The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 21 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 Bournemouth 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 22 27 29
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Project 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 1.681% 0.671% 0.637%
As % of the Applications category 12.50% 5.000% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £371 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 13.45% 13.42% 6.369%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 5
Average daily rate £335 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -27.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £360 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
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MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
1 3 (60.00%) Derivative
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
1 3 (60.00%) Fund Accounting
1 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (40.00%) SWIFT
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) SLA

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Derivative
1 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (40.00%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
1 3 (60.00%) Fund Accounting
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA