The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 135 86 122
Rank change year-on-year
-49 +36
Contract jobs citing MS Project 345 591 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.513% 2.223% 1.637%
As % of the Applications category 12.23% 17.30% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 395 334
Average daily rate £430 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £242 £227 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 8
Average hourly rate £27.49 £15.25 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+80.26% -11.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £12.33 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £84.00 £32.38 £25.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £23.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+43.47% -29.23%
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2822 3417 3709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.38% 12.85% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1783 2103 2239
Average daily rate £400 £378 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.96% -11.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 191 238
Average hourly rate £17.13 £16.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.03% -8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.29 £27.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London 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 London region.

London MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London MS Project Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -43 87 £450 +5.88% 10
Canary Wharf +16 25 £269 -42.45%
Docklands, London +5 3 £400 +8.10%
Uxbridge -1 2 £420 -50.58%
Croydon -4 1 £430 -7.02%
Sidcup - 1 £200 -
Paddington - 1 - -
Wimbledon - - - -
Lewisham - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Wembley - - - -
West Drayton - - - -
Harrow - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
Romford - - - -
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 339 (49.78%) Project Management
2 322 (47.28%) MS Excel
3 289 (42.44%) Finance
4 270 (39.65%) Microsoft
5 257 (37.74%) PRINCE2
6 227 (33.33%) MS Office
7 189 (27.75%) Banking
8 158 (23.20%) MS Visio
9 116 (17.03%) MS PowerPoint
10 108 (15.86%) SharePoint
11 95 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 88 (12.92%) Project Planning
13 87 (12.78%) Investment Banking
14 86 (12.63%) ITIL
15 78 (11.45%) Change Management
16 74 (10.87%) Risk Management
17 63 (9.251%) PMI Certification
18 62 (9.104%) Degree
19 59 (8.664%) Business Analysis
20 58 (8.517%) Retail
21 57 (8.370%) QA
22 56 (8.223%) PRINCE2 Certification
22 56 (8.223%) RUP
23 55 (8.076%) Programme Management
24 52 (7.636%) UML
25 50 (7.342%) Migration
25 50 (7.342%) Change Control
26 48 (7.048%) Security Cleared
26 48 (7.048%) User Acceptance Testing
27 47 (6.902%) Scrum

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 14 (2.056%) .NET
2 9 (1.322%) COM
3 8 (1.175%) XML
4 7 (1.028%) J2EE
5 6 (0.881%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.734%) HTML
6 5 (0.734%) WebSphere MQ
7 3 (0.441%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.294%) Middleware
8 2 (0.294%) XSLT
8 2 (0.294%) Web Services
8 2 (0.294%) CSS
8 2 (0.294%) Ajax
8 2 (0.294%) WebCenter
9 1 (0.147%) jQuery
9 1 (0.147%) Application Packaging
9 1 (0.147%) SOAP
9 1 (0.147%) ASP
9 1 (0.147%) XSD
9 1 (0.147%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 108 (15.86%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.056%) MS Project Server
3 13 (1.909%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (1.909%) ESB
4 10 (1.468%) CMS
4 10 (1.468%) MS Exchange
5 7 (1.028%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (1.028%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.881%) Documentum
7 4 (0.587%) SAS
8 3 (0.441%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.441%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.441%) ColdFusion
8 3 (0.441%) TeamSite
9 2 (0.294%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.294%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.147%) Lync
10 1 (0.147%) Confluence
10 1 (0.147%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.147%) FileNet
Applications
1 322 (47.28%) MS Excel
2 227 (33.33%) MS Office
3 158 (23.20%) MS Visio
4 116 (17.03%) MS PowerPoint
5 8 (1.175%) Open Workbench
6 2 (0.294%) Office 365
7 1 (0.147%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.147%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.147%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.147%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.147%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.322%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.441%) Hyperion Planning
3 2 (0.294%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.294%) Movex
3 2 (0.294%) Lawson
3 2 (0.294%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.294%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (0.294%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.294%) LatentZero
3 2 (0.294%) Capstone
3 2 (0.294%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.294%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (0.294%) Aligne
3 2 (0.294%) JDE World
3 2 (0.294%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.147%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.147%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.147%) Tesseract
4 1 (0.147%) Minerva
4 1 (0.147%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.496%) Intranet
1 17 (2.496%) Internet
2 15 (2.203%) WAN
3 12 (1.762%) LAN
4 8 (1.175%) HTTP
4 8 (1.175%) SAN
5 5 (0.734%) Wireless
5 5 (0.734%) MPLS
6 4 (0.587%) Firewall
6 4 (0.587%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.587%) ATM
7 3 (0.441%) Extranet
8 2 (0.294%) DNS
8 2 (0.294%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.147%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.147%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.147%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.147%) VPN
9 1 (0.147%) PBX
9 1 (0.147%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.552%) MS Access
2 20 (2.937%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.322%) Oracle 10g
4 7 (1.028%) Data Mining
5 6 (0.881%) Oracle 9i
6 5 (0.734%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.734%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.734%) SQLPlus
7 4 (0.587%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (0.441%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.441%) QlikView
9 1 (0.147%) Big Data
9 1 (0.147%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.147%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.147%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (0.147%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.147%) TOAD
9 1 (0.147%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.147%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.147%) GIS
Development Applications
1 22 (3.231%) ClearQuest
2 16 (2.349%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (1.028%) JIRA
4 6 (0.881%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.441%) RequisitePro
6 2 (0.294%) Rational Rose
6 2 (0.294%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.147%) FogBugz
7 1 (0.147%) Trac
7 1 (0.147%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.147%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.147%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 289 (42.44%) Finance
2 189 (27.75%) Banking
3 87 (12.78%) Investment Banking
4 58 (8.517%) Retail
5 31 (4.552%) Retail Banking
6 24 (3.524%) Front Office
7 21 (3.084%) Back Office
8 20 (2.937%) Marketing
9 18 (2.643%) Legal
10 17 (2.496%) Billing
11 15 (2.203%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.762%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.615%) Advertising
14 10 (1.468%) Law
15 9 (1.322%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.881%) Corporate Banking
17 5 (0.734%) Publishing
18 3 (0.441%) Games
19 2 (0.294%) Manufacturing
19 2 (0.294%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 263 (38.62%) Project Manager
2 157 (23.05%) Analyst
3 85 (12.48%) Business Analyst
4 26 (3.818%) Coordinator
4 26 (3.818%) PMO Analyst
5 22 (3.231%) Project Coordinator
6 21 (3.084%) Junior
6 21 (3.084%) Project Planner
7 19 (2.790%) Project Analyst
8 18 (2.643%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 18 (2.643%) Project Officer
9 17 (2.496%) Senior Manager
9 17 (2.496%) Consultant
10 16 (2.349%) Programme Planner
10 16 (2.349%) Senior Project Manager
11 14 (2.056%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 14 (2.056%) Junior Project Manager
11 14 (2.056%) IT Project Manager
11 14 (2.056%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (2.056%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.314%) PMI
2 40 (5.874%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.965%) Fixed Income
4 26 (3.818%) Equities
5 22 (3.231%) Derivative
6 20 (2.937%) Credit Risk
7 16 (2.349%) FMCG
8 15 (2.203%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.909%) Market Risk
10 12 (1.762%) Data Integration
11 10 (1.468%) Credit Derivative
12 8 (1.175%) Computer Science
13 7 (1.028%) Telematics
14 6 (0.881%) Online Banking
14 6 (0.881%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.734%) IIBA
15 5 (0.734%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.734%) Pharmacovigilance
16 4 (0.587%) NHS
16 4 (0.587%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.580%) Windows
2 26 (3.818%) Windows 7
3 17 (2.496%) UNIX
4 11 (1.615%) Linux
5 5 (0.734%) Solaris
5 5 (0.734%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (0.587%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.441%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.294%) NetWare
9 1 (0.147%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.147%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.147%) Android
9 1 (0.147%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (49.78%) Project Management
2 257 (37.74%) PRINCE2
