The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 29 50 42
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Contract jobs citing MS Project 26 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 4.896% 1.719% 2.326%
As % of the Applications category 24.07% 11.43% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 6
Average daily rate £270 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £384 £369 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
108 105 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 20.34% 15.04% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 31 34
Average daily rate £255 £210 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -31.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £119 £160 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £367 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 35
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £11.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £17.00 £26.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Project
Buckinghamshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 41 (74.55%) Security Cleared
2 40 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 36 (65.45%) PRINCE2
4 27 (49.09%) Project Management
5 24 (43.64%) DV Cleared
6 23 (41.82%) Microsoft
7 20 (36.36%) Finance
8 18 (32.73%) MS Excel
9 13 (23.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (21.82%) MS Visio
11 10 (18.18%) HNC
11 10 (18.18%) HND
12 8 (14.55%) Oracle
12 8 (14.55%) MS Office
12 8 (14.55%) Project Planning
13 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (9.091%) Scrum
15 4 (7.273%) C
15 4 (7.273%) Continuous Improvement
16 3 (5.455%) QA
16 3 (5.455%) ITIL
16 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
17 2 (3.636%) PRINCE
17 2 (3.636%) SAP
17 2 (3.636%) Migration
18 1 (1.818%) Change Control
18 1 (1.818%) Office 365
18 1 (1.818%) Business Transformation
18 1 (1.818%) Performance Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.818%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 18 (32.73%) MS Excel
2 12 (21.82%) MS Visio
3 8 (14.55%) MS Office
4 1 (1.818%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.818%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) MS Access
General
1 20 (36.36%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Project Manager
2 14 (25.45%) Project Support Officer
2 14 (25.45%) Project Officer
3 7 (12.73%) Analyst
4 3 (5.455%) Programme Analyst
4 3 (5.455%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (5.455%) Programme Office Analyst
5 2 (3.636%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.636%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (3.636%) Project Planner
6 1 (1.818%) Project Support Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Rollout Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Transition Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Project Analyst
6 1 (1.818%) Support Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Development Project Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Project Support Analyst
6 1 (1.818%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (1.818%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.818%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (65.45%) PRINCE2
2 27 (49.09%) Project Management
3 8 (14.55%) Project Planning
4 5 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (9.091%) Scrum
5 4 (7.273%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.455%) ITIL
7 2 (3.636%) PRINCE
7 2 (3.636%) Migration
8 1 (1.818%) Change Control
8 1 (1.818%) Business Transformation
8 1 (1.818%) Performance Management
8 1 (1.818%) QMS
8 1 (1.818%) Data Migration
8 1 (1.818%) Product Management
8 1 (1.818%) Business Development
8 1 (1.818%) Service Management
8 1 (1.818%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.818%) ITSM
8 1 (1.818%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.273%) C
Qualifications
1 41 (74.55%) Security Cleared
2 40 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 24 (43.64%) DV Cleared
4 13 (23.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 10 (18.18%) HNC
5 10 (18.18%) HND
6 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.455%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) OVSD
1 1 (1.818%) OpenView
Vendors
1 23 (41.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.55%) Oracle
3 2 (3.636%) SAP
4 1 (1.818%) HP