The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics GP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics GP 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 East Midlands 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 GP (Great Plains)
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Dynamics GP 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.079% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 1.351% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £250
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
74 101 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.882% 7.399% 7.784%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 43 45
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £295 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £590 £528 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
Average hourly rate £15.50 £55.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.81% +96.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
Dynamics GP
England

Dynamics GP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Dynamics GP Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics GP
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Dynamics GP Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics GP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Dynamics GP Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics GP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Dynamics GP 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 GP.

1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Advertising
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Dynamics GP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Dynamics GP 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 GP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Project Server
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft