The first part of the 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank532522486
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Down-36
Matching contract IT job ads475950
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.079 %0.096 %0.091 %
As % of the Business Applications category0.898 %1.042 %1.106 %
Number of daily rates quoted213721
Average daily rate£350£350£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£280£250£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£465£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£350£350
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted103
Average hourly rate£11.00-£9.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£11.00-£9.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
523456634522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.843 %9.229 %8.213 %
Number of daily rates quoted253627711995
Average daily rate£450£450£440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+2.27 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted6310384
Average hourly rate£26.25£22.23£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.08 %-25.90 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.13£14.55£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.25£44.99£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£21.48£33.75
% change year-on-year
+4.74 %-36.35 %

Dynamics NAV
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Dynamics NAV
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dynamics NAV within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Dynamics NAV Daily Rate Histogram

Dynamics NAV
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-244£344-1.78 %
LondonUp+2916£328-15.48 %
South EastDown-58£420+29.23 %
East of EnglandDown-87£350+14.75 %
South WestDown-235£293-26.87 %
North WestNo change04--
BerkshireDown-103£350+28.44 %
EssexNew entry-3--
HarlowNew entry-3--
HampshireUp+12£420+9.09 %
ScotlandDown-12--
SomersetDown-82£400-
West MidlandsDown-202£288+9.52 %
HertfordshireNew entry-2£400-
CheshireNew entry-2--
DorsetNew entry-2£185-
BournemouthNew entry-2£185-
City of LondonUp+341£300-25.00 %
BathUp+11£400-
SurreyDown-31£425-12.82 %
SouthamptonDown-51--
WiltshireDown-91--
CambridgeshireDown-121--
ManchesterDown-191--
PortsmouthNew entry-1--
LetchworthNew entry-1--
LiverpoolNew entry-1--
BasingstokeNew entry-1--
GatwickNew entry-1--
LanarkshireNew entry-1--

Dynamics NAV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

147 (52.22 %)Microsoft
227 (30.00 %)ERP
326 (28.89 %)SQL Server
422 (24.44 %)Finance
518 (20.00 %).NET
616 (17.78 %)Project Management
616 (17.78 %)SQL
616 (17.78 %)Dynamics AX
715 (16.67 %)Dynamics CRM
715 (16.67 %)Retail
715 (16.67 %)CRM
814 (15.56 %)Windows
814 (15.56 %)MS Exchange
814 (15.56 %)MS Excel
913 (14.44 %)SAP
1011 (12.22 %)SharePoint
1011 (12.22 %)Sage
1011 (12.22 %)Dynamics GP
1110 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
1110 (11.11 %)VMware
1110 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence
129 (10.00 %)LAN
129 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
129 (10.00 %)Oracle
138 (8.889 %)WAN
138 (8.889 %)JD Edwards
138 (8.889 %)Agresso
138 (8.889 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
138 (8.889 %)Degree
138 (8.889 %)Exchange Server 2007

