England Office Project Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Project Server skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Project Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Project Server
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bridgend Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Coventry Durham East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Harrogate Hertfordshire Hounslow Ipswich Leatherhead Leeds London Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland South East South Wales Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	497	574
Rank change on same period last year	+77
Matching contract IT job ads	62	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.083 %	0.060 %
As % of the category below	0.618 %	0.478 %
Daily rates quoted	32	18
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£323
Average daily rate	£394	£342
% change on same period last year	+15.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£320
% change on same period last year	+4.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£42.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.88
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms England
Matching contract IT job ads	10035	12336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.38 %	12.48 %
Daily rates quoted	3035	3209
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£358
Average daily rate	£377	£379
% change on same period last year	-0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	1090	1265
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.54	£22.80
Average hourly rate	£24.12	£24.23
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.70	£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Office Project Server UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Office Project Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Office Project Server across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office Project Server across the England region.

Office Project Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office Project Server across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office Project Server across the England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office Project Server within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+56	28	£436	+22.22 %
East of England	+11	8	£393	+31.11 %
Yorkshire	-	7	£205	-
South East	+41	7	£278	-13.12 %
North East	-	3	-	-
North West	-	3	-	-
Midlands	-	2	£350	-
West Midlands	-	2	£425	-
East Midlands	-	1	-	-

Office Project Server UK

Office Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Office Project Server 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 Office Project Server.

1 95 (68.35 %) MS Project 2 73 (52.52 %) Microsoft 3 65 (46.76 %) Project Management 4 62 (44.60 %) MS Office 5 61 (43.88 %) SharePoint 6 60 (43.17 %) PRINCE2 7 55 (39.57 %) MS Excel 8 43 (30.94 %) Finance 9 28 (20.14 %) ClearQuest 10 27 (19.42 %) ClearCase 11 26 (18.71 %) Windows 12 25 (17.99 %) SharePoint Server 2007 13 23 (16.55 %) SQL Server 13 23 (16.55 %) Banking 13 23 (16.55 %) MS PowerPoint

14 22 (15.83 %) Project Planning 15 18 (12.95 %) PMI Certification 16 17 (12.23 %) PMP 16 17 (12.23 %) SQL 16 17 (12.23 %) Investment Banking 17 16 (11.51 %) Business Development 17 16 (11.51 %) PMI 18 15 (10.79 %) Active Directory 18 15 (10.79 %) Windows SharePoint Services 19 14 (10.07 %) .NET 19 14 (10.07 %) Programme Management 20 13 (9.353 %) RUP 20 13 (9.353 %) IIS 20 13 (9.353 %) SQL Server 2005 21 11 (7.914 %) Time Management

Office Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Office Project Server 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 Office Project Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 15 (10.79 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 14 (10.07 %) .NET 3 11 (7.914 %) ASP.NET 4 8 (5.755 %) WF 5 6 (4.317 %) HTML 6 3 (2.158 %) .NET Framework 7 2 (1.439 %) CSS 7 2 (1.439 %) XML 7 2 (1.439 %) XHTML 8 1 (0.719 %) AJAX 8 1 (0.719 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 61 (43.88 %) SharePoint 2 25 (17.99 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 13 (9.353 %) IIS 4 8 (5.755 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 5 (3.597 %) BizTalk Server 6 4 (2.878 %) MS Exchange 7 3 (2.158 %) Office Communications Server 8 2 (1.439 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.719 %) Lotus Notes 9 1 (0.719 %) Content Management Server 9 1 (0.719 %) CMS 9 1 (0.719 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 95 (68.35 %) MS Project 2 62 (44.60 %) MS Office 3 55 (39.57 %) MS Excel 4 23 (16.55 %) MS PowerPoint 5 5 (3.597 %) InfoPath 6 3 (2.158 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (2.878 %) Dynamics CRM 2 3 (2.158 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 2 (1.439 %) Microsoft CRM 4 1 (0.719 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (0.719 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 10 (7.194 %) Internet 2 5 (3.597 %) DNS 3 2 (1.439 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (16.55 %) SQL Server 2 13 (9.353 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (5.036 %) SQL Server 7 4 5 (3.597 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 4 (2.878 %) MSDE 6 3 (2.158 %) SQL Server 2000 6 3 (2.158 %) ETL 7 2 (1.439 %) OLAP 8 1 (0.719 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.719 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.719 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.719 %) MySQL 8 1 (0.719 %) DB2 8 1 (0.719 %) EDRMS 8 1 (0.719 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.719 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 28 (20.14 %) ClearQuest 2 27 (19.42 %) ClearCase 3 7 (5.036 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.719 %) NUnit	General 1 43 (30.94 %) Finance 2 23 (16.55 %) Banking 3 17 (12.23 %) Investment Banking 4 8 (5.755 %) Government 5 2 (1.439 %) Education 5 2 (1.439 %) Financial Institution 5 2 (1.439 %) Auditing 6 1 (0.719 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (0.719 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.719 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.719 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 24 (17.27 %) Analyst 2 23 (16.55 %) Project Manager 3 18 (12.95 %) Support Analyst 3 18 (12.95 %) Project Analyst 4 17 (12.23 %) Project Support Analyst 4 17 (12.23 %) Consultant 5 16 (11.51 %) Developer 6 11 (7.914 %) Coordinator 6 11 (7.914 %) SharePoint Developer 7 8 (5.755 %) Programme Manager 7 8 (5.755 %) Project Coordinator 8 6 (4.317 %) Administrator 9 5 (3.597 %) Project Consultant 9 5 (3.597 %) Server Engineer 10 4 (2.878 %) Project Engineer 10 4 (2.878 %) CRM Consultant 10 4 (2.878 %) Programme Office Support 10 4 (2.878 %) PMO Analyst 10 4 (2.878 %) Senior Manager 10 4 (2.878 %) Trainer	Miscellaneous 1 16 (11.51 %) PMI 2 11 (7.914 %) Fixed Income 3 7 (5.036 %) Derivative 4 4 (2.878 %) French Language 5 2 (1.439 %) Interest Rate Derivative 5 2 (1.439 %) Management Information System 5 2 (1.439 %) Credit Derivative 5 2 (1.439 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 1 (0.719 %) Mainframe 6 1 (0.719 %) Equities
Operating Systems 1 26 (18.71 %) Windows 2 4 (2.878 %) Windows XP 3 2 (1.439 %) Windows NT 4 1 (0.719 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.719 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 65 (46.76 %) Project Management 2 60 (43.17 %) PRINCE2 3 22 (15.83 %) Project Planning 4 16 (11.51 %) Business Development 5 14 (10.07 %) Programme Management 6 13 (9.353 %) RUP 7 11 (7.914 %) Workflow 7 11 (7.914 %) Time Management 8 8 (5.755 %) Security Cleared 9 6 (4.317 %) SC Cleared 9 6 (4.317 %) ITIL 9 6 (4.317 %) Resource Management 9 6 (4.317 %) Business Intelligence 10 5 (3.597 %) DSDM 10 5 (3.597 %) CRM 11 4 (2.878 %) Network Load Balancing 12 3 (2.158 %) Web Development 12 3 (2.158 %) Data Management 12 3 (2.158 %) Data Architecture 13 2 (1.439 %) Logistics
Programming Languages 1 17 (12.23 %) SQL 2 9 (6.475 %) C# 3 5 (3.597 %) PL/SQL 4 4 (2.878 %) VB 5 3 (2.158 %) Java 6 2 (1.439 %) JavaScript 6 2 (1.439 %) C 6 2 (1.439 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.719 %) VBScript 7 1 (0.719 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 18 (12.95 %) PMI Certification 2 17 (12.23 %) PMP 3 8 (5.755 %) Microsoft Certification 4 7 (5.036 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 5 (3.597 %) Degree 5 5 (3.597 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.719 %) MBA 6 1 (0.719 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.439 %) QA	System Software 1 15 (10.79 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.719 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 73 (52.52 %) Microsoft 2 6 (4.317 %) Oracle 2 6 (4.317 %) SAP 3 5 (3.597 %) HP 4 4 (2.878 %) Peregrine 5 3 (2.158 %) Cognos 6 1 (0.719 %) Sybase 6 1 (0.719 %) Lotus 6 1 (0.719 %) Meridio 6 1 (0.719 %) NetSuite