The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics GP skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics GP over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains)
Rank 385 388 425
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +37
Contract jobs citing Dynamics GP 4 17 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.063% 0.016%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.223% 0.773% 0.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £350 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £248 £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £518 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £288
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1793 2199 2618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.139% 8.150% 8.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 1056 1197 1570
Average daily rate £463 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 23
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.00 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.55% +36.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £52.50 £62.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

London 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 London region.

London Dynamics GP Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics GP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dynamics GP across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Dynamics GP Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Dynamics GP Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics GP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) CRM
2 7 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 3 (21.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (21.43%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (14.29%) Web Development
7 2 (14.29%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) Network Security
7 2 (14.29%) Migration
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
7 2 (14.29%) SAP
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) LAN
7 2 (14.29%) WAN
7 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) SAN
8 1 (7.143%) CODA
8 1 (7.143%) Agresso
8 1 (7.143%) Sage
8 1 (7.143%) NHS
8 1 (7.143%) Salesforce.com

Dynamics GP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 1 (7.143%) Web Services
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (7.143%) Agresso
3 1 (7.143%) FRx
3 1 (7.143%) SAP Business One
3 1 (7.143%) Dynamics SL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) RDBMS
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (7.143%) MySQL
3 1 (7.143%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.143%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Data Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Developer
3 1 (7.143%) DBA
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Head of IT
3 1 (7.143%) Great Plains Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM Developer
3 1 (7.143%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Web Development
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL
4 1 (7.143%) ERP
4 1 (7.143%) Workflow
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.143%) Cash Management
4 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.143%) C
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) CODA
3 1 (7.143%) Sage
3 1 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (7.143%) Avaya
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
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