Dynamics GP Contracts

Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Dynamics GP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dynamics GP over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 712 843
Rank change year-on-year +142 +131 -163
Contract jobs citing Dynamics GP 30 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.002% 0.015%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.93% 0.026% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 0 10
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £525 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £548
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.00%
75th Percentile £600 - £603
90th Percentile - - £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Dynamics GP is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,240 3,813 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.43% 6.39% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,893 2,192 3,116
10th Percentile £363 £363 £380
25th Percentile £463 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 56 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.25 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.21 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% +12.02%

Dynamics GP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dynamics GP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamics GP in the UK

Dynamics GP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamics GP.

Daily rate trend for Dynamics GP in the UK

Dynamics GP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamics GP over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamics GP in the UK

Dynamics GP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dynamics GP.

Hourly rate trend for Dynamics GP in the UK

Dynamics GP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamics GP within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +131 27 £550 - 13
London - 25 £550 - 2
Work from Home - 25 £550 - 4
UK excluding London +70 5 £438 - 10
Scotland - 3 £438 -
South West - 2 - - 1

Dynamics GP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Azure
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) SSL
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (60.00%) Finance
2 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Great Plains Specialist
1 13 (43.33%) Great Plains Support
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Specialist
1 13 (43.33%) Support Specialist
2 10 (33.33%) Consultant
2 10 (33.33%) Great Plains Consultant
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Data Migration Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) ERP Manager
4 1 (3.33%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (3.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
1 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) ERP
2 11 (36.67%) Test Scripting
3 9 (30.00%) Use Case
3 9 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Agile
4 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (10.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Email Filtering
4 3 (10.00%) ITIL
4 3 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (10.00%) Migration
4 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (10.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (3.33%) Budgeting
5 1 (3.33%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 17 (56.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (10.00%) MCSE
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) vCloud
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Avamar
Vendors
1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Aruba
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco
2 1 (3.33%) Citrix
2 1 (3.33%) EMC
2 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Sage
2 1 (3.33%) VMware