The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 20 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 Docklands, London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 24 25 57
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +32
Contract jobs citing MS Project 5 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 2.924% 2.740% 1.017%
As % of the Applications category 16.13% 15.79% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
Average daily rate £375 £400 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +12.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £293 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £488 £503
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
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
31 38 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 18.13% 17.35% 9.661%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 22
Average daily rate £400 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £219 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +83.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
London

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 9 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 9 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) MS Office
3 6 (66.67%) Finance
4 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
4 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
5 4 (44.44%) MS Access
5 4 (44.44%) ITIL
5 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (44.44%) Release Management
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL V3
6 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
7 2 (22.22%) Planview
7 2 (22.22%) CMS
7 2 (22.22%) Web Design
7 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (22.22%) Intranet
7 2 (22.22%) ClearQuest
7 2 (22.22%) EMC
7 2 (22.22%) OO
7 2 (22.22%) RUP
7 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 2 (22.22%) Documentum
7 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 2 (22.22%) Documentum
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
4 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) ClearQuest
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Project Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Release Management
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL V3
4 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) OO
5 2 (22.22%) RUP
5 2 (22.22%) Web Design
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) EMC
2 2 (22.22%) Planview