The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 23 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 Applications category for the Bedfordshire region.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 26 27 36
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs citing MS Project 2 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.070% 3.249% 2.381%
As % of the Applications category 7.143% 20.93% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
Average daily rate £158 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.00% +11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 43 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.97% 15.52% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 11
Average daily rate £325 £280 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £185 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.13% +163.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MS Project across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Bedfordshire MS Project Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Project across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MS Project Daily Rate Trend

MS Project
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Project across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Project within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bedford - 2 £158 -
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing MS Project 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 MS Project.

1 5 (71.43%) MS Visio
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) MS Office
4 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Taleo
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
5 1 (14.29%) SCCM
5 1 (14.29%) SCOM
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (14.29%) VBScript
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Symantec

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing MS Project 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 MS Project. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Visio
2 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Project Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Symantec