The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 30 39 46
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +7
Contract jobs citing MS Project 17 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 4.116% 1.937% 1.266%
As % of the Applications category 23.61% 7.547% 7.246%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £550 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -11.50%
All Applications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
72 106 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 17.43% 25.67% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 39 27
Average daily rate £250 £173 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.92% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £105 £111
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £353 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 21
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.70% -37.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.35 £13.76 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.15 £27.63 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Basildon +8 10 - -
Brentwood -8 4 £550 -
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 30 (75.00%) Project Management
2 27 (67.50%) Finance
3 25 (62.50%) PRINCE2
4 18 (45.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
6 14 (35.00%) ITIL
7 13 (32.50%) Configuration Management
7 13 (32.50%) Time Management
7 13 (32.50%) Change Control
8 9 (22.50%) Change Management
9 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 8 (20.00%) MS Office
10 6 (15.00%) Automotive
11 5 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (12.50%) Document Management
11 5 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
11 5 (12.50%) QA
11 5 (12.50%) Wealth Management
11 5 (12.50%) MS Visio
12 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
12 4 (10.00%) Project Planning
12 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
13 3 (7.500%) Manufacturing
13 3 (7.500%) Business Analysis
13 3 (7.500%) Degree
13 3 (7.500%) User Acceptance Testing
13 3 (7.500%) Test Scripting
13 3 (7.500%) CA
13 3 (7.500%) PMI
13 3 (7.500%) Data Modelling

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 2 (5.000%) .NET
1 2 (5.000%) CSS
1 2 (5.000%) Web Services
1 2 (5.000%) jQuery
1 2 (5.000%) Ajax
1 2 (5.000%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.500%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.500%) ASP
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 8 (20.00%) MS Office
2 5 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (12.50%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.500%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) WebFOCUS
2 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.500%) DB2
General
1 27 (67.50%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Automotive
3 3 (7.500%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.000%) Spanish Language
4 2 (5.000%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.500%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (7.500%) Analyst
2 3 (7.500%) Project Coordinator
2 3 (7.500%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 3 (7.500%) Coordinator
3 2 (5.000%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (2.500%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (2.500%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (2.500%) Applications Manager
4 1 (2.500%) Programme Manager
4 1 (2.500%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) PMI
1 3 (7.500%) NHS
2 2 (5.000%) SaaS
2 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.500%) STB
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (75.00%) Project Management
2 25 (62.50%) PRINCE2
3 14 (35.00%) ITIL
4 13 (32.50%) Configuration Management
4 13 (32.50%) Time Management
4 13 (32.50%) Change Control
5 9 (22.50%) Change Management
6 5 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (12.50%) Document Management
6 5 (12.50%) Wealth Management
7 4 (10.00%) Project Planning
7 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (7.500%) Business Analysis
8 3 (7.500%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (7.500%) Test Scripting
8 3 (7.500%) Data Modelling
8 3 (7.500%) Six Sigma
9 2 (5.000%) Performance Management
9 2 (5.000%) PRINCE
9 2 (5.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) SQL
1 2 (5.000%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.500%) PL/1
2 1 (2.500%) Java
2 1 (2.500%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (7.500%) Degree
3 3 (7.500%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (5.000%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.500%) CA
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle