The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 20 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 Middlesex 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 20 12 30
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +18
Contract jobs citing MS Project 5 21 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.475% 7.368% 3.117%
As % of the Applications category 22.73% 52.50% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 4
Average daily rate £400 £213 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+88.23% -39.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £23.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+43.47% -29.23%
All Applications
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
22 40 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 10.89% 14.04% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 16
Average daily rate £250 £250 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £515 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £301 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.16% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
Average hourly rate £17.13 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (71.43%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 5 (35.71%) MS Project Server
5 4 (28.57%) Learning Management System
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (21.43%) E-Learning
7 2 (14.29%) Finance
7 2 (14.29%) Service Management
7 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office
7 2 (14.29%) Data Management
7 2 (14.29%) Information Management
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL V3
7 2 (14.29%) Capacity Management
8 1 (7.143%) Planview
8 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
8 1 (7.143%) Monte Carlo Method
8 1 (7.143%) LAN
8 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
8 1 (7.143%) SQL
8 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
8 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
8 1 (7.143%) CAD

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) MS Project Server
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (14.29%) MS Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) LAN
1 1 (7.143%) Wireless
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Transition Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Project Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Learning Management System
2 3 (21.43%) E-Learning
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.143%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) Information Management
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL V3
5 2 (14.29%) Capacity Management
6 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Monte Carlo Method
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.143%) CAD
6 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.143%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Planview
2 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
2 1 (7.143%) Primavera