5 (0.67%) Power Query
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
8 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
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 23 (3.10%) JIRA
2 18 (2.43%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.35%) Postman
4 9 (1.21%) Cypress.io
4 9 (1.21%) Selenium
5 8 (1.08%) Git
5 8 (1.08%) 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
1 251 (33.83%) Finance
2 196 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 84 (11.32%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.39%) Law
6 31 (4.18%) Marketing
7 30 (4.04%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.10%) Retail
10 17 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.16%) Local Government
12 15 (2.02%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.75%) Billing
14 11 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.35%) Banking
16 9 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.94%) Games
18 6 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 183 (24.66%) Developer
2 130 (17.52%) Consultant
3 123 (16.58%) Architect
4 98 (13.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 92 (12.40%) Lead
6 87 (11.73%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 79 (10.65%) Analyst
8 64 (8.63%) Functional Consultant
9 63 (8.49%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (8.09%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 53 (7.14%) Senior
12 46 (6.20%) Microsoft Developer
13 43 (5.80%) Business Analyst
14 41 (5.53%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 37 (4.99%) Lead Architect
16 36 (4.85%) Project Manager
17 32 (4.31%) Functional Architect
18 30 (4.04%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
19 25 (3.37%) Power Platform Developer
20 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (10.38%) .NET
2 24 (3.23%) HTML5 Canvas
3 21 (2.83%) Middleware
4 17 (2.29%) REST
5 16 (2.16%) JSON
6 9 (1.21%) RESTful
7 8 (1.08%) Gherkin
7 8 (1.08%) HTML
7 8 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.08%) Web Services
7 8 (1.08%) XML
8 7 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (0.67%) CSS
9 5 (0.67%) WCF
9 5 (0.67%) XSLT
10 4 (0.54%) ADO
10 4 (0.54%) EDI
10 4 (0.54%) OAuth
10 4 (0.54%) PySpark
11 3 (0.40%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.47%) Product Ownership
2 29 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.43%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.75%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.81%) FMCG
9 6 (0.81%) Housing Association
9 6 (0.81%) IoT
10 5 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.54%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 (33.56%) CRM
2 193 (26.01%) ERP
3 165 (22.24%) Agile
4 161 (21.70%) Migration
5 158 (21.29%) DevOps
6 136 (18.33%) Business Intelligence
6 136 (18.33%) Data Migration
7 135 (18.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 119 (16.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 104 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 97 (13.07%) Customer Service
11 87 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (11.59%) Translating Business Requirements
13 83 (11.19%) Data Modelling
14 81 (10.92%) CI/CD
15 78 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
16 61 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
17 57 (7.68%) AI
18 52 (7.01%) Change Management
19 50 (6.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 108 (14.56%) JavaScript
2 97 (13.07%) C#
3 61 (8.22%) SQL
4 26 (3.50%) X++
5 14 (1.89%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.21%) Python
7 7 (0.94%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.54%) Java
10 4 (0.54%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 62 (8.36%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.33%) Degree
4 40 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.62%) PMI Certification
5 12 (1.62%) PMP
6 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.81%) CIMA
9 5 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.40%) IIBA
11 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.27%) APMG
12 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.39%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.58%) QA
3 32 (4.31%) GDPR
4 23 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.02%) PMO
6 10 (1.35%) WCAG
7 6 (0.81%) 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 (1.08%) 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
1 527 (71.02%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.77%) SAP
3 27 (3.64%) Oracle
4 21 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.48%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.35%) Workday
7 8 (1.08%) 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