The first table below looks at the demand for Dynamics AX skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)
Rank 158 190 122
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -68
Permanent jobs citing Dynamics AX 92 51 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.274% 0.710% 1.752%
As % of the Business Applications category 12.90% 9.533% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 84 49 112
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Business Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
713 535 827
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 9.871% 7.443% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 560 472 715
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Dynamics AX
England

Dynamics AX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Dynamics AX Jobs Demand Trend

Dynamics AX
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Dynamics AX across the North West region.

North West Dynamics AX Salary Trend

Dynamics AX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Dynamics AX across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Dynamics AX Salary Histogram

Dynamics AX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics AX within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +13 57 £47,500 +5.55%
Cheshire +40 31 £37,500 -11.76%
Merseyside +24 1 £70,000 +250.00%
Lancashire +6 1 £35,000 -41.66%
Dynamics AX
England

Dynamics AX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Dynamics AX.

1 123 (69.10%) Microsoft
2 91 (51.12%) ERP
3 66 (37.08%) .NET
4 59 (33.15%) Finance
5 58 (32.58%) SharePoint
6 55 (30.90%) SQL Server
7 54 (30.34%) SQL
8 53 (29.78%) SAP
9 45 (25.28%) CRM
9 45 (25.28%) Dynamics CRM
10 43 (24.16%) Project Management
11 39 (21.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 38 (21.35%) MS Excel
13 37 (20.79%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (19.66%) Manufacturing
15 34 (19.10%) Degree
15 34 (19.10%) X++
16 32 (17.98%) Oracle
17 30 (16.85%) Windows
17 30 (16.85%) Logistics
18 28 (15.73%) Business Analysis
19 27 (15.17%) Migration
20 26 (14.61%) Advertising
20 26 (14.61%) JD Edwards
20 26 (14.61%) Agile Software Development
21 25 (14.04%) Baan
22 23 (12.92%) Web Development
23 22 (12.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
23 22 (12.36%) ASP.NET
24 21 (11.80%) VB.NET

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Dynamics AX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 66 (37.08%) .NET
2 22 (12.36%) ASP.NET
3 18 (10.11%) XML
4 17 (9.551%) CGI
5 15 (8.427%) COM
5 15 (8.427%) HTML
6 14 (7.865%) Web Services
7 7 (3.933%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.933%) WCF
7 7 (3.933%) WPF
8 6 (3.371%) DHTML
8 6 (3.371%) ASP
8 6 (3.371%) WF
8 6 (3.371%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (3.371%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 6 (3.371%) Ajax
9 3 (1.685%) EDI
9 3 (1.685%) CSS
10 2 (1.124%) JSP
10 2 (1.124%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 58 (32.58%) SharePoint
2 19 (10.67%) BizTalk Server
3 8 (4.494%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (3.371%) IIS
5 3 (1.685%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 38 (21.35%) MS Excel
2 13 (7.303%) MS Project
3 11 (6.180%) MS Office
4 7 (3.933%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 45 (25.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (10.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (8.427%) Dynamics GP
3 15 (8.427%) Agresso
4 9 (5.056%) SAP ERP
5 7 (3.933%) Sage 200
6 6 (3.371%) SAP Business One
7 3 (1.685%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (1.124%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.618%) LAN
1 10 (5.618%) WAN
2 8 (4.494%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.809%) HTTP
4 3 (1.685%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (30.90%) SQL Server
2 39 (21.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (12.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 16 (8.989%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (8.427%) Informix
5 15 (8.427%) DB2
6 12 (6.742%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (5.618%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (3.371%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (2.247%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.685%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (1.685%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (1.124%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (1.124%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.562%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
12 1 (0.562%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 14 (7.865%) MorphX
2 8 (4.494%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.562%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (33.15%) Finance
2 35 (19.66%) Manufacturing
3 26 (14.61%) Advertising
4 15 (8.427%) Retail
5 4 (2.247%) Automotive
5 4 (2.247%) Legal
5 4 (2.247%) Billing
Job Titles
1 41 (23.03%) Consultant
2 35 (19.66%) Developer
3 34 (19.10%) Analyst
4 24 (13.48%) Business Analyst
5 22 (12.36%) Project Manager
6 19 (10.67%) Dynamics AX Consultant
7 15 (8.427%) Dynamics AX Developer
8 10 (5.618%) Senior Manager
8 10 (5.618%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (5.056%) Support Manager
9 9 (5.056%) Senior Developer
9 9 (5.056%) Programme Manager
10 8 (4.494%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.494%) Lead Developer
10 8 (4.494%) ERP Manager
10 8 (4.494%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.494%) SharePoint Consultant
10 8 (4.494%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
11 7 (3.933%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (3.933%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.11%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.371%) Statistics
3 3 (1.685%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.562%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.562%) Physics
4 1 (0.562%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.562%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.85%) Windows
2 15 (8.427%) AIX
2 15 (8.427%) HPUX
2 15 (8.427%) Solaris
2 15 (8.427%) Linux
3 8 (4.494%) Windows XP
3 8 (4.494%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (4.494%) Windows 7
3 8 (4.494%) Windows 8
3 8 (4.494%) Windows Vista
4 2 (1.124%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (51.12%) ERP
2 45 (25.28%) CRM
3 43 (24.16%) Project Management
4 37 (20.79%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (16.85%) Logistics
6 28 (15.73%) Business Analysis
7 27 (15.17%) Migration
8 26 (14.61%) Agile Software Development
9 23 (12.92%) Web Development
10 18 (10.11%) Project Planning
10 18 (10.11%) Resource Management
11 15 (8.427%) Strategic Planning
11 15 (8.427%) Process Management
11 15 (8.427%) PRINCE2
12 14 (7.865%) Workflow
13 13 (7.303%) Waterfall
13 13 (7.303%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (6.180%) Data Migration
15 8 (4.494%) UML
16 7 (3.933%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (30.34%) SQL
2 34 (19.10%) X++
3 21 (11.80%) VB.NET
3 21 (11.80%) Java
4 20 (11.24%) C#
5 10 (5.618%) C
6 7 (3.933%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.933%) VB
7 6 (3.371%) VBScript
8 3 (1.685%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 3 (1.685%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.124%) C++
9 2 (1.124%) Perl
9 2 (1.124%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (19.10%) Degree
2 7 (3.933%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.124%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.124%) PMP
3 2 (1.124%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.124%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.180%) QA
2 6 (3.371%) SLA
3 5 (2.809%) COBIT
3 5 (2.809%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (4.494%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (4.494%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 123 (69.10%) Microsoft
2 53 (29.78%) SAP
3 32 (17.98%) Oracle
4 26 (14.61%) JD Edwards
5 25 (14.04%) Baan
6 16 (8.989%) Sage
7 15 (8.427%) IBM
7 15 (8.427%) Sun
8 12 (6.742%) EPiServer
9 11 (6.180%) Epicor
10 9 (5.056%) Infor
11 8 (4.494%) VMware
12 7 (3.933%) PeopleSoft
13 6 (3.371%) Pegasus
13 6 (3.371%) CODA
14 1 (0.562%) HP
14 1 (0.562%) Infragistics
North West England
The ideal candidate will have Dynamics AX consultancy experience and will be expected to undertake business analysis, carry out training, present and demonstrate to prospective clients as well...
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
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