The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Dynamics AX skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 21 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.

Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank453437381
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Down-56
Matching permanent IT job ads534522454
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.441 %0.428 %0.477 %
As % of the Business Applications category5.585 %5.217 %6.384 %
Number of salaries quoted442481405
Average salary£50,000£45,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-18.18 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£30,000£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£66,750£70,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£42,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88 %-22.72 %
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
9562100057111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK7.890 %8.199 %7.468 %
Number of salaries quoted794381945433
Average salary£55,000£52,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76 %+5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,500£31,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£75,000£77,500
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.26 %

Dynamics AX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Dynamics AX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Dynamics AX Demand Trend

Dynamics AX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Dynamics AX within the UK.

Dynamics AX Salary Trend

Dynamics AX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Dynamics AX over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Dynamics AX Salary Histogram

Dynamics AX
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-10486£50,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-25153£60,000+14.28 %
South EastDown-2468£40,000-11.11 %
YorkshireUp+354£42,500+13.33 %
North WestDown-7348£45,000+5.88 %
East of EnglandUp+1747£50,000+14.28 %
ManchesterDown-4836£42,500-
East MidlandsDown-828£53,750+34.37 %
CambridgeshireUp+2326£50,000+25.00 %
City of LondonDown-226£50,000-
CambridgeUp+2124£50,000+25.00 %
South YorkshireDown-1724£42,500+13.33 %
ScotlandUp+2521£45,000+5.88 %
SheffieldDown-421£45,000+20.00 %
West MidlandsDown-2821£40,000-3.03 %
West YorkshireDown-1119£40,500+1.25 %
South WestDown-218£40,000-1.23 %
BerkshireDown-4018£45,000+5.88 %
LeedsDown-817£40,500+1.25 %
BirminghamDown-1913£36,250+3.57 %
EssexDown-611£38,000-5.00 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-11£37,500-
OxfordshireUp+210£47,500-36.66 %
MaidenheadDown-49£55,000+83.33 %
DerbyshireDown-28£51,250+28.12 %
EnfieldDown-37£25,500-19.04 %
AberdeenDown-57£50,000+47.05 %
SurreyDown-237£52,500+16.66 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-7£37,500-
OxfordUp+126£45,000-25.00 %

Dynamics AX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1871 (73.44 %)Microsoft
2648 (54.64 %)ERP
3478 (40.30 %)MS Excel
4396 (33.39 %)Finance
5369 (31.11 %)CRM
6366 (30.86 %)Dynamics CRM
7346 (29.17 %)SharePoint
8333 (28.08 %)X++
9322 (27.15 %).NET
10258 (21.75 %)SQL
11217 (18.30 %)Manufacturing
12206 (17.37 %)SQL Server
13204 (17.20 %)Advertising
14175 (14.76 %)Dynamics NAV
15174 (14.67 %)Oracle
16167 (14.08 %)SAP
16167 (14.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
17163 (13.74 %)Business Intelligence
17163 (13.74 %)BizTalk Server
18151 (12.73 %)Logistics
19141 (11.89 %)Degree
20128 (10.79 %)Project Management
21127 (10.71 %)SharePoint Server
22115 (9.696 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22115 (9.696 %)JD Edwards
2399 (8.347 %)C#
2497 (8.179 %)Sage
2594 (7.926 %)Dynamics GP
2693 (7.841 %)Retail
2792 (7.757 %)SQL Server Analysis Services

