The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics AX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics AX 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 Scotland 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 AX (Axapta)
Rank 117 105 113
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +8
Contract jobs citing Dynamics AX 5 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.202% 0.151% 0.110%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.386% 2.721% 1.266%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £475 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £444 £430 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.19% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -50.40%
All Business Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
114 147 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.612% 5.562% 8.659%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 82 128
Average daily rate £425 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.49% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £319 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £10.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Dynamics AX
UK

Dynamics AX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Dynamics AX Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics AX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Dynamics AX Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics AX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Dynamics AX Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics AX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics AX within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Perth and Kinross - 2 - -
Dynamics AX
UK

Dynamics AX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Dynamics AX 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 AX.

1 9 (64.29%) ERP
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (42.86%) CRM
3 6 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
4 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Advertising
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.143%) Retail
5 1 (7.143%) Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Epicor
5 1 (7.143%) CODA
5 1 (7.143%) JD Edwards
5 1 (7.143%) Agresso
5 1 (7.143%) Project Management
5 1 (7.143%) E-business
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (7.143%) ADO
5 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET
5 1 (7.143%) ASP
5 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Dynamics AX 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 AX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) ADO
1 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (7.143%) Agresso
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MorphX
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
1 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 2 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Dynamics AX Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SharePoint Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) ERP
2 6 (42.86%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.143%) Migration
3 1 (7.143%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) E-business
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) Business Transformation
3 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
3 1 (7.143%) Logistics
3 1 (7.143%) WFM
3 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
1 1 (7.143%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) Epicor
3 1 (7.143%) CODA
3 1 (7.143%) JD Edwards
3 1 (7.143%) PeopleSoft