Dynamics 365 Contracts

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Dynamics 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dynamics 365 over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 182 218
Rank change year-on-year +53 +36 +35
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 745 806 1,173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.75% 1.42% 1.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 3.85% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 590 857
10th Percentile £375 £413 £389
25th Percentile £450 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +1.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £19.00 -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Dynamics 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,862 20,912 33,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.56% 36.72% 38.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,858 15,137 24,583
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £746 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 333 406
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.50 £15.34
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.19
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +57.73% -1.38%
75th Percentile £36.16 £66.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.87 £19.25
% change year-on-year -31.49% +34.38% -3.76%

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 2024.

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
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 2024. 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 +64 599 £525 -0.94% 463
Work from Home +54 350 £525 -4.37% 270
London +114 321 £550 +4.76% 153
UK excluding London +32 290 £500 -9.09% 305
North of England +33 90 £500 - 70
Midlands +25 54 £500 +5.26% 62
North West +19 50 £500 - 35
South West -16 50 £550 -1.35% 35
South East +8 47 £500 -13.04% 87
Yorkshire +16 38 £500 -4.76% 24
West Midlands +19 37 £475 - 48
Scotland +65 36 £525 +6.33% 15
East Midlands +19 16 £625 +47.06% 13
Wales +9 11 £500 -14.68% 6
East of England +2 5 £475 -5.00% 27
North East +13 2 £588 +46.88% 12

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 47 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.21%) Drupal
3 9 (1.21%) WordPress
4 6 (0.81%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.40%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) Trello
6 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 200 (26.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 60 (8.05%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (1.88%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.81%) Magento
5 4 (0.54%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.40%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 290 (38.93%) Azure
2 253 (33.96%) Power Platform
3 111 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (14.77%) Power Automate
5 108 (14.50%) PowerApps
6 80 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (5.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 36 (4.83%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.36%) AWS
10 19 (2.55%) Serverless
11 17 (2.28%) Azure API Management
11 17 (2.28%) Azure Functions
11 17 (2.28%) PaaS
12 16 (2.15%) GitHub
13 12 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (1.48%) SaaS
15 10 (1.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 10 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.74%) Firewall
2 3 (0.40%) Internet
3 1 (0.13%) DHCP
3 1 (0.13%) DNS
3 1 (0.13%) Extranet
3 1 (0.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.13%) VLAN
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (15.70%) Power BI
2 50 (6.71%) Data Lake
3 27 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.13%) Big Data
13 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.13%) GIS
13 1 (0.13%) Power Query
13 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 20 (2.68%) JIRA
2 9 (1.21%) Git
3 6 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.54%) Selenium
6 3 (0.40%) TestComplete
6 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.27%) ERwin
7 2 (0.27%) GitLab
7 2 (0.27%) JMeter
7 2 (0.27%) NUnit
7 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.13%) Moq
8 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 271 (36.38%) Finance
2 211 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 80 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.19%) Marketing
5 51 (6.85%) Retail
6 50 (6.71%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.83%) General Ledger
9 13 (1.74%) Banking
9 13 (1.74%) Legal
10 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.94%) Local Government
13 6 (0.81%) Law
13 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.67%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.54%) Billing
15 4 (0.54%) French Language
Job Titles
1 179 (24.03%) Consultant
2 137 (18.39%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 129 (17.32%) Developer
4 126 (16.91%) Architect
5 88 (11.81%) Lead
6 70 (9.40%) Functional Consultant
7 61 (8.19%) Analyst
8 59 (7.92%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (7.65%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 53 (7.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 49 (6.58%) Project Manager
12 35 (4.70%) Microsoft Consultant
13 32 (4.30%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
14 26 (3.49%) Power Platform Developer
15 25 (3.36%) Business Analyst
16 24 (3.22%) CRM Consultant
16 24 (3.22%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
17 23 (3.09%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
18 22 (2.95%) Senior
19 19 (2.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (8.05%) .NET
2 26 (3.49%) XML
3 21 (2.82%) CSS
4 20 (2.68%) HTML
5 16 (2.15%) .NET Framework
5 16 (2.15%) Web Services
6 14 (1.88%) React
7 12 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (1.48%) REST
9 10 (1.34%) Entity Framework
10 9 (1.21%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.07%) ADO
11 8 (1.07%) JSON
12 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
12 7 (0.94%) WCF
13 6 (0.81%) .NET Core
13 6 (0.81%) J2EE
13 6 (0.81%) OAuth
13 6 (0.81%) OpenID
13 6 (0.81%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.03%) Data Structures
2 26 (3.49%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (0.94%) Low-Code
5 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
6 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.54%) N-Tier
9 3 (0.40%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.40%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.40%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.40%) Wiki
10 2 (0.27%) Social Media
10 2 (0.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.74%) Windows
2 10 (1.34%) VMS
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Unix
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 2000
4 2 (0.27%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (27.92%) CRM
2 154 (20.67%) Migration
3 145 (19.46%) DevOps
4 131 (17.58%) Business Intelligence
5 117 (15.70%) ERP
6 108 (14.50%) Agile
7 103 (13.83%) Data Migration
8 92 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (9.93%) Customer Service
10 62 (8.32%) Requirements Gathering
10 62 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 58 (7.79%) Data Modelling
12 53 (7.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 50 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (6.31%) User Stories
15 44 (5.91%) Project Management
16 40 (5.37%) Scrum
17 39 (5.23%) GAP Analysis
17 39 (5.23%) Mentoring
18 37 (4.97%) Accounts Payable
Programming Languages
1 92 (12.35%) C#
2 67 (8.99%) JavaScript
3 64 (8.59%) SQL
4 24 (3.22%) Python
5 20 (2.68%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.48%) Java
7 9 (1.21%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.21%) X++
8 6 (0.81%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.40%) C
9 3 (0.40%) Scala
10 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 75 (10.07%) Degree
2 59 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 46 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.61%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.94%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.67%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.67%) PMP
9 3 (0.40%) CIMA
9 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.27%) APMG
10 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.53%) QA
2 10 (1.34%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.94%) GDPR
3 7 (0.94%) SLA
4 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.40%) PMO
6 3 (0.40%) WCAG
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 43 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (1.48%) Terraform
3 4 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.27%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) Kibana
5 1 (0.13%) logstash
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 437 (58.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.16%) SAP
3 29 (3.89%) Oracle
4 18 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.28%) MuleSoft
6 12 (1.61%) CA
6 12 (1.61%) Google
7 11 (1.48%) Databricks
8 8 (1.07%) Informatica
9 5 (0.67%) Adobe
9 5 (0.67%) Cognizant
9 5 (0.67%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.54%) VMware
11 3 (0.40%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.27%) Ceridian
12 2 (0.27%) DocuSign
12 2 (0.27%) Facebook
12 2 (0.27%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.27%) Twitter
12 2 (0.27%) Workday