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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 186 213
Rank change year-on-year +57 +27 +32
Contract jobs citing Dynamics 365 762 796 1,189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.77% 1.42% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.45% 3.90% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 584 866
10th Percentile £363 £408 £390
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% -0.18% +15.18%
75th Percentile £613 £605 £631
90th Percentile £700 £675 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.01% +4.67% +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 13,969 20,420 33,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.44% 36.43% 38.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,924 14,777 24,579
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% - +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 332 392
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £19.00 £15.47
Median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%
75th Percentile £42.50 £68.94 £54.00
90th Percentile £69.80 £78.00 £69.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £27.83 £19.25
% change year-on-year -36.04% +44.57% -3.75%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +59 614 £525 - 514
Work from Home +60 354 £525 -4.37% 319
London +106 328 £550 +4.76% 169
UK excluding London +22 298 £500 -9.01% 327
North of England +28 93 £500 - 82
Midlands +21 58 £500 +5.26% 75
North West +25 54 £500 - 51
South West -14 50 £550 -1.35% 32
South East -14 49 £500 -13.04% 74
West Midlands +5 38 £475 - 62
Yorkshire +21 37 £500 -4.76% 24
Scotland +59 35 £525 +7.69% 21
East Midlands +19 19 £625 +66.67% 13
Wales +9 11 £500 -14.68% 4
East of England +6 5 £475 -13.64% 33
North East +10 2 £588 +46.88% 8

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 49 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.18%) Drupal
3 9 (1.18%) WordPress
4 6 (0.79%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.39%) Confluence
6 3 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.26%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
Applications
1 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) Trello
6 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 195 (25.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (7.61%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.79%) Magento
5 4 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.52%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.39%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
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
1 299 (39.24%) Azure
2 268 (35.17%) Power Platform
3 117 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
4 115 (15.09%) Power Automate
5 113 (14.83%) PowerApps
6 82 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (5.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 38 (4.99%) Entra ID
9 23 (3.02%) AWS
10 21 (2.76%) Azure API Management
11 18 (2.36%) PaaS
11 18 (2.36%) Serverless
12 16 (2.10%) Azure Functions
13 14 (1.84%) GitHub
14 12 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.44%) SaaS
16 10 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 10 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.71%) Firewall
2 4 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.13%) Extranet
3 1 (0.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (16.54%) Power BI
2 53 (6.96%) Data Lake
3 24 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.26%) 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 18 (2.36%) JIRA
2 8 (1.05%) Git
3 6 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.79%) Postman
3 6 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.66%) JMeter
5 4 (0.52%) Selenium
6 3 (0.39%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.39%) TestComplete
6 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.26%) ERwin
7 2 (0.26%) GitLab
7 2 (0.26%) NUnit
7 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.13%) Moq
8 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 271 (35.56%) Finance
2 209 (27.43%) Social Skills
3 83 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.09%) Marketing
5 52 (6.82%) Retail
6 50 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 37 (4.86%) General Ledger
9 13 (1.71%) Banking
10 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.31%) Legal
12 9 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.92%) Local Government
14 6 (0.79%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.66%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.66%) Law
16 4 (0.52%) Back Office
16 4 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 178 (23.36%) Consultant
2 140 (18.37%) Developer
3 133 (17.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 131 (17.19%) Architect
5 92 (12.07%) Lead
6 71 (9.32%) Functional Consultant
7 62 (8.14%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 60 (7.87%) Analyst
9 57 (7.48%) Solutions Architect
10 56 (7.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 47 (6.17%) Project Manager
12 36 (4.72%) Microsoft Consultant
13 34 (4.46%) Power Platform Developer
14 30 (3.94%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
15 24 (3.15%) CRM Consultant
16 23 (3.02%) Business Analyst
16 23 (3.02%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
17 22 (2.89%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 22 (2.89%) Senior
18 21 (2.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.87%) .NET
2 25 (3.28%) XML
3 21 (2.76%) CSS
3 21 (2.76%) HTML
4 17 (2.23%) .NET Framework
5 16 (2.10%) Web Services
6 15 (1.97%) React
7 13 (1.71%) REST
8 12 (1.57%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.31%) Entity Framework
11 9 (1.18%) ADO
12 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
12 8 (1.05%) OAuth
13 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
13 7 (0.92%) OpenID
13 7 (0.92%) SAML
13 7 (0.92%) WCF
14 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web API
14 6 (0.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.81%) Data Structures
2 25 (3.28%) Product Ownership
3 19 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.18%) Low-Code
6 7 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.52%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.52%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.39%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.39%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.39%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.39%) Wiki
11 2 (0.26%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.26%) Social Media
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.57%) Windows
2 10 (1.31%) VMS
3 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.26%) Windows 2000
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (26.51%) CRM
2 152 (19.95%) Migration
3 151 (19.82%) DevOps
4 138 (18.11%) Business Intelligence
5 115 (15.09%) ERP
6 108 (14.17%) Agile
7 97 (12.73%) Data Migration
8 90 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (9.58%) Customer Service
10 62 (8.14%) Requirements Gathering
10 62 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 57 (7.48%) Data Modelling
12 51 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 51 (6.69%) User Acceptance Testing
13 48 (6.30%) User Stories
14 43 (5.64%) Project Management
15 41 (5.38%) Scrum
16 39 (5.12%) Mentoring
17 37 (4.86%) GAP Analysis
17 37 (4.86%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (12.20%) C#
2 70 (9.19%) JavaScript
3 59 (7.74%) SQL
4 24 (3.15%) Python
5 21 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.18%) Java
7 9 (1.18%) X++
8 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.52%) C
10 3 (0.39%) Scala
11 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 75 (9.84%) Degree
2 63 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 48 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.79%) PMP
11 3 (0.39%) CIMA
11 3 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.26%) ACCA
12 2 (0.26%) APMG
12 2 (0.26%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.79%) QA
2 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.05%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.92%) SLA
4 6 (0.79%) GDPR
4 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.39%) PMO
6 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) P3O
6 2 (0.26%) WCAG
7 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 43 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (1.44%) Terraform
3 4 (0.52%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.26%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) Kibana
5 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 454 (59.58%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.67%) SAP
3 27 (3.54%) Oracle
4 23 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.49%) MuleSoft
6 12 (1.57%) CA
6 12 (1.57%) Databricks
7 11 (1.44%) Google
8 8 (1.05%) Informatica
9 5 (0.66%) Adobe
9 5 (0.66%) Cognizant
9 5 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.66%) VMware
10 3 (0.39%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.26%) Ariba
11 2 (0.26%) Ceridian
11 2 (0.26%) Facebook
11 2 (0.26%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.26%) Juniper
11 2 (0.26%) Twitter