The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics AX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 17 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 Staffordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Dynamics AX 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.149% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £115 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £430 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year
- -42.32%
All Business Applications
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.598% 1.826% 4.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
Average daily rate £350 £250 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -48.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £190 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £310 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -35.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Dynamics AX
West Midlands

Dynamics AX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Dynamics AX Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics AX
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Avaya
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Director
1 1 (50.00%) Project Director
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) VMware