The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 48 51 58
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing MS Project 28 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.001% 1.398% 0.865%
As % of the Applications category 21.54% 13.92% 8.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 5
Average daily rate £338 £348 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -30.50%
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 £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
130 79 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 13.93% 10.04% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 35 44
Average daily rate £310 £213 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.88% -39.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £125 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £370 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 1
Average hourly rate £11.63 £17.85 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.86% +78.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Project
Scotland

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 21 (51.22%) Finance
2 17 (41.46%) PRINCE2
3 15 (36.59%) MS Excel
4 13 (31.71%) MS Office
4 13 (31.71%) MS PowerPoint
5 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
5 10 (24.39%) Project Management
6 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (17.07%) Windows
7 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
7 6 (14.63%) Retail
7 6 (14.63%) MS Project Server
8 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
8 5 (12.20%) Banking
8 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
9 4 (9.756%) Migration
9 4 (9.756%) Retail Banking
9 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
10 3 (7.317%) Resource Management
10 3 (7.317%) JIRA
10 3 (7.317%) Time Management
10 3 (7.317%) Earned Value Management
10 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (7.317%) MS Visio
11 2 (4.878%) PMP
11 2 (4.878%) PMI Certification
11 2 (4.878%) UML
11 2 (4.878%) Change Management
11 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Engagement

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (2.439%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (14.63%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (36.59%) MS Excel
2 13 (31.71%) MS Office
2 13 (31.71%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (7.317%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.317%) JIRA
General
1 21 (51.22%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Retail
3 5 (12.20%) Banking
4 4 (9.756%) Retail Banking
5 2 (4.878%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Project Manager
2 13 (31.71%) Analyst
3 11 (26.83%) Project Planner
4 8 (19.51%) PMO Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) PMO Manager
6 3 (7.317%) Programme Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.317%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.878%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Programme Support Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Technical Business Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Project Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Banking Business Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Planning Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Risk Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Financial Business Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.439%) Fixed Income
1 1 (2.439%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
3 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) PRINCE2
2 10 (24.39%) Project Management
3 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
4 4 (9.756%) Migration
5 3 (7.317%) Resource Management
5 3 (7.317%) Time Management
5 3 (7.317%) Earned Value Management
6 2 (4.878%) UML
6 2 (4.878%) Change Management
6 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (4.878%) Wealth Management
7 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Use Case
7 1 (2.439%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (2.439%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.439%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.439%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.439%) Service Management
7 1 (2.439%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.439%) C
1 1 (2.439%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.878%) PMP
4 2 (4.878%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.439%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft