Dynamics 365 Contracts

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Dynamics 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dynamics 365 over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 134 192
Rank change year-on-year -53 +58 +27
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 430 745 805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.46% 1.75% 1.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.90% 5.37% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 501 594
10th Percentile £409 £375 £413
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year - -4.37% +1.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £605
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £46.50 - -
25th Percentile £65.63 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £19.00
75th Percentile £87.50 - £47.75
90th Percentile - - £64.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - £19.00

All Cloud 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 11,039 13,863 20,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.49% 32.54% 36.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,586 9,859 15,111
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £634 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 334
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.30 £21.37 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.75% -38.94% +57.73%
75th Percentile £46.30 £36.16 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.28 £17.72 £25.87
% change year-on-year +20.09% -31.49% +35.26%

Dynamics 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dynamics 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamics 365.

Daily rate trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dynamics 365.

Hourly rate trend for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Dynamics 365 in the UK

Dynamics 365
Top 16 Contract 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 18 May 2025. 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 -49 349 £525 - 543
London -34 203 £525 -4.55% 221
Work from Home -54 187 £525 - 356
UK excluding London -64 141 £500 - 391
Midlands -3 34 £525 +5.00% 81
North of England -35 33 £550 +10.00% 97
West Midlands -3 29 £525 +10.53% 51
South East +20 26 £471 -5.75% 131
North West -12 26 £525 +5.00% 59
South West +12 23 £500 -9.09% 29
Scotland -15 16 £463 -11.90% 22
Yorkshire -14 7 £595 +19.00% 19
Wales -3 5 £501 +0.10% 14
East Midlands 0 4 £544 -13.00% 26
East of England +23 3 £650 +36.84% 16
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

Dynamics 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 42 (9.77%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
3 2 (0.47%) IIS
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) Camunda
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.16%) InfoPath
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 129 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (3.72%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.23%) FastStats
6 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 206 (47.91%) Power Platform
2 203 (47.21%) Azure
3 124 (28.84%) PowerApps
4 122 (28.37%) Power Automate
5 91 (21.16%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (12.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 38 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (6.98%) Serverless
9 26 (6.05%) Azure Functions
10 16 (3.72%) AWS
11 12 (2.79%) SaaS
12 11 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.09%) PaaS
14 7 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (1.16%) GitHub
16 5 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.93%) DNS
1 4 (0.93%) HTTP
2 3 (0.70%) FTP
2 3 (0.70%) SMTP
2 3 (0.70%) SSL
2 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.23%) DHCP
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.23%) VLAN
3 1 (0.23%) VPN
3 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (19.07%) Power BI
2 36 (8.37%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.74%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.63%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.70%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.47%) Big Data
8 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.47%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.23%) Metadata
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (9.53%) JIRA
2 30 (6.98%) Git
3 10 (2.33%) Postman
4 6 (1.40%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.16%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.70%) GitLab
6 3 (0.70%) JMeter
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.47%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 105 (24.42%) Finance
3 52 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 46 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.30%) Retail
6 26 (6.05%) Marketing
7 22 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.26%) Banking
9 9 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.86%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.40%) Back Office
11 6 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Legal
13 4 (0.93%) Billing
13 4 (0.93%) Local Government
13 4 (0.93%) Military
13 4 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.70%) Games
14 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (26.51%) Developer
2 78 (18.14%) Consultant
3 75 (17.44%) Architect
4 64 (14.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 49 (11.40%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 45 (10.47%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 41 (9.53%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (8.37%) Lead
9 32 (7.44%) Analyst
10 27 (6.28%) Power Platform Developer
11 24 (5.58%) Functional Consultant
12 17 (3.95%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 16 (3.72%) Project Manager
14 15 (3.49%) CRM Developer
14 15 (3.49%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 14 (3.26%) Senior
16 12 (2.79%) CRM Architect
16 12 (2.79%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
17 11 (2.56%) Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (13.95%) .NET
2 46 (10.70%) REST
3 36 (8.37%) CSS
3 36 (8.37%) HTML
4 28 (6.51%) SOAP
5 23 (5.35%) .NET Framework
6 21 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
7 20 (4.65%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (4.19%) JSON
9 13 (3.02%) Web Services
10 12 (2.79%) XML
11 11 (2.56%) WCF
12 10 (2.33%) React
13 9 (2.09%) Node.js
14 8 (1.86%) AngularJS
15 7 (1.63%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.40%) Middleware
16 6 (1.40%) YAML
17 5 (1.16%) ASP.NET
17 5 (1.16%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.02%) Low-Code
2 10 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 8 (1.86%) Data Structures
3 8 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (1.86%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.63%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (0.93%) FMCG
7 4 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.70%) IoT
8 3 (0.70%) Life Science
8 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.47%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.47%) NHS
9 2 (0.47%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.70%) Windows
1 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (30.93%) CRM
2 116 (26.98%) DevOps
3 108 (25.12%) Agile
4 91 (21.16%) Migration
5 76 (17.67%) Business Intelligence
6 66 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (13.72%) Data Migration
8 58 (13.49%) ERP
9 40 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (8.14%) Customer Service
11 34 (7.91%) CI/CD
12 28 (6.51%) Project Management
13 26 (6.05%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (5.81%) User Acceptance Testing
15 23 (5.35%) Data Modelling
15 23 (5.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (5.35%) Test Automation
16 22 (5.12%) Logistics
16 22 (5.12%) Roadmaps
16 22 (5.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 98 (22.79%) C#
2 82 (19.07%) JavaScript
3 80 (18.60%) SQL
4 25 (5.81%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.79%) Python
6 11 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.16%) X++
8 3 (0.70%) Bicep
8 3 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 52 (12.09%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.21%) Degree
4 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.93%) PMP
7 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.47%) CSPO
8 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.23%) ACCA
9 1 (0.23%) CCNA
9 1 (0.23%) CIMA
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CISM
9 1 (0.23%) CISSP
9 1 (0.23%) ISEB
9 1 (0.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.12%) QA
2 15 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (0.93%) SLA
5 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.70%) PMO
5 3 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (0.70%) WCAG
6 2 (0.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.47%) IFRS
7 1 (0.23%) Basel III
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 13 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.33%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) Grafana
2 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.47%) SCCM
4 1 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 255 (59.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.86%) Oracle
2 8 (1.86%) SAP
3 7 (1.63%) OutSystems
3 7 (1.63%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.16%) Fujitsu
4 5 (1.16%) Workday
5 4 (0.93%) Databricks
5 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.70%) Adobe
6 3 (0.70%) Splunk
7 2 (0.47%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.47%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.23%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.23%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.23%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.23%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.23%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds