The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 18 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 Merseyside 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 26 31 32
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Project 3 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.571% 1.984% 0.727%
As % of the Applications category 10.71% 11.90% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £425 £372 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.33% +6.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+41.30% -29.23%
All Applications
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 42 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 14.66% 16.67% 15.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 16
Average daily rate £250 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.23% -10.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £245 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £485 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 16
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.51 £11.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.32% +54.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £10.76 £9.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £21.86 £22.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Project
North West

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside MS Project Daily Rate Trend

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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 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
Liverpool +7 3 £425 +14.33%
MS Project
North West

MS Project
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) Migration
3 6 (54.55%) Supplier Management
3 6 (54.55%) Data Migration
3 6 (54.55%) MS Office
3 6 (54.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
6 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
7 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
7 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
8 1 (9.091%) Oracle
8 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (9.091%) Games
8 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
8 1 (9.091%) Change Control
8 1 (9.091%) Data Security
8 1 (9.091%) Validation
8 1 (9.091%) PMP
8 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
8 1 (9.091%) UNIX
8 1 (9.091%) Solaris

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Applications
1 6 (54.55%) MS Office
1 6 (54.55%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Project Manager
1 4 (36.36%) Data Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Planner
3 1 (9.091%) IT Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) Supplier Management
2 6 (54.55%) Data Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
6 1 (9.091%) Data Security
6 1 (9.091%) Validation
6 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
6 1 (9.091%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) PMP
3 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle