The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 71 47 47
Rank change year-on-year
-24 0
Contract jobs citing MS Project 54 98 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.231% 3.214% 2.926%
As % of the Applications category 14.67% 24.02% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 25
Average daily rate £400 £373 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.38% +14.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £279 £136
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £343
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
368 408 422
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.21% 13.38% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 161 135
Average daily rate £325 £350 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +23.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £210 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 41 55
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% -11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.36 £9.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MS Project Daily Rate Trend

MS Project
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire MS Project Daily Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -5 20 £313 -14.38%
Slough -16 9 £450 -
Bracknell -12 3 £450 +22.44%
Newbury -1 1 £400 +162.29%
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 67 (67.68%) Project Management
2 60 (60.61%) Microsoft
3 58 (58.59%) MS Excel
4 54 (54.55%) PRINCE2
5 37 (37.37%) MS PowerPoint
6 36 (36.36%) Finance
7 25 (25.25%) Risk Analysis
7 25 (25.25%) Matrix Management
8 24 (24.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 23 (23.23%) Project Planning
10 21 (21.21%) PMI Certification
10 21 (21.21%) MS Visio
10 21 (21.21%) MS Office
11 18 (18.18%) Telecoms
12 16 (16.16%) Programme Management
13 15 (15.15%) PMI
14 14 (14.14%) MS Project Server
15 12 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
16 11 (11.11%) PMP
16 11 (11.11%) SQL
16 11 (11.11%) Windows
17 9 (9.091%) SharePoint
17 9 (9.091%) .NET
17 9 (9.091%) Change Control
18 8 (8.081%) Siebel
18 8 (8.081%) PRINCE
19 7 (7.071%) Stakeholder Management
19 7 (7.071%) Banking
19 7 (7.071%) ISEB
19 7 (7.071%) PRINCE2 Certification

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 9 (9.091%) .NET
2 6 (6.061%) WCF
2 6 (6.061%) WF
3 5 (5.051%) AppFabric
4 3 (3.030%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.020%) Web Services
5 2 (2.020%) XML
5 2 (2.020%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 2 (2.020%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (14.14%) MS Project Server
2 9 (9.091%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.061%) Windows Azure
4 5 (5.051%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (3.030%) Confluence
6 2 (2.020%) CM System
6 2 (2.020%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 58 (58.59%) MS Excel
2 37 (37.37%) MS PowerPoint
3 21 (21.21%) MS Office
3 21 (21.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.020%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.010%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.051%) 3G
2 4 (4.040%) Internet
3 3 (3.030%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (2.020%) MPLS
4 2 (2.020%) SDH
4 2 (2.020%) LDAP
4 2 (2.020%) VPN
5 1 (1.010%) DNS
5 1 (1.010%) SAN
5 1 (1.010%) LAN
5 1 (1.010%) WAN
5 1 (1.010%) SMTP
5 1 (1.010%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.010%) HTTP
5 1 (1.010%) LLU
5 1 (1.010%) LTE
5 1 (1.010%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.020%) OLAP
2 2 (2.020%) DTS
2 2 (2.020%) IDOL
2 2 (2.020%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.010%) MS Access
3 1 (1.010%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (3.030%) JIRA
2 2 (2.020%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.010%) PVCS
3 1 (1.010%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 36 (36.36%) Finance
2 18 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 7 (7.071%) Banking
4 6 (6.061%) Retail
5 2 (2.020%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 11 (11.11%) Project Planner
3 8 (8.081%) Analyst
4 6 (6.061%) Business Analyst
5 4 (4.040%) Project Coordinator
5 4 (4.040%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 4 (4.040%) Coordinator
6 3 (3.030%) Agile Business Analyst
6 3 (3.030%) Team Leader
6 3 (3.030%) Administrator
7 2 (2.020%) Development Team Leader
7 2 (2.020%) Project Administrator
7 2 (2.020%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (2.020%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (2.020%) Programme Support Officer
7 2 (2.020%) Project Support Coordinator
7 2 (2.020%) Project Support Administrator
7 2 (2.020%) Technical Manager
8 1 (1.010%) Implementation Manager
8 1 (1.010%) Implementation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) PMI
2 3 (3.030%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.030%) Wiki
3 1 (1.010%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.11%) Windows
2 3 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (3.030%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (67.68%) Project Management
2 54 (54.55%) PRINCE2
3 25 (25.25%) Risk Analysis
3 25 (25.25%) Matrix Management
4 23 (23.23%) Project Planning
5 16 (16.16%) Programme Management
6 12 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (9.091%) Change Control
8 8 (8.081%) PRINCE
9 7 (7.071%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.051%) CRM
10 5 (5.051%) ITIL
10 5 (5.051%) Business Analysis
10 5 (5.051%) Requirements Management
10 5 (5.051%) Use Case
10 5 (5.051%) Waterfall
11 4 (4.040%) Portfolio Management
11 4 (4.040%) Release Management
11 4 (4.040%) UML
11 4 (4.040%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.11%) SQL
2 7 (7.071%) C#
3 5 (5.051%) Java
4 2 (2.020%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.010%) VBA
5 1 (1.010%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (24.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 21 (21.21%) PMI Certification
3 11 (11.11%) PMP
4 7 (7.071%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (7.071%) ISEB
5 5 (5.051%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.030%) APMP
7 2 (2.020%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.020%) MCSD
7 2 (2.020%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.020%) CIMA
7 2 (2.020%) Degree
8 1 (1.010%) CCNA
8 1 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.071%) QA
2 6 (6.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (4.040%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.010%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.010%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.010%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.081%) Siebel
3 5 (5.051%) Oracle
4 3 (3.030%) Business Objects
4 3 (3.030%) Niku
5 2 (2.020%) SAP
5 2 (2.020%) Meridio
6 1 (1.010%) Brocade
6 1 (1.010%) HP
6 1 (1.010%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.010%) Cisco
6 1 (1.010%) Primavera
6 1 (1.010%) VMware
6 1 (1.010%) Saba
6 1 (1.010%) Blue Coat
Berkshire
The successful candidate will have the following experience, Expert experience in business analysis & process change/optimisation, ideally within a sales and marketing environment for a retail sectors or...
Mortimer Spinks
Posted: 17 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Key responsibilities: Expert experience in business analysis & process change/optimisation, ideally within a sales and marketing environment for Manufacturing, Retail sectors or with a consultancy practice... Good understanding...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013