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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 202 124
Rank change year-on-year +7 -78 +23
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 819 480 734
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.45% 1.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.30% 3.82% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 309 429
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £624
90th Percentile £675 £669 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 1
10th Percentile £17.75 £21.95 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.17 £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 £57.50 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.69 £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.98% +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 19,068 12,578 12,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.73% 38.05% 34.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,647 8,397 8,617
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £719 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 628 296 185
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.50 £16.12
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.30 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -24.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.25 £64.73
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.14 £33.00
% change year-on-year +56.78% -42.02% +42.00%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +3 705 £500 -1.96% 680
UK excluding London +9 379 £475 -5.00% 446
London +19 357 £525 +2.44% 293
Work from Home -47 185 £510 -0.83% 356
North of England -28 97 £475 +2.70% 127
Midlands -17 88 £425 -15.00% 78
South East -22 81 £500 -4.76% 101
West Midlands -14 64 £425 -15.00% 53
North West -23 49 £470 -1.05% 65
Yorkshire -26 35 £478 -0.52% 49
Scotland -2 34 £525 +16.67% 42
South West -12 32 £500 -2.44% 31
East of England -18 27 £425 -26.09% 20
East Midlands -4 23 £494 -10.23% 25
Wales -4 16 £500 +2.51% 16
North East -29 13 £513 +17.14% 13
Northern Ireland - 3 £450 - 33
Channel Islands -4 2 £525 -16.00%

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 58 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.98%) 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 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 247 (30.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (2.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (1.83%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.85%) 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
9 2 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 341 (41.64%) Power Platform
2 300 (36.63%) Azure
3 203 (24.79%) Power Automate
4 164 (20.02%) PowerApps
5 146 (17.83%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 61 (7.45%) Serverless
7 60 (7.33%) Azure Functions
8 56 (6.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 54 (6.59%) Azure Service Bus
10 51 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (4.52%) Copilot Studio
12 23 (2.81%) Entra ID
13 21 (2.56%) SaaS
14 17 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.59%) Azure API Management
16 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 8 (0.98%) Azure Event Grid
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.45%) Power BI
2 48 (5.86%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.85%) Data Vault
5 7 (0.85%) Star Schema
6 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.73%) Metadata
6 6 (0.73%) Spark SQL
7 5 (0.61%) Power Query
8 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.49%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.49%) GIS
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.24%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (3.91%) Git
2 26 (3.17%) Visual Studio
3 21 (2.56%) JIRA
4 14 (1.71%) Selenium
5 12 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.47%) Postman
6 11 (1.34%) WebDriver
7 10 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) MSTest
9 3 (0.37%) NUnit
9 3 (0.37%) Protractor
10 2 (0.24%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.24%) MLflow
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.12%) JMeter
11 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.12%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 267 (32.60%) Finance
2 235 (28.69%) Social Skills
3 85 (10.38%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (5.13%) Marketing
7 39 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (3.42%) Retail
9 20 (2.44%) Billing
9 20 (2.44%) General Ledger
10 19 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.34%) Banking
12 11 (1.34%) Local Government
13 10 (1.22%) Law
14 8 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.61%) Automotive
16 4 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 216 (26.37%) Developer
2 149 (18.19%) Consultant
3 129 (15.75%) Architect
4 128 (15.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 110 (13.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 99 (12.09%) Analyst
7 84 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
8 81 (9.89%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 75 (9.16%) Lead
10 73 (8.91%) Senior
11 69 (8.42%) Functional Consultant
12 58 (7.08%) Business Analyst
13 54 (6.59%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 51 (6.23%) Microsoft Developer
15 37 (4.52%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 32 (3.91%) Project Manager
17 25 (3.05%) Microsoft Consultant
18 24 (2.93%) Power Platform Developer
19 23 (2.81%) Senior Developer
20 22 (2.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.48%) .NET
2 33 (4.03%) JSON
2 33 (4.03%) REST
3 29 (3.54%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (2.93%) Middleware
5 21 (2.56%) XML
6 18 (2.20%) HTML
7 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 15 (1.83%) Terraform
9 13 (1.59%) XSLT
10 12 (1.47%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.34%) Gherkin
11 11 (1.34%) OAuth
11 11 (1.34%) Web Services
12 10 (1.22%) RESTful
13 9 (1.10%) ASP.NET
13 9 (1.10%) CSS
13 9 (1.10%) PySpark
13 9 (1.10%) WCF
14 7 (0.85%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.91%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.47%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.34%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.34%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.61%) FMCG
12 5 (0.61%) Life Science
13 4 (0.49%) IVR
13 4 (0.49%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (31.38%) CRM
2 220 (26.86%) Agile
3 190 (23.20%) DevOps
4 182 (22.22%) ERP
5 175 (21.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 160 (19.54%) Migration
7 126 (15.38%) Data Migration
8 125 (15.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (14.53%) CI/CD
10 107 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
10 107 (13.06%) User Acceptance Testing
11 100 (12.21%) Customer Service
12 97 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
13 84 (10.26%) Data Modelling
14 79 (9.65%) AI
15 75 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (8.67%) Requirements Gathering
17 70 (8.55%) Translating Business Requirements
18 68 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
19 66 (8.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 137 (16.73%) JavaScript
2 135 (16.48%) C#
3 75 (9.16%) SQL
4 29 (3.54%) X++
5 19 (2.32%) TypeScript
6 16 (1.95%) Python
7 14 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.10%) Bicep
9 7 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.61%) Bash
12 4 (0.49%) Java
12 4 (0.49%) Korn
13 3 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 74 (9.04%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.69%) Degree
4 62 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.47%) ISTQB
6 12 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 12 (1.47%) PMP
7 11 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.49%) IIBA
12 3 (0.37%) ACCA
12 3 (0.37%) CIMA
12 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.24%) CIPD
13 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 44 (5.37%) GDPR
3 41 (5.01%) QA
4 40 (4.88%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.69%) WCAG
6 13 (1.59%) PMO
7 7 (0.85%) NIST
8 5 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
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%) 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 (0.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 607 (74.11%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.15%) Oracle
3 29 (3.54%) SAP
4 23 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.10%) Databricks
7 8 (0.98%) Workday
8 6 (0.73%) Ariba
9 5 (0.61%) NEC
10 4 (0.49%) IFS
10 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.49%) Sage
11 3 (0.37%) Adobe
11 3 (0.37%) Aprimo
11 3 (0.37%) Brio
11 3 (0.37%) Foundry
11 3 (0.37%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.37%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.37%) Splunk
11 3 (0.37%) TIBCO