Scotland Dynamics AX Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Dynamics AX skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire City of London Darlington Derbyshire Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Isle of Man Lancashire London Manchester Midlands North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South West UK West Midlands West Sussex Worthing	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	10	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	7.407 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£470	£458
% change on same period last year	+2.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	135	182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.217 %	0.195 %
Daily rates quoted	22	46
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£340
Average daily rate	£378	£363
% change on same period last year	+4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£446	£434
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.50	£20.68
Average hourly rate	£24.75	£22.00
% change on same period last year	+12.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.00	£23.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.01	£26.58
% change on same period last year	+12.88 %
Dynamics AX UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Dynamics AX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Dynamics AX across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Dynamics AX
Daily Rate Trend

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

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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 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Glasgow	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-

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Dynamics AX
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 14 (87.50 %) Axapta 2 5 (31.25 %) Microsoft 3 3 (18.75 %) MS Excel 4 2 (12.50 %) ERP 4 2 (12.50 %) Finance 4 2 (12.50 %) General Ledger 5 1 (6.250 %) Dynamics CRM 5 1 (6.250 %) Navision 5 1 (6.250 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (6.250 %) RDBMS 5 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft CRM 5 1 (6.250 %) CRM 5 1 (6.250 %) SharePoint 5 1 (6.250 %) Oracle 5 1 (6.250 %) SQL Server

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 Platforms 1 1 (6.250 %) SharePoint 1 1 (6.250 %) BizTalk Server	Applications 1 3 (18.75 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 14 (87.50 %) Axapta 2 1 (6.250 %) Navision 2 1 (6.250 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft CRM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (6.250 %) SQL Server 1 1 (6.250 %) RDBMS
General 1 2 (12.50 %) Finance 1 2 (12.50 %) General Ledger	Job Titles 1 12 (75.00 %) Developer 2 10 (62.50 %) Dynamics AX Developer 3 2 (12.50 %) Axapta Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Dynamics AX Consultant 4 1 (6.250 %) Architect 4 1 (6.250 %) Consultant 4 1 (6.250 %) Systems Architect 4 1 (6.250 %) Axapta Consultant
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (12.50 %) ERP 2 1 (6.250 %) CRM	Vendors 1 5 (31.25 %) Microsoft 2 1 (6.250 %) Oracle