The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics AX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)
Rank 118 126 116
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs citing Dynamics AX 3 12 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.125% 0.381% 0.628%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.911% 5.479% 6.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 16
Average daily rate £513 £500 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% +70.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £395 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £575 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £430 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -50.40%
All Business Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
157 219 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.539% 6.950% 9.286%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 78 106
Average daily rate £475 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £705 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £53.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +112.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Dynamics AX
South East

Dynamics AX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Dynamics AX across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Berkshire Dynamics AX Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics AX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dynamics AX across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Dynamics AX Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics AX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Dynamics AX also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Dynamics AX.

1 11 (84.62%) MS Excel
2 10 (76.92%) Finance
3 9 (69.23%) Project Management
4 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) CRM
4 6 (46.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (38.46%) .NET Framework
5 5 (38.46%) SAP Business One
5 5 (38.46%) WCF
5 5 (38.46%) Silverlight
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (38.46%) CIMA
5 5 (38.46%) Workflow
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (38.46%) Windows Azure
5 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
5 5 (38.46%) Windows
5 5 (38.46%) EAI
5 5 (38.46%) C#
5 5 (38.46%) HTML
5 5 (38.46%) SQL
5 5 (38.46%) .NET
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
5 5 (38.46%) IIS
5 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
5 5 (38.46%) SAP
5 5 (38.46%) Web Services
5 5 (38.46%) XML

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Dynamics AX also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Dynamics AX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (38.46%) .NET Framework
1 5 (38.46%) WCF
1 5 (38.46%) Silverlight
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
1 5 (38.46%) Web Services
1 5 (38.46%) XML
1 5 (38.46%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Windows Azure
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
1 5 (38.46%) IIS
1 5 (38.46%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (38.46%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Business One
2 5 (38.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (38.46%) CODA-Financials
2 5 (38.46%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Consultant
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) CRM Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Implementation Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Systems Accountant
5 1 (7.692%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) ERP Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Implementation Manager
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) CRM
3 5 (38.46%) Workflow
3 5 (38.46%) EAI
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
5 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CIMA
1 5 (38.46%) ACCA
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) CODA