The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 23 22 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +12
Contract jobs citing MS Project 3 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.744% 2.256% 0.583%
As % of the Applications category 23.08% 19.35% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £350 £295 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.64% +20.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
13 31 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.558% 11.65% 9.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
Average daily rate £375 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £250 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £900 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 15
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) French Language
3 2 (28.57%) German Language
3 2 (28.57%) Italian Language
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) CA Clarity
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CA
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CA Clarity
General
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
1 2 (28.57%) French Language
1 2 (28.57%) German Language
1 2 (28.57%) Italian Language
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Planner
1 2 (28.57%) Network Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Environment Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
3 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) CA