3 95 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 88 (12.92%) Project Planning
5 86 (12.63%) ITIL
6 78 (11.45%) Change Management
7 74 (10.87%) Risk Management
8 59 (8.664%) Business Analysis
9 56 (8.223%) RUP
10 55 (8.076%) Programme Management
11 52 (7.636%) UML
12 50 (7.342%) Migration
12 50 (7.342%) Change Control
13 48 (7.048%) User Acceptance Testing
14 47 (6.902%) Scrum
15 40 (5.874%) Portfolio Management
16 37 (5.433%) Waterfall
17 36 (5.286%) Configuration Management
18 32 (4.699%) Agile Software Development
19 29 (4.258%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.167%) SQL
2 13 (1.909%) Java
2 13 (1.909%) C++
3 12 (1.762%) VBA
4 7 (1.028%) C
5 5 (0.734%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.587%) C#
6 4 (0.587%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.441%) VBScript
8 2 (0.294%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.147%) XPath
9 1 (0.147%) VB
9 1 (0.147%) Python
9 1 (0.147%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 63 (9.251%) PMI Certification
2 62 (9.104%) Degree
3 56 (8.223%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 48 (7.048%) Security Cleared
5 34 (4.993%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 29 (4.258%) SC Cleared
7 26 (3.818%) PMP
8 20 (2.937%) DV Cleared
9 16 (2.349%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 11 (1.615%) ISEB
11 7 (1.028%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.028%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.734%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.587%) BC Cleared
13 4 (0.587%) APMP
14 3 (0.441%) MCP
14 3 (0.441%) MCSE
15 2 (0.294%) MBA
15 2 (0.294%) CCA
15 2 (0.294%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.370%) QA
2 16 (2.349%) COBIT
2 16 (2.349%) Basel III
3 13 (1.909%) ISO 9001
4 9 (1.322%) SLA
5 3 (0.441%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.294%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.147%) FATCA
7 1 (0.147%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.147%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (1.468%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.734%) XenApp
3 2 (0.294%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.147%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.147%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.147%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (3.671%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.175%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (0.881%) SCCM
4 4 (0.587%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (0.294%) OpenView
5 2 (0.294%) ServiceCenter
5 2 (0.294%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.147%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.147%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.147%) Oracle Statspack
6 1 (0.147%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.147%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.147%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.147%) Legato
Vendors
1 270 (39.65%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.286%) Oracle
3 30 (4.405%) SAP
4 20 (2.937%) Niku
5 17 (2.496%) HP
6 15 (2.203%) IBM
7 12 (1.762%) Planview
8 11 (1.615%) Primavera
9 10 (1.468%) Citrix
9 10 (1.468%) Cisco
10 9 (1.322%) Salesforce.com
11 8 (1.175%) Siebel
12 5 (0.734%) Cognos
12 5 (0.734%) EMC
13 4 (0.587%) Twitter
14 3 (0.441%) thinkFolio
14 3 (0.441%) Business Objects
14 3 (0.441%) Hyperion
14 3 (0.441%) NetApp
14 3 (0.441%) Lotus
London
My client is a leading telecommunications provider and is searching for an online project manager for the following roleYou will work closely with the Head of Online Implementation...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
PLANNING MANAGER/PROJECT PLANNER/ PLANNING RESOURCE /FMCG/GLOBAL PROJECT / SAP... The successful candidate will have a great understanding of Microsoft Project and Excel, and have experience working on...
Montash
Rate: £500 - £600 per day + negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
We are looking for someone to come in on a 6 month contract- You will need to have managed the full digital process from scoping through to build,...
OPUS
Rate: GBP180 to GBP220 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City of London
Main Duties/ Responsibilities Provide a lead on the strategic planning for the new IT platform programme... Must be MS Project expert and have experience of complex IT enabled...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 7 June 2013
West London
My client is seeking a SEPA Test Manager to be based in Brentford for an initial 9 month contract.Job Description-Ensure internal teams are aligned on the...
Volt
Rate: £400.00 - £420.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £600.00 - £700.00 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £350 - £650 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
West London
MBA Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
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