Dynamics AX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1322 (27.15 %).NET
240 (3.373 %)ASP.NET
338 (3.204 %)COM
427 (2.277 %)MDX
523 (1.939 %)Web Services
618 (1.518 %)XML
711 (0.927 %).NET Framework
711 (0.927 %)ASP
810 (0.843 %)WCF
97 (0.590 %)WebSphere
97 (0.590 %)Middleware
105 (0.422 %)WPF
105 (0.422 %)WF
114 (0.337 %)ASP.NET MVC
123 (0.253 %)Ajax
123 (0.253 %)Silverlight
123 (0.253 %)Hibernate
123 (0.253 %)J2EE
123 (0.253 %)HTML
123 (0.253 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1346 (29.17 %)SharePoint
2163 (13.74 %)BizTalk Server
3127 (10.71 %)SharePoint Server
420 (1.686 %)SharePoint 2010
518 (1.518 %)MS Exchange
612 (1.012 %)IIS
77 (0.590 %)Exchange Server 2010
77 (0.590 %)Exchange Server 2003
84 (0.337 %)SAS
84 (0.337 %)Commerce Server
84 (0.337 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (0.253 %)Apache
102 (0.169 %)Documentum
102 (0.169 %)Windows Azure
111 (0.084 %)Sitefinity
111 (0.084 %)Force.com
111 (0.084 %)ESB
111 (0.084 %)LiveLink
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1478 (40.30 %)MS Excel
238 (3.204 %)MS Office
319 (1.602 %)MS Visio
411 (0.927 %)MS Project
56 (0.506 %)SPSS
63 (0.253 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.084 %)PowerPivot
71 (0.084 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.084 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1366 (30.86 %)Dynamics CRM
2175 (14.76 %)Dynamics NAV
394 (7.926 %)Dynamics GP
452 (4.384 %)Agresso
520 (1.686 %)SAP Business One
618 (1.518 %)Oracle EBS
717 (1.433 %)Movex
816 (1.349 %)Sage 200
913 (1.096 %)Sage ERP Accpac
1011 (0.927 %)CODA-Financials
119 (0.759 %)Exchequer
119 (0.759 %)Oracle Financials
127 (0.590 %)SalesLogix
127 (0.590 %)Maximo
135 (0.422 %)Retail-J
135 (0.422 %)SAP Retail
135 (0.422 %)SAP CRM
144 (0.337 %)Oracle Applications
153 (0.253 %)Epicor iScala
153 (0.253 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (1.855 %)LAN
220 (1.686 %)WAN
312 (1.012 %)VPN
410 (0.843 %)Internet
57 (0.590 %)DNS
57 (0.590 %)DHCP
66 (0.506 %)SAN
66 (0.506 %)iSCSI
66 (0.506 %)Fibre Channel
75 (0.422 %)Firewall
84 (0.337 %)TCP/IP
93 (0.253 %)VLAN
93 (0.253 %)Wireless
93 (0.253 %)Extranet
93 (0.253 %)Intranet
93 (0.253 %)WLAN
93 (0.253 %)Ethernet
101 (0.084 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1206 (17.37 %)SQL Server
2167 (14.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
3115 (9.696 %)SQL Server Integration Services
492 (7.757 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
591 (7.673 %)SQL Server 2008
654 (4.553 %)SQL Server 2005
744 (3.710 %)OLAP
843 (3.626 %)Data Warehouse
931 (2.614 %)Oracle 8/8i
1029 (2.445 %)ETL
1121 (1.771 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1215 (1.265 %)Oracle Reports
1314 (1.180 %)QlikView
1412 (1.012 %)Oracle OLAP
158 (0.675 %)DTS
158 (0.675 %)SQL Server 2000
167 (0.590 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
167 (0.590 %)BODI
167 (0.590 %)RDBMS
167 (0.590 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
184 (7.083 %)MorphX
243 (3.626 %)Visual Studio
317 (1.433 %)Team Foundation Server
47 (0.590 %)Talend Open Studio
55 (0.422 %)LoadRunner
63 (0.253 %)Maven
63 (0.253 %)Ant
71 (0.084 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1396 (33.39 %)Finance
2217 (18.30 %)Manufacturing
3204 (17.20 %)Advertising
493 (7.841 %)Retail
529 (2.445 %)Legal
628 (2.361 %)Marketing
724 (2.024 %)French Language
724 (2.024 %)German Language
823 (1.939 %)Pharmaceutical
917 (1.433 %)Telecoms
1014 (1.180 %)Automotive
1111 (0.927 %)Spanish Language
1210 (0.843 %)Billing
1210 (0.843 %)Italian Language
137 (0.590 %)Back Office
144 (0.337 %)Portuguese Language
144 (0.337 %)Mandarin Language
153 (0.253 %)Local Government
162 (0.169 %)Law
162 (0.169 %)Swedish Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1435 (36.68 %)Consultant
2307 (25.89 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
