The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Application Platforms category for the Berkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project Server
Rank 108 109 117
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 11 28 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.452% 0.914% 0.376%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.813% 6.796% 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 16 1
Average daily rate - £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £365 £291
% change year-on-year
-25.20% +25.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+96.00% -54.54%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
391 412 451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.07% 13.44% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 188 152
Average daily rate £350 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 39
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £14.55 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
MS Project Server
South East

MS Project Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MS Project Server Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MS Project Server Daily Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MS Project Server Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project Server
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 Server within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Reading -7 6 - -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
MS Project Server
South East

MS Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MS Project Server 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 Server.

1 15 (93.75%) MS Project
2 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (62.50%) PMI Certification
3 10 (62.50%) Project Management
4 9 (56.25%) MS Office
4 9 (56.25%) PRINCE2
5 8 (50.00%) PMI
5 8 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 7 (43.75%) PMP
6 7 (43.75%) MS Visio
6 7 (43.75%) SQL
6 7 (43.75%) Project Planning
7 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
7 5 (31.25%) MS PowerPoint
7 5 (31.25%) ISEB
8 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
8 4 (25.00%) Business Objects
8 4 (25.00%) Niku
8 4 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
9 3 (18.75%) Meridio
9 3 (18.75%) IDOL
9 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (18.75%) CM System
9 3 (18.75%) Release Management
9 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
9 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (18.75%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 3 (18.75%) Web Development

MS Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
1 3 (18.75%) Web Services
1 3 (18.75%) XML
1 3 (18.75%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (18.75%) CM System
Applications
1 15 (93.75%) MS Project
2 9 (56.25%) MS Office
3 8 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 7 (43.75%) MS Visio
5 5 (31.25%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) LDAP
2 1 (6.250%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) OLAP
1 3 (18.75%) DTS
1 3 (18.75%) IDOL
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 2 (12.50%) PVCS
General
1 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 6 (37.50%) Project Planner
3 3 (18.75%) Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Change Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Change Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Project Management
2 9 (56.25%) PRINCE2
3 7 (43.75%) Project Planning
4 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (18.75%) Web Development
5 3 (18.75%) Release Management
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (12.50%) Unified Process
6 2 (12.50%) UML
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (6.250%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
2 3 (18.75%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) PMI Certification
2 7 (43.75%) PMP
3 5 (31.25%) ISEB
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (18.75%) MCSD
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Niku
2 4 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 3 (18.75%) Meridio