The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 13 22 26
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +4
Contract jobs citing MS Project 17 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 9.290% 4.425% 3.524%
As % of the Applications category 43.59% 34.48% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 6
Average daily rate £400 £400 £231
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +72.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £318 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £413 £294
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
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
39 29 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.31% 12.83% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 24
Average daily rate £350 £325 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +25.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £11.00 - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
South Wales

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 21 (72.41%) Finance
3 19 (65.52%) Project Management
4 18 (62.07%) MS Office
5 13 (44.83%) AS400
6 10 (34.48%) Degree
7 9 (31.03%) TestDirector
7 9 (31.03%) UML
7 9 (31.03%) OO
7 9 (31.03%) Banking
8 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (27.59%) UNIX
9 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
10 5 (17.24%) OS/400
10 5 (17.24%) IBM
10 5 (17.24%) Shell Script
10 5 (17.24%) Windows
10 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
10 5 (17.24%) DB2
10 5 (17.24%) IIS
10 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
10 5 (17.24%) COBOL
10 5 (17.24%) RPG
10 5 (17.24%) iSeries
10 5 (17.24%) WebSphere
11 4 (13.79%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (13.79%) Retail
11 4 (13.79%) Content Management
11 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
11 4 (13.79%) .NET

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (17.24%) WebSphere
2 4 (13.79%) .NET
2 4 (13.79%) J2EE
3 1 (3.448%) COM
3 1 (3.448%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) IIS
2 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 18 (62.07%) MS Office
2 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
3 3 (10.34%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
1 5 (17.24%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) TestDirector
2 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
2 3 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (72.41%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 1 (3.448%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Analyst
2 11 (37.93%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Applications Support
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Test Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Business Project Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.448%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.448%) AS400 Support
6 1 (3.448%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) AS400
2 5 (17.24%) iSeries
3 3 (10.34%) NHS
4 1 (3.448%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) UNIX
2 5 (17.24%) OS/400
2 5 (17.24%) Windows
3 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 2 (6.897%) AIX
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Project Management
2 9 (31.03%) UML
2 9 (31.03%) OO
3 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.79%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (13.79%) Content Management
5 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) RUP
6 3 (10.34%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
7 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.897%) Test Strategy
7 2 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Integration Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Supplier Management
7 2 (6.897%) Migration
7 2 (6.897%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Shell Script
1 5 (17.24%) COBOL
1 5 (17.24%) RPG
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
3 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) ISEB
3 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) IBM
3 1 (3.448%) Rackspace