The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 10 19 13
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -6
Contract jobs citing MS Project 10 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 8.621% 5.761% 7.563%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 48.28% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 7
Average daily rate £320 £399 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.84% -0.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £270 £347
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £439 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £343
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +2.18%
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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
20 29 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 17.24% 11.93% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 13
Average daily rate £320 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £292 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £422 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
West Yorkshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Halifax MS Project Daily Rate Histogram

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 18 (81.82%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Banking
3 9 (40.91%) Retail
4 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Project Management
5 7 (31.82%) SAP HR
5 7 (31.82%) SAP
5 7 (31.82%) MS Excel
5 7 (31.82%) Test Scripting
5 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (31.82%) SAP Payroll
5 7 (31.82%) Retail Banking
6 6 (27.27%) MS Office
7 5 (22.73%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
8 3 (13.64%) Change Management
9 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
9 2 (9.091%) Critical Path Analysis
9 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (9.091%) Change Control
10 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
10 1 (4.545%) Project Governance
10 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
10 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
10 1 (4.545%) ISTQB
10 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (4.545%) ISEB
10 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
10 1 (4.545%) Intranet
10 1 (4.545%) Management Information System

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) MS Excel
2 6 (27.27%) MS Office
3 5 (22.73%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (31.82%) SAP HR
1 7 (31.82%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Intranet
General
1 18 (81.82%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Banking
3 9 (40.91%) Retail
4 7 (31.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Analyst
2 8 (36.36%) Business Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) SAP Business Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) SAP HR Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Project Planner
5 1 (4.545%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) SAP HR Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.545%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Project Management
1 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Test Scripting
2 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.64%) Change Management
3 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
4 2 (9.091%) Critical Path Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Change Control
4 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.545%) Project Governance
5 1 (4.545%) Migration
5 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) ISEB
1 1 (4.545%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) SAP
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
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