The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 24 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 Coventry 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank - 22 20
Contract jobs citing MS Project 0 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry - 3.475% 2.778%
As % of the Applications category - 31.03% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £275 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -36.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
41 29 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 20.40% 11.20% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 14
Average daily rate £150 £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.45% -26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £120 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £310 £464
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 2
Average hourly rate £37.80 £12.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+215.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Project
West Midlands

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) PgMP
2 2 (50.00%) APMP
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) CA Clarity
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) PMI
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CA
2 2 (50.00%) Primavera
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) CA Clarity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Planner
1 1 (25.00%) Environment Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PgMP
1 2 (50.00%) APMP
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) CA
2 2 (50.00%) Primavera