3249 (20.99 %)Developer
4147 (12.39 %)Dynamics AX Developer
5137 (11.55 %)Analyst
6109 (9.191 %)Axapta Consultant
790 (7.589 %)Project Manager
872 (6.071 %)Microsoft Consultant
960 (5.059 %)Senior Consultant
1052 (4.384 %)Microsoft Developer
1147 (3.963 %)Technical Consultant
1245 (3.794 %)Architect
1338 (3.204 %)Support Analyst
1437 (3.120 %)Business Consultant
1536 (3.035 %)Axapta Developer
1536 (3.035 %)ERP Manager
1635 (2.951 %)ERP Consultant
1635 (2.951 %)Business Analyst
1731 (2.614 %)Systems Analyst
1829 (2.445 %)Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
123 (1.939 %)Management Information System
214 (1.180 %)Computer Science
214 (1.180 %)Data Conversion
214 (1.180 %)FMCG
39 (0.759 %)SaaS
45 (0.422 %)Client/Server
54 (0.337 %)E-Learning
63 (0.253 %)Video Conferencing
63 (0.253 %)Cloud Computing
63 (0.253 %)EPoS
72 (0.169 %)N-Tier
72 (0.169 %)Social Network
81 (0.084 %)Social Media
81 (0.084 %)Open Source
81 (0.084 %)IIBA
81 (0.084 %)Statistics
81 (0.084 %)Smartphone
81 (0.084 %)Tandem
81 (0.084 %)Replication
81 (0.084 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
153 (4.469 %)Windows
231 (2.614 %)Windows Server 2008
330 (2.530 %)Windows Server 2003
414 (1.180 %)Windows XP
512 (1.012 %)Windows 7
66 (0.506 %)Linux
66 (0.506 %)Windows Vista
74 (0.337 %)UNIX
81 (0.084 %)Windows Phone 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1648 (54.64 %)ERP
2369 (31.11 %)CRM
3163 (13.74 %)Business Intelligence
4151 (12.73 %)Logistics
5128 (10.79 %)Project Management
691 (7.673 %)Business Analysis
773 (6.155 %)Resource Management
862 (5.228 %)Migration
959 (4.975 %)PRINCE2
1039 (3.288 %)Business Development
1137 (3.120 %)Service Management
1234 (2.867 %)ITIL
1330 (2.530 %)Data Migration
1426 (2.192 %)Change Management
1525 (2.108 %)Project Planning
1620 (1.686 %)PRINCE
1719 (1.602 %)Agile Software Development
1719 (1.602 %)Scrum
1818 (1.518 %)Process Management
1917 (1.433 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1333 (28.08 %)X++
2258 (21.75 %)SQL
399 (8.347 %)C#
466 (5.565 %)Java
537 (3.120 %)PowerHouse
633 (2.782 %)T-SQL
727 (2.277 %)C
813 (1.096 %)PL/SQL
912 (1.012 %)VB.NET
108 (0.675 %)PHP
117 (0.590 %)C++
117 (0.590 %)VBA
126 (0.506 %)VB
126 (0.506 %)JavaScript
135 (0.422 %)VB6
144 (0.337 %)VBScript
151 (0.084 %)Apex Code
151 (0.084 %)Ruby
151 (0.084 %)CFML
151 (0.084 %)Progress 4GL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1141 (11.89 %)Degree
273 (6.155 %)ACCA
345 (3.794 %)CIMA
434 (2.867 %)Microsoft Certification
517 (1.433 %)ISEB
615 (1.265 %)PRINCE2 Certification
713 (1.096 %)PMP
713 (1.096 %)PMI Certification
88 (0.675 %)MCSE
88 (0.675 %)Cisco Certification
88 (0.675 %)CCNA
88 (0.675 %)ISTQB
97 (0.590 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
97 (0.590 %)Security Cleared
105 (0.422 %)APMP
105 (0.422 %)MOS
105 (0.422 %)MCP
114 (0.337 %)DV Cleared
122 (0.169 %)MCSA
122 (0.169 %)CCNP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
133 (2.782 %)SLA
222 (1.855 %)QA
36 (0.506 %)Data Quality
43 (0.253 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.253 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (1.855 %)Active Directory
211 (0.927 %)Terminal Services
38 (0.675 %)Hyper-V
46 (0.506 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (0.506 %)VMware ESXi
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.422 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.337 %)WSUS
31 (0.084 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1871 (73.44 %)Microsoft
2174 (14.67 %)Oracle
3167 (14.08 %)SAP
4115 (9.696 %)JD Edwards
597 (8.179 %)Sage
669 (5.818 %)CODA
766 (5.565 %)Epicor
864 (5.396 %)Baan
944 (3.710 %)Lawson
1043 (3.626 %)PeopleSoft
1138 (3.204 %)Infor
1219 (1.602 %)Pegasus
1318 (1.518 %)Cognos
1417 (1.433 %)Sun
1417 (1.433 %)NetSuite
1514 (1.180 %)Intentia
1611 (0.927 %)HP
1611 (0.927 %)Business Objects
1710 (0.843 %)IBM
189 (0.759 %)Citrix