The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 70 79 84
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +5
Contract jobs citing MS Project 45 52 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.089% 1.765% 1.826%
As % of the Applications category 13.35% 13.76% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 17
Average daily rate £250 £313 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +38.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £185 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £670 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £343
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 2
Average hourly rate £38.00 £12.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+204.00% -64.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
337 378 329
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 15.65% 12.83% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 124 113
Average daily rate £289 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £120 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 72 104
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.30% +3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.20 £35.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England MS Project Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Project
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Project within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex +7 18 £550 +120.00%
Hertfordshire +11 14 £400 +39.73%
Cambridgeshire -2 5 £250 -42.85%
Norfolk +4 4 £270 +35.00%
Bedfordshire 0 2 £158 -27.58%
East Anglia - 2 £375 -
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 55 (61.11%) Project Management
2 43 (47.78%) Finance
3 42 (46.67%) PRINCE2
4 33 (36.67%) MS Excel
4 33 (36.67%) Microsoft
5 22 (24.44%) MS Office
6 19 (21.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 18 (20.00%) MS Visio
7 18 (20.00%) ITIL
7 18 (20.00%) Project Planning
8 15 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
8 15 (16.67%) Change Control
9 12 (13.33%) Time Management
9 12 (13.33%) Configuration Management
10 10 (11.11%) Change Management
11 9 (10.00%) Windows
12 8 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (8.889%) QA
13 7 (7.778%) Migration
13 7 (7.778%) Retail
13 7 (7.778%) PMI Certification
14 6 (6.667%) PMI
14 6 (6.667%) SharePoint
14 6 (6.667%) SAP
14 6 (6.667%) C
14 6 (6.667%) Document Management
14 6 (6.667%) Automotive
14 6 (6.667%) Risk Management
14 6 (6.667%) Degree
14 6 (6.667%) Agile Software Development

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (5.556%) .NET
2 4 (4.444%) Web Services
3 3 (3.333%) XML
4 2 (2.222%) Ajax
4 2 (2.222%) COM
4 2 (2.222%) CSS
4 2 (2.222%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.222%) jQuery
4 2 (2.222%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (1.111%) SAP PI
5 1 (1.111%) ASP
5 1 (1.111%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.111%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.111%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.667%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.333%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.111%) Gentran
Applications
1 33 (36.67%) MS Excel
2 22 (24.44%) MS Office
3 18 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 15 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.222%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.111%) HTTP
1 1 (1.111%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.111%) DB2
2 1 (1.111%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.111%) GIS
2 1 (1.111%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.333%) JIRA
2 1 (1.111%) Selenium
2 1 (1.111%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (1.111%) Bugzilla
General
1 43 (47.78%) Finance
2 7 (7.778%) Retail
3 6 (6.667%) Automotive
4 4 (4.444%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.444%) Spanish Language
5 3 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.222%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.222%) Marketing
7 1 (1.111%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (1.111%) Legal
Job Titles
1 52 (57.78%) Project Manager
2 17 (18.89%) Analyst
3 6 (6.667%) Support Analyst
4 5 (5.556%) Coordinator
4 5 (5.556%) Project Coordinator
4 5 (5.556%) Project Analyst
4 5 (5.556%) Project Support Analyst
5 4 (4.444%) Senior Manager
5 4 (4.444%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (3.333%) Consultant
6 3 (3.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (3.333%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.333%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (3.333%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 2 (2.222%) SAP Manager
7 2 (2.222%) Deployment Project Manager
7 2 (2.222%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (2.222%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (2.222%) Project Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.667%) PMI
2 3 (3.333%) NHS
2 3 (3.333%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.222%) RIA
3 2 (2.222%) SaaS
4 1 (1.111%) STB
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (6.667%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.333%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.111%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (61.11%) Project Management
2 42 (46.67%) PRINCE2
3 18 (20.00%) ITIL
3 18 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 15 (16.67%) Change Control
5 12 (13.33%) Time Management
5 12 (13.33%) Configuration Management
6 10 (11.11%) Change Management
7 8 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (7.778%) Migration
9 6 (6.667%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (6.667%) Document Management
10 5 (5.556%) Business Analysis
10 5 (5.556%) Programme Management
10 5 (5.556%) Test Scripting
10 5 (5.556%) Wealth Management
11 4 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (4.444%) Scrum
11 4 (4.444%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.667%) C
2 3 (3.333%) C#
2 3 (3.333%) SQL
3 2 (2.222%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.111%) VBScript
4 1 (1.111%) VB
4 1 (1.111%) PL/1
4 1 (1.111%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.111%) C++
4 1 (1.111%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (21.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 7 (7.778%) PMI Certification
3 6 (6.667%) Degree
4 4 (4.444%) PMP
5 3 (3.333%) MCP
5 3 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.333%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 2 (2.222%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.222%) MCSE
7 1 (1.111%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.889%) QA
2 4 (4.444%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.111%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.222%) SCCM
2 1 (1.111%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.667%) SAP
3 3 (3.333%) CA
3 3 (3.333%) Lotus
3 3 (3.333%) VMware
4 2 (2.222%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.111%) Symantec
5 1 (1.111%) Primavera
5 1 (1.111%) Oracle
5 1 (1.111%) HP
5 1 (1.111%) Planview