The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton 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 Brighton 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 18 32 17
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing MS Project 10 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 6.897% 2.317% 4.348%
As % of the Applications category 31.25% 14.29% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
Average daily rate £350 £385 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £240 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £440 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
32 42 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 22.07% 16.22% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 8
Average daily rate £350 £338 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +22.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £200 £137
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
East Sussex

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 13 (92.86%) MS Excel
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) MS Office
3 7 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 7 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 7 (50.00%) Data Quality
4 6 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (42.86%) ISEB
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Banking
6 1 (7.143%) Data Management
6 1 (7.143%) Logistics
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (7.143%) Degree
6 1 (7.143%) French Language
6 1 (7.143%) Spanish Language

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 13 (92.86%) MS Excel
2 9 (64.29%) MS Office
3 7 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) French Language
3 1 (7.143%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Programme Planner
4 2 (14.29%) Junior
4 2 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Planner
5 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Business Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 7 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 6 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Data Management
4 1 (7.143%) Logistics
4 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft