The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics NAV 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 NAV 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 NAV (Navision)
Rank 473 526 527
Rank change year-on-year
+53 +1
Contract jobs citing Dynamics NAV 60 47 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.129% 0.081% 0.101%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.504% 0.899% 1.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 21 37
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £500 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £11.00 -
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 NAV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dynamics NAV Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics NAV
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dynamics NAV within the UK.

Dynamics NAV Daily Rate Trend

Dynamics NAV
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dynamics NAV within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Dynamics NAV Daily Rate Histogram

Dynamics NAV
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Dynamics NAV within the UK.

Dynamics NAV Hourly Rate Trend

Dynamics NAV
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics NAV 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 +77 58 £350 +1.81%
South East +34 21 £375 -10.71%
London +25 20 £350 +10.23%
East of England +24 9 £320 -20.00%
West Sussex +20 8 £585 -
Gatwick +15 7 £585 -
Hampshire +1 6 £350 -16.66%
Hertfordshire +13 5 £320 -20.00%
Berkshire +19 4 £295 -15.71%
North West +16 3 £375 -
Cambridgeshire +15 3 £450 -
Peterborough - 3 £450 -
City of London +20 2 £375 +25.00%
West Midlands +8 2 - -
Portsmouth +4 2 £375 -
East Midlands -1 2 £338 -
Lancashire - 2 £375 -
Preston - 2 £375 -
Birmingham - 2 - -
Surrey +19 1 - -
South West +19 1 £300 +2.56%
Manchester +10 1 £405 -
Essex 0 1 £225 -
Southampton -5 1 £275 -
Scotland -10 1 - -
Wales - 1 £550 -
South Wales - 1 £550 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £338 -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £575 -

Dynamics NAV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Dynamics NAV 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 NAV.

1 67 (57.26%) Microsoft
2 44 (37.61%) ERP
3 39 (33.33%) SQL
4 36 (30.77%) SQL Server
5 31 (26.50%) Finance
6 29 (24.79%) MS Excel
7 28 (23.93%) Dynamics AX
8 24 (20.51%) SharePoint
9 23 (19.66%) .NET
10 19 (16.24%) Windows
11 17 (14.53%) Active Directory
11 17 (14.53%) Project Management
12 16 (13.68%) Advertising
12 16 (13.68%) VMware
12 16 (13.68%) Retail
13 15 (12.82%) SAP
14 14 (11.97%) C#
14 14 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (11.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (11.97%) Dynamics GP
15 13 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
15 13 (11.11%) CRM
16 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (10.26%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
16 12 (10.26%) SharePoint 2010
17 11 (9.402%) Clustering
17 11 (9.402%) JD Edwards
17 11 (9.402%) Agresso
17 11 (9.402%) C

Dynamics NAV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Dynamics NAV 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 NAV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (19.66%) .NET
2 9 (7.692%) COM
3 8 (6.838%) ASP.NET
4 6 (5.128%) CSS
4 6 (5.128%) HTML
5 5 (4.274%) Web Services
5 5 (4.274%) XML
6 3 (2.564%) WebSphere
6 3 (2.564%) ASP
7 2 (1.709%) jQuery
7 2 (1.709%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.709%) ADO.NET
8 1 (0.855%) ADO
8 1 (0.855%) EDI
8 1 (0.855%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.855%) SAP XI
8 1 (0.855%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.855%) K2 blackpearl
8 1 (0.855%) MDX
8 1 (0.855%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 24 (20.51%) SharePoint
2 12 (10.26%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (8.547%) OpenEdge
3 10 (8.547%) Apache
4 6 (5.128%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (4.274%) IIS
6 3 (2.564%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.855%) ESB
7 1 (0.855%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (24.79%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.128%) MS Office
3 2 (1.709%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.855%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 28 (23.93%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (11.97%) Dynamics GP
3 13 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (9.402%) Agresso
5 6 (5.128%) CODA-Financials
5 6 (5.128%) SAP Business One
6 2 (1.709%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.709%) Sage 1000
6 2 (1.709%) Sage 200
6 2 (1.709%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.855%) Dynamics SL
7 1 (0.855%) Movex
7 1 (0.855%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.855%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.547%) LAN
1 10 (8.547%) WAN
2 4 (3.419%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (2.564%) Intranet
4 2 (1.709%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.855%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (8.547%) MySQL
5 5 (4.274%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.419%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.564%) QlikView
7 3 (2.564%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.709%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.709%) MS Access
8 2 (1.709%) OLTP
8 2 (1.709%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.709%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.855%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 1 (0.855%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (0.855%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.855%) MorphX
General
1 31 (26.50%) Finance
2 16 (13.68%) Advertising
2 16 (13.68%) Retail
3 8 (6.838%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.564%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.564%) French Language
5 2 (1.709%) German Language
Job Titles
1 30 (25.64%) Developer
2 27 (23.08%) Analyst
2 27 (23.08%) Consultant
3 15 (12.82%) Project Manager
4 12 (10.26%) Navision Developer
5 10 (8.547%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 9 (7.692%) Dynamics NAV Consultant
7 7 (5.983%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.128%) Systems Analyst
8 6 (5.128%) .NET Developer
8 6 (5.128%) Dynamics NAV Developer
8 6 (5.128%) Microsoft Consultant
9 5 (4.274%) Microsoft Developer
9 5 (4.274%) Navision Consultant
10 3 (2.564%) Project Coordinator
10 3 (2.564%) ERP Project Manager
10 3 (2.564%) ERP Manager
10 3 (2.564%) Environment Manager
10 3 (2.564%) Support Consultant
10 3 (2.564%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.402%) Clustering
2 2 (1.709%) Life Science
2 2 (1.709%) NHS
3 1 (0.855%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.855%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.24%) Windows
2 12 (10.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (8.547%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (8.547%) Linux
4 4 (3.419%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.709%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.855%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.61%) ERP
2 17 (14.53%) Project Management
3 14 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (11.11%) CRM
5 8 (6.838%) E-Commerce
5 8 (6.838%) Business Analysis
6 6 (5.128%) Data Migration
6 6 (5.128%) ITIL
6 6 (5.128%) PRINCE2
6 6 (5.128%) Migration
7 5 (4.274%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (3.419%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (3.419%) MVC
8 4 (3.419%) Resource Management
9 3 (2.564%) Logistics
9 3 (2.564%) Test Scripting
9 3 (2.564%) Change Management
9 3 (2.564%) Analytics
10 2 (1.709%) Change Control
10 2 (1.709%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.33%) SQL
2 14 (11.97%) C#
3 11 (9.402%) C
4 10 (8.547%) PHP
5 5 (4.274%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.419%) VBA
7 3 (2.564%) Java
7 3 (2.564%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.564%) VB
7 3 (2.564%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.709%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.855%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (5.983%) ACCA
2 7 (5.983%) CIMA
3 4 (3.419%) Degree
4 2 (1.709%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.855%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.855%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.855%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.855%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.709%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.855%) GMP
System Software
1 17 (14.53%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.547%) VMware ESX
2 10 (8.547%) vSphere
3 4 (3.419%) XenApp
4 3 (2.564%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.564%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 67 (57.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.68%) VMware
3 15 (12.82%) SAP
4 11 (9.402%) JD Edwards
5 10 (8.547%) NetApp
5 10 (8.547%) Red Hat
6 8 (6.838%) Oracle
7 7 (5.983%) CODA
8 5 (4.274%) Cognos
8 5 (4.274%) Sage
9 4 (3.419%) Epicor
9 4 (3.419%) Cisco
10 2 (1.709%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.855%) Business Objects
11 1 (0.855%) Baan
11 1 (0.855%) Remedy
11 1 (0.855%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.855%) Infor
11 1 (0.855%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.855%) Twitter
Hertfordshire, South East
A client based in Hertfordshire are looking for multiple Microsoft Dynamics Navision developers to join their existing team. Ideally you will have experience of the following - - Microsoft Dynamics...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
UK
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Project Manager required for a large Dynamics NAV 2013 implementation across Europe. This opportunity will require travel in Europe and will also allow some remote...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
With 5 years plus Business Analysis, managing multiiple projects is key for this BA, we are looking for experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or CRM or Navision This...
Net Talent
Rate: excellent rates & Long term contract
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Our client has had a number of reporting issues with Dynamics NAV and feel they're not fully utilising their system... Key skills & experience:- Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC-...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Our client has had a number of reporting issues with Dynamics NAV and feel they're not fully utilising their system... Key skills & experience: - Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC -...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire
The primary responsibility of the role is to assist in carrying out user acceptance testing on a new custom built data cleansing tool and on customisations within the...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013