The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics CRM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics CRM over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Microsoft CRM)
Rank 57 59 68
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing Dynamics CRM 12 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.637% 0.984% 0.427%
As % of the Business Applications category 14.63% 13.56% 7.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £420 £425 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.29% +28.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £323 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £475 £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £43.70 £50.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.60% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +13.20%
All Business Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
82 59 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.19% 7.257% 6.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 25
Average daily rate £425 £413 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +18.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £283 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £50.70 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.39% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.22 £50.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+47.00% -13.79%
Dynamics CRM
North West

Dynamics CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Dynamics CRM Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Dynamics CRM Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Dynamics CRM across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Dynamics CRM Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics CRM within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chester -6 2 - -
Runcorn - - - -
Warrington - - - - 7
Dynamics CRM
North West

Dynamics CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Dynamics CRM 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 CRM.

1 13 (100.00%) CRM
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
3 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET
3 8 (61.54%) HTML
3 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
3 8 (61.54%) .NET
3 8 (61.54%) C#
3 8 (61.54%) IIS
3 8 (61.54%) WCF
4 7 (53.85%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
4 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio Team System
4 7 (53.85%) MCTS
4 7 (53.85%) MCPD
4 7 (53.85%) .NET Framework
4 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
4 7 (53.85%) MCAD
4 7 (53.85%) MCSD
4 7 (53.85%) MVC
4 7 (53.85%) CSS
4 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (15.38%) XenApp
6 2 (15.38%) AppDNA
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Local Government

Dynamics CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Dynamics CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) HTML
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
1 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET
1 8 (61.54%) WCF
2 7 (53.85%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 7 (53.85%) CSS
2 7 (53.85%) .NET Framework
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 1 (7.692%) WPF
3 1 (7.692%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (61.54%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Project
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
1 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
1 8 (61.54%) CRM Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Dynamics CRM Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) CRM Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Senior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) CRM
2 7 (53.85%) MVC
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) ERP
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
4 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.692%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C#
1 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.692%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) MCAD
1 7 (53.85%) MCSD
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (53.85%) MCTS
1 7 (53.85%) MCPD
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Citrix
2 2 (15.38%) VMware