The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics NAV skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics NAV over the 3 months to 20 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 City of London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision)
Rank 199 219 234
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +15
Contract jobs citing Dynamics NAV 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.032% 0.013% 0.021%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.385% 0.188% 0.280%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £11.00 -
All Business Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
519 533 715
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.213% 6.825% 7.393%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 366 511
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £310 £356
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £50.00 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.84% +45.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.75 £19.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £56.25 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
Dynamics NAV
London

Dynamics NAV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Dynamics NAV Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics NAV
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dynamics NAV across the City of London region.

City of London Dynamics NAV Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics NAV
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dynamics NAV across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Dynamics NAV Daily Rate Histogram

Dynamics NAV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Dynamics NAV 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 NAV.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Advertising
3 3 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (50.00%) COM
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Web Development
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) PowerPivot
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) OLTP
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services

Dynamics NAV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Dynamics NAV 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 NAV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) COM
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) jQuery
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) OLTP
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (66.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft