The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 17 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 Norfolk 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 28 32 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Project 4 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 2.247% 1.581% 2.239%
As % of the Applications category 10.53% 18.18% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
Average daily rate £270 £200 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.00% -43.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £200 £471
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £343
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
38 22 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 21.35% 8.696% 6.716%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 4
Average daily rate £100 £238 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.89% -33.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £14.04
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+114.28% +24.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £12.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £18.50 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Norwich -1 3 £250 +25.00%
MS Project
East of England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) COM
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (16.67%) Bugzilla
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Process Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft