The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 23 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 North East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 26 46 36
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -10
Contract jobs citing MS Project 11 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 3.957% 0.808% 1.810%
As % of the Applications category 30.56% 7.692% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £400 £376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £344 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £420 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £23.50 £21.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
36 52 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 12.95% 10.51% 9.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 12
Average daily rate £350 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £425 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 13
Average hourly rate £10.50 £12.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -29.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £10.00 £9.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.46 £23.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Tyne and Wear +18 9 £388 -3.12%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 15 (78.95%) PRINCE2
2 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
3 11 (57.89%) Project Management
4 10 (52.63%) Change Management
5 9 (47.37%) MS Office
5 9 (47.37%) PMP
5 9 (47.37%) PMI Certification
6 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (31.58%) Scrum
7 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
7 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
8 5 (26.32%) PRINCE
8 5 (26.32%) Intranet
8 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (26.32%) IBM
8 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (26.32%) Office 365
8 5 (26.32%) Document Management
8 5 (26.32%) Google
8 5 (26.32%) Social Network
9 4 (21.05%) MS Project Server
9 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
9 4 (21.05%) Finance
10 3 (15.79%) PMI
10 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
10 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (15.79%) ISEB
10 3 (15.79%) MS PowerPoint
10 3 (15.79%) Degree
11 2 (10.53%) Release Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 4 (21.05%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (47.37%) MS Office
2 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
3 5 (26.32%) Office 365
4 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (15.79%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Intranet
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Agile Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.263%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.263%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 1 (5.263%) Software Development Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Social Network
2 3 (15.79%) PMI
3 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) PRINCE2
2 11 (57.89%) Project Management
3 10 (52.63%) Change Management
4 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (31.58%) Scrum
5 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
6 5 (26.32%) PRINCE
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (26.32%) Document Management
7 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
8 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (10.53%) Release Management
9 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
9 2 (10.53%) ITIL
9 2 (10.53%) Migration
9 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
10 1 (5.263%) Matrix Management
10 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
10 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) PMP
1 9 (47.37%) PMI Certification
2 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (15.79%) ISEB
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) IBM
2 5 (26.32%) Google
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