The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 61 46
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Contract jobs citing MS Project 15 9 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.355% 0.921% 2.055%
As % of the Applications category 14.42% 6.818% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
Average daily rate £313 £286 £244
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.17% +17.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £206 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £419 £431
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -64.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
104 132 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.33% 13.51% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 41 38
Average daily rate £311 £338 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.77% +35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £150 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 39
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.07 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £31.80 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Rickmansworth - 3 £225 -
Watford - 2 - -
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 14 (60.87%) MS Excel
2 13 (56.52%) Project Management
3 11 (47.83%) Finance
4 9 (39.13%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
5 8 (34.78%) MS Office
6 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
6 7 (30.43%) Retail
7 6 (26.09%) MS Visio
8 4 (17.39%) Scrum
9 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
9 3 (13.04%) VMware
9 3 (13.04%) Quality Management
9 3 (13.04%) MCP
9 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
9 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (13.04%) PMI
9 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
9 3 (13.04%) Lotus
9 3 (13.04%) Windows
9 3 (13.04%) Lotus Notes
9 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
9 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
9 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
9 3 (13.04%) Change Control
10 2 (8.696%) Product Marketing
10 2 (8.696%) RIA
10 2 (8.696%) Critical Path Analysis

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (8.696%) Web Services
1 2 (8.696%) XML
1 2 (8.696%) .NET
2 1 (4.348%) HTML
2 1 (4.348%) COM
2 1 (4.348%) EDI
2 1 (4.348%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.348%) CMS
2 1 (4.348%) Gentran
Applications
1 14 (60.87%) MS Excel
2 9 (39.13%) MS PowerPoint
3 8 (34.78%) MS Office
4 6 (26.09%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) HTTP
1 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) JIRA
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Retail
3 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (8.696%) Spanish Language
4 2 (8.696%) Marketing
5 1 (4.348%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Project Manager
3 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Project Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Project Support Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Manager
6 2 (8.696%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Project Coordinator
7 1 (4.348%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Website Manager
7 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) Coordinator
7 1 (4.348%) Project Officer
7 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) PMI
2 2 (8.696%) RIA
3 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
1 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Project Management
2 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
3 4 (17.39%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
4 3 (13.04%) Quality Management
4 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.04%) Change Control
5 2 (8.696%) Product Marketing
5 2 (8.696%) Critical Path Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.696%) ITIL
5 2 (8.696%) SOA
5 2 (8.696%) Service Management
5 2 (8.696%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.696%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.348%) Resource Management
6 1 (4.348%) Document Management
6 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.348%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) C#
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) MCP
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.696%) MCSE
2 2 (8.696%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) QA
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) VMware
2 3 (13.04%) Lotus
3 1 (4.348%) Planview
3 1 (4.348%) HP
3 1 (4.348%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.348%) SAP