The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 58 70 66
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing MS Project 42 29 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.758% 1.828% 1.970%
As % of the Applications category 18.83% 13.30% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 20 22
Average daily rate £400 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £489 £359 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
223 218 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.64% 13.75% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 97 89
Average daily rate £325 £275 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £190 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £411 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 45 54
Average hourly rate £15.75 £14.63 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +0.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.26 £11.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Southampton -1 12 £325 +23.80%
Havant - 9 £450 -
Portsmouth 0 2 £375 +56.25%
Basingstoke -17 2 £375 -6.25%
Eastleigh - 1 £320 -
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 43 (62.32%) Project Management
2 38 (55.07%) Microsoft
3 28 (40.58%) PRINCE2
4 27 (39.13%) MS Excel
5 19 (27.54%) MS Office
6 15 (21.74%) MS Visio
6 15 (21.74%) Finance
7 14 (20.29%) MS PowerPoint
7 14 (20.29%) Telecoms
8 12 (17.39%) SharePoint
9 11 (15.94%) Degree
10 9 (13.04%) Workflow
10 9 (13.04%) Change Control
11 8 (11.59%) Waterfall
11 8 (11.59%) Windows
11 8 (11.59%) Migration
11 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (11.59%) Supplier Management
12 7 (10.14%) Project Planning
12 7 (10.14%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (10.14%) Oracle
12 7 (10.14%) ERP
12 7 (10.14%) MetaSolv
12 7 (10.14%) Remedy
12 7 (10.14%) PRINCE
13 6 (8.696%) Regression Testing
13 6 (8.696%) SQL
13 6 (8.696%) Programme Management
13 6 (8.696%) Business Analysis
13 6 (8.696%) Release Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (7.246%) .NET
2 4 (5.797%) WCF
2 4 (5.797%) WF
2 4 (5.797%) AppFabric
3 2 (2.899%) Middleware
3 2 (2.899%) HTML
3 2 (2.899%) Flash
3 2 (2.899%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.797%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (5.797%) MS Project Server
2 4 (5.797%) Windows Azure
3 2 (2.899%) SAS
4 1 (1.449%) LiveLink
Applications
1 27 (39.13%) MS Excel
2 19 (27.54%) MS Office
3 15 (21.74%) MS Visio
4 14 (20.29%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.348%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.899%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.246%) DNS
2 1 (1.449%) HTTP
2 1 (1.449%) Internet
2 1 (1.449%) DMZ
2 1 (1.449%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.797%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.899%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (2.899%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (2.899%) Base SAS
3 1 (1.449%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (2.899%) ProC
2 1 (1.449%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (21.74%) Finance
2 14 (20.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.797%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.899%) Retail
4 2 (2.899%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.449%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (46.38%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.94%) Administrator
2 11 (15.94%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Project Administrator
3 9 (13.04%) Project Planner
4 8 (11.59%) Business Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Project Office Administrator
6 6 (8.696%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (7.246%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (7.246%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (5.797%) Coordinator
8 4 (5.797%) Project Coordinator
9 3 (4.348%) Data Migration Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Project Support Administrator
9 3 (4.348%) Agile Business Analyst
9 3 (4.348%) Data Manager
10 2 (2.899%) Developer
10 2 (2.899%) SAS Developer
10 2 (2.899%) Software Project Manager
10 2 (2.899%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.348%) SaaS
1 3 (4.348%) Smart Meter
1 3 (4.348%) Data Extraction
2 2 (2.899%) DTV
2 2 (2.899%) STB
2 2 (2.899%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.449%) PMI
3 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 3 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (2.899%) Solaris
4 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (62.32%) Project Management
2 28 (40.58%) PRINCE2
3 9 (13.04%) Workflow
3 9 (13.04%) Change Control
4 8 (11.59%) Waterfall
4 8 (11.59%) Migration
4 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.59%) Supplier Management
5 7 (10.14%) Project Planning
5 7 (10.14%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (10.14%) ERP
5 7 (10.14%) PRINCE
6 6 (8.696%) Regression Testing
6 6 (8.696%) Programme Management
6 6 (8.696%) Business Analysis
6 6 (8.696%) Release Management
7 4 (5.797%) ITIL
7 4 (5.797%) Use Case
7 4 (5.797%) Time Management
7 4 (5.797%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.696%) SQL
2 4 (5.797%) C#
3 2 (2.899%) Java
3 2 (2.899%) SAS Macro
4 1 (1.449%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Degree
2 6 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.348%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.899%) ISEB
4 2 (2.899%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.899%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.449%) HNC
5 1 (1.449%) HND
5 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.449%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (1.449%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (7.246%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (55.07%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Oracle
2 7 (10.14%) MetaSolv
2 7 (10.14%) Remedy
3 3 (4.348%) SAP
4 2 (2.899%) Primavera
5 1 (1.449%) IBM
5 1 (1.449%) Citrix
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