The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics GP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 519 550 577
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +27
Contract jobs citing Dynamics GP 14 23 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.039% 0.018%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.351% 0.440% 0.195%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 5
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £255 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £515 £435
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3990 5226 5654
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.575% 8.958% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 1983 2546 2773
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 60 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% +15.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.13 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.75 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%

Dynamics GP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Dynamics GP Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics GP
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics GP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +54 14 £338 -3.57%
London +8 4 £350 -12.50%
South East +22 3 £463 +32.14%
East of England - 3 £225 -
West Midlands +9 2 - -
Birmingham +9 2 - -
Essex - 2 £240 -
South West +23 1 £400 -
Berkshire +17 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £188 -
Wales - 1 £400 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £575 -
East Midlands - 1 £300 -
West Wales - 1 £400 -

Dynamics GP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 16 (45.71%) SQL
3 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 14 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (37.14%) Dynamics AX
4 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
5 11 (31.43%) Agresso
5 11 (31.43%) CRM
5 11 (31.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 9 (25.71%) ERP
6 9 (25.71%) Project Management
7 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
7 8 (22.86%) SAP
8 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 7 (20.00%) CODA
8 7 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (20.00%) ACCA
8 7 (20.00%) CIMA
9 6 (17.14%) SAP Business One
9 6 (17.14%) CODA-Financials
9 6 (17.14%) T-SQL
10 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
11 4 (11.43%) JD Edwards
11 4 (11.43%) Degree
11 4 (11.43%) C#
11 4 (11.43%) .NET
11 4 (11.43%) Oracle
11 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
11 4 (11.43%) Sage
12 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence

Dynamics GP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 4 (11.43%) .NET
2 3 (8.571%) Web Services
3 1 (2.857%) Silverlight
3 1 (2.857%) ASP
3 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.714%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.857%) IIS
3 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.857%) MS Project Server
3 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.857%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 14 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 13 (37.14%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (31.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (31.43%) Agresso
4 6 (17.14%) CODA-Financials
4 6 (17.14%) SAP Business One
5 2 (5.714%) FRx
5 2 (5.714%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (2.857%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (2.857%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (2.857%) Lawson
6 1 (2.857%) Movex
6 1 (2.857%) Maximo
6 1 (2.857%) Dynamics SL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.571%) SAN
2 2 (5.714%) LAN
2 2 (5.714%) WAN
2 2 (5.714%) Network Security
3 1 (2.857%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
2 7 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.714%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.714%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 1 (2.857%) MySQL
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.857%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.857%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.857%) QlikView
4 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.857%) Back Office
3 1 (2.857%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.857%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Data Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Developer
6 2 (5.714%) CRM Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Implementation Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Systems Accountant
7 1 (2.857%) Server Support Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Head of IT
7 1 (2.857%) Project Controller
7 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Great Plains Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) ERP Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) ERP Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) PMI
1 1 (2.857%) NHS
1 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.714%) Windows
2 1 (2.857%) Linux
2 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) CRM
2 9 (25.71%) ERP
2 9 (25.71%) Project Management
3 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.714%) Web Development
5 2 (5.714%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.714%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.714%) Migration
5 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.857%) Document Management
6 1 (2.857%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (2.857%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.857%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.857%) Workflow
6 1 (2.857%) UML
6 1 (2.857%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) T-SQL
3 4 (11.43%) C#
4 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.857%) VBA
4 1 (2.857%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) ACCA
1 7 (20.00%) CIMA
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 1 (2.857%) VCP4
3 1 (2.857%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.857%) MCSE
3 1 (2.857%) ISEB
3 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.857%) PMP
3 1 (2.857%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) GMP
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.857%) Terminal Server
2 1 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) Nagios
1 1 (2.857%) NetBackup
1 1 (2.857%) WSUS
1 1 (2.857%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) SAP
3 7 (20.00%) CODA
4 4 (11.43%) Oracle
4 4 (11.43%) JD Edwards
4 4 (11.43%) Sage
5 3 (8.571%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (5.714%) HP
7 1 (2.857%) Avaya
7 1 (2.857%) Epicor
7 1 (2.857%) Pegasus
7 1 (2.857%) Business Objects
7 1 (2.857%) Cisco
7 1 (2.857%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (2.857%) Symantec
7 1 (2.857%) VMware
7 1 (2.857%) NetSuite
7 1 (2.857%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.857%) Infor
7 1 (2.857%) SolarWinds
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