Dynamics NAV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (20.00 %).NET
25 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
25 (5.556 %)Web Services
34 (4.444 %)COM
42 (2.222 %)SOAP
42 (2.222 %)ASP
42 (2.222 %)WCF
42 (2.222 %)jQuery
42 (2.222 %)Application Packaging
51 (1.111 %)HTML
51 (1.111 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (15.56 %)MS Exchange
211 (12.22 %)SharePoint
38 (8.889 %)Exchange Server 2007
47 (7.778 %)Exchange Server 2010
54 (4.444 %)IIS
63 (3.333 %)CMS
72 (2.222 %)SharePoint 2010
81 (1.111 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (1.111 %)EPiServer CMS
81 (1.111 %)Lync
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (15.56 %)MS Excel
21 (1.111 %)MS Visio
21 (1.111 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (17.78 %)Dynamics AX
215 (16.67 %)Dynamics CRM
311 (12.22 %)Dynamics GP
48 (8.889 %)Agresso
55 (5.556 %)Sage 200
64 (4.444 %)Solarsoft Tropos
64 (4.444 %)Movex
73 (3.333 %)Oracle EBS
73 (3.333 %)SAP Business One
73 (3.333 %)Sage 1000
82 (2.222 %)SAP SRM
91 (1.111 %)HFM
91 (1.111 %)Misys Midas
91 (1.111 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
91 (1.111 %)Oracle Financials
91 (1.111 %)SAP HR
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (10.00 %)LAN
28 (8.889 %)WAN
36 (6.667 %)Wireless
44 (4.444 %)TCP/IP
44 (4.444 %)DNS
44 (4.444 %)Firewall
53 (3.333 %)iSCSI
53 (3.333 %)VPN
53 (3.333 %)DHCP
53 (3.333 %)HTTP
53 (3.333 %)SAN
62 (2.222 %)MPLS
62 (2.222 %)VoIP
62 (2.222 %)FTP
71 (1.111 %)IP Telephony
71 (1.111 %)Network Security
71 (1.111 %)SSL
71 (1.111 %)PBX
71 (1.111 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (28.89 %)SQL Server
28 (8.889 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
36 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2008
54 (4.444 %)Data Warehouse
54 (4.444 %)QlikView
54 (4.444 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (4.444 %)Essbase
63 (3.333 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
63 (3.333 %)BusinessObjects
72 (2.222 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (2.222 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (1.111 %)OLAP
81 (1.111 %)Crystal Reports
81 (1.111 %)Oracle Reports
81 (1.111 %)SAP BW
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (2.222 %)MSI
21 (1.111 %)MorphX
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (24.44 %)Finance
215 (16.67 %)Retail
310 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
45 (5.556 %)Advertising
53 (3.333 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (2.222 %)Telecoms
62 (2.222 %)Back Office
71 (1.111 %)Banking
71 (1.111 %)Investment Banking
71 (1.111 %)General Ledger
71 (1.111 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
118 (20.00 %)Consultant
216 (17.78 %)Developer
216 (17.78 %)Project Manager
315 (16.67 %)Analyst
47 (7.778 %)Dynamics NAV Consultant
47 (7.778 %)Business Analyst
56 (6.667 %)Navision Developer
65 (5.556 %)Dynamics NAV Developer
65 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
74 (4.444 %)Technical Consultant
74 (4.444 %)Tester
74 (4.444 %)IT Manager
74 (4.444 %)Microsoft Developer
74 (4.444 %)Financial Analyst
74 (4.444 %)Microsoft Consultant
83 (3.333 %)IT Business Analyst
83 (3.333 %)Systems Manager
83 (3.333 %)C# Developer
83 (3.333 %)ERP Project Manager
83 (3.333 %)ERP Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (6.667 %)Management Information System
22 (2.222 %)EPoS
22 (2.222 %)CCTV
22 (2.222 %)AS400
31 (1.111 %)Clustering
31 (1.111 %)Blackberry
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (15.56 %)Windows
24 (4.444 %)Windows Server 2008
32 (2.222 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (2.222 %)Windows XP
32 (2.222 %)Windows 7
41 (1.111 %)Windows Mobile
41 (1.111 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (1.111 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (30.00 %)ERP
216 (17.78 %)Project Management
315 (16.67 %)CRM
410 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence
59 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
65 (5.556 %)Workflow
65 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
74 (4.444 %)ITIL
74 (4.444 %)Business Analysis
83 (3.333 %)Agile Software Development
83 (3.333 %)Requirements Analysis
83 (3.333 %)Resource Management
83 (3.333 %)Systems Analysis
83 (3.333 %)Performance Management
83 (3.333 %)Service Delivery
83 (3.333 %)Financial Analysis
92 (2.222 %)Disaster Recovery
92 (2.222 %)E-business
92 (2.222 %)Data Modelling
92 (2.222 %)Release Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (17.78 %)SQL
27 (7.778 %)C#
36 (6.667 %)C
43 (3.333 %)FoxPro (VFP)
52 (2.222 %)Java
52 (2.222 %)VB
61 (1.111 %)X++
61 (1.111 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (8.889 %)Degree
25 (5.556 %)MCITP
25 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (3.333 %)Cisco Certification
33 (3.333 %)CCNA
33 (3.333 %)MCSE
33 (3.333 %)PMP
33 (3.333 %)PMI Certification
42 (2.222 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (1.111 %)MCDST
51 (1.111 %)ISEB
51 (1.111 %)MCP
51 (1.111 %)MCSA
51 (1.111 %)ACCA
51 (1.111 %)CIMA
51 (1.111 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (1.111 %)APMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.333 %)PCI DSS
13 (3.333 %)SLA
21 (1.111 %)ISO/IEC 27001
21 (1.111 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (6.667 %)VMware ESX
24 (4.444 %)Active Directory
32 (2.222 %)vSphere
32 (2.222 %)Hyper-V
41 (1.111 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.111 %)XenApp
41 (1.111 %)XenDesktop
41 (1.111 %)NFS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.333 %)Backup Exec
22 (2.222 %)WSUS
31 (1.111 %)vCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
147 (52.22 %)Microsoft
213 (14.44 %)SAP
311 (12.22 %)Sage
410 (11.11 %)VMware
59 (10.00 %)Oracle
68 (8.889 %)JD Edwards
77 (7.778 %)Cisco
77 (7.778 %)CODA
86 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft
86 (6.667 %)Infor
95 (5.556 %)Cognos
95 (5.556 %)Epicor
104 (4.444 %)Hyperion
104 (4.444 %)HP
113 (3.333 %)Citrix
113 (3.333 %)Business Objects
113 (3.333 %)Avaya
122 (2.222 %)Veritas
122 (2.222 %)Dell
122 (2.222 %)ProCurve