The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics CRM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics CRM 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 Chester 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 CRM (Microsoft CRM)
Rank 23 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Dynamics CRM 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.418% 2.586% -
As % of the Business Applications category 18.18% 37.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
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 £31.25 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.66%
All Business Applications
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
11 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 7.801% 6.897% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.57% +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Dynamics CRM
Cheshire

Dynamics CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Dynamics CRM Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 3 (100.00%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) AppDNA
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project

Dynamics CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (33.33%) WCF
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) VMware