The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Platforms category for the London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project Server
Rank 379 390 403
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +13
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 10 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.045% 0.056% 0.088%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.244% 0.343% 0.528%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 9
Average daily rate £480 £363 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.41% -19.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £299 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £460 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £360 £323
% change year-on-year
-24.16% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+96.00% -57.62%
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4094 4377 5113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.58% 16.22% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2626 2718 3140
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 128 173
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
MS Project Server
England

MS Project Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London MS Project Server Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Project Server across the London region.

London MS Project Server Daily Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project Server across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London MS Project Server Daily Rate Histogram

MS Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Project Server across the London region.

London MS Project Server Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project Server
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 Server within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +14 3 £525 +13.51%
MS Project Server
England

MS Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MS Project Server 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 Server.

1 24 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 17 (56.67%) MS Project
3 13 (43.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (36.67%) Project Management
5 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 10 (33.33%) .NET
5 10 (33.33%) CSS
6 9 (30.00%) ASP.NET
6 9 (30.00%) XML
6 9 (30.00%) C#
6 9 (30.00%) SQL
6 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (26.67%) Visual Studio
7 8 (26.67%) XSLT
8 7 (23.33%) OO
8 7 (23.33%) Finance
8 7 (23.33%) jQuery
8 7 (23.33%) Ajax
9 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
10 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
11 4 (13.33%) Investment Banking
11 4 (13.33%) Banking
11 4 (13.33%) Content Management
11 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
11 4 (13.33%) LDAP
11 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
12 3 (10.00%) Siebel
12 3 (10.00%) Change Management

MS Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MS Project Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (33.33%) .NET
1 10 (33.33%) CSS
2 9 (30.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (30.00%) XML
3 8 (26.67%) XSLT
4 7 (23.33%) jQuery
4 7 (23.33%) Ajax
5 3 (10.00%) HTML
6 2 (6.667%) .NET Framework
6 2 (6.667%) Web Services
7 1 (3.333%) COM
7 1 (3.333%) SOAP
7 1 (3.333%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (3.333%) WinForms
7 1 (3.333%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 24 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (43.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (10.00%) LiveLink
4 2 (6.667%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (56.67%) MS Project
2 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (6.667%) MS Office
4 1 (3.333%) PowerPivot
4 1 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (3.333%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) LDAP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.333%) EDRMS
4 1 (3.333%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.333%) PerformancePoint
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Investment Banking
2 4 (13.33%) Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.333%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Consultant
1 7 (23.33%) Project Consultant
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Project Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Report Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (6.667%) Project Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) SharePoint Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Planning Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Coordinator
5 2 (6.667%) Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Project Planner
6 1 (3.333%) Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.333%) N-Tier
1 1 (3.333%) Data Integration
1 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.333%) Physics
1 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) OO
3 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (13.33%) Content Management
5 3 (10.00%) Change Management
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
5 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.667%) Release Management
6 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.667%) ERP
6 2 (6.667%) Migration
7 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.333%) Workflow
7 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.333%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) C#
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.00%) VBA
4 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.333%) C++
4 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.333%) VBScript
4 1 (3.333%) VB
4 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (6.667%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) MCTS
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Siebel
2 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) Open Text
3 2 (6.667%) Niku
4 1 (3.333%) HP
4 1 (3.333%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (3.333%) Serena
4 1 (3.333%) Planview