North West MS Project Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Project skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Project
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Avon Aylesbury Basingstoke Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Durham East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Witney Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	69
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching contract IT job ads	61	71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.072 %
As % of the category below	13.17 %	13.95 %
Daily rates quoted	16	27
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£263
Average daily rate	£365	£276
% change on same period last year	+32.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£288
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£326
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.44	£13.15
Average hourly rate	£17.11	£13.36
% change on same period last year	+28.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.78	£13.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.34	£24.03
% change on same period last year	+5.46 %
Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	463	509
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.617 %	0.515 %
Daily rates quoted	67	113
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£215
Average daily rate	£292	£225
% change on same period last year	+30.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£308	£234
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	105	106
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£15.61
Average hourly rate	£15.64	£16.80
% change on same period last year	-6.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.29	£17.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
MS Project England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Project
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Project across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS Project
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Project across the North West region.

MS Project
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Project
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Project across the North West region.

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Project
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Project within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+2	33	£371	+27.65 %
Cheshire	-15	11	£356	+85.83 %
Merseyside	+7	7	£450	+38.46 %
Lancashire	0	3	£280	-9.79 %
Cumbria	-12	1	-	-

MS Project England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 58 (43.94 %) PRINCE2 1 58 (43.94 %) MS Excel 1 58 (43.94 %) Project Management 2 42 (31.82 %) Microsoft 3 30 (22.73 %) MS Office 4 24 (18.18 %) Finance 5 20 (15.15 %) MS PowerPoint 6 19 (14.39 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 18 (13.64 %) Banking 8 13 (9.848 %) PRINCE 8 13 (9.848 %) MS Visio 9 11 (8.333 %) Project Planning 10 10 (7.576 %) SAP 11 9 (6.818 %) Change Management 12 8 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management

12 8 (6.061 %) ClearQuest 13 7 (5.303 %) XML 13 7 (5.303 %) Java 14 5 (3.788 %) Handset 14 5 (3.788 %) Government 14 5 (3.788 %) Health 14 5 (3.788 %) Telecoms 14 5 (3.788 %) Agile Software Development 14 5 (3.788 %) Logistics 14 5 (3.788 %) Insurance 14 5 (3.788 %) C++ 14 5 (3.788 %) ITIL 14 5 (3.788 %) Linux 14 5 (3.788 %) UML 14 5 (3.788 %) OO

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (5.303 %) XML 2 5 (3.788 %) J2ME 3 4 (3.030 %) .NET 3 4 (3.030 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.758 %) CSS 4 1 (0.758 %) XSLT 4 1 (0.758 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.515 %) Lotus Notes 1 2 (1.515 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (1.515 %) Office Project Server 2 1 (0.758 %) CICS 2 1 (0.758 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 58 (43.94 %) MS Excel 2 30 (22.73 %) MS Office 3 20 (15.15 %) MS PowerPoint 4 13 (9.848 %) MS Visio 5 4 (3.030 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.758 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 2 (1.515 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.758 %) SAP HR 2 1 (0.758 %) SAP PS
Communications & Networking 1 4 (3.030 %) GPRS 2 1 (0.758 %) Intranet 2 1 (0.758 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.788 %) EDRMS 1 5 (3.788 %) EDMS 2 2 (1.515 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (1.515 %) MS Access 2 2 (1.515 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (1.515 %) Oracle Reports 2 2 (1.515 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 1 (0.758 %) SAP BW 3 1 (0.758 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.758 %) TOAD 3 1 (0.758 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 8 (6.061 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (1.515 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.758 %) TestDirector	General 1 24 (18.18 %) Finance 2 18 (13.64 %) Banking 3 5 (3.788 %) Telecoms 3 5 (3.788 %) Insurance 3 5 (3.788 %) Government 3 5 (3.788 %) Health 4 4 (3.030 %) Pharmaceutical 4 4 (3.030 %) Local Government 4 4 (3.030 %) Pensions 5 3 (2.273 %) Billing 5 3 (2.273 %) Retail 6 2 (1.515 %) Automotive 6 2 (1.515 %) Advertising 6 2 (1.515 %) Publishing 6 2 (1.515 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.758 %) Education 7 1 (0.758 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.758 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.758 %) Retail Banking 7 1 (0.758 %) International Banking
Job Titles 1 54 (40.91 %) Project Manager 2 16 (12.12 %) Coordinator 2 16 (12.12 %) Project Coordinator 3 13 (9.848 %) Programme Manager 4 11 (8.333 %) Analyst 4 11 (8.333 %) Administrator 5 9 (6.818 %) Project Planner 6 8 (6.061 %) Developer 7 7 (5.303 %) Project Administrator 8 5 (3.788 %) Project Analyst 8 5 (3.788 %) Java Developer 9 4 (3.030 %) Senior Project Manager 9 4 (3.030 %) Business Analyst 9 4 (3.030 %) Senior Manager 9 4 (3.030 %) Business Project Manager 9 4 (3.030 %) Business Manager 9 4 (3.030 %) PMO Administrator 9 4 (3.030 %) PMO Assistant 10 3 (2.273 %) Project Officer 10 3 (2.273 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.788 %) NHS 1 5 (3.788 %) Handset 2 2 (1.515 %) Client/Server 2 2 (1.515 %) PMI 3 1 (0.758 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.758 %) VSAM 3 1 (0.758 %) Blog 3 1 (0.758 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 5 (3.788 %) Linux 2 2 (1.515 %) UNIX 2 2 (1.515 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 58 (43.94 %) PRINCE2 1 58 (43.94 %) Project Management 2 13 (9.848 %) PRINCE 3 11 (8.333 %) Project Planning 4 9 (6.818 %) Change Management 5 8 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management 6 5 (3.788 %) Agile Software Development 6 5 (3.788 %) ITIL 6 5 (3.788 %) UML 6 5 (3.788 %) OO 6 5 (3.788 %) Logistics 7 4 (3.030 %) Programme Management 7 4 (3.030 %) Resource Management 7 4 (3.030 %) Risk Analysis 7 4 (3.030 %) Security Cleared 8 3 (2.273 %) Matrix Management 8 3 (2.273 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 3 (2.273 %) Business Analysis 8 3 (2.273 %) Risk Management 9 2 (1.515 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 7 (5.303 %) Java 2 5 (3.788 %) C++ 3 4 (3.030 %) SQL 4 2 (1.515 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (0.758 %) C 5 1 (0.758 %) ActionScript 5 1 (0.758 %) JCL 5 1 (0.758 %) COBOL 5 1 (0.758 %) JavaScript 5 1 (0.758 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 19 (14.39 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (1.515 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.515 %) QA	Systems Management 1 5 (3.788 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 42 (31.82 %) Microsoft 2 10 (7.576 %) SAP 3 3 (2.273 %) Oracle 4 2 (1.515 %) Lotus 4 2 (1.515 %) Primavera 4 2 (1.515 %) Adobe 5 1 (0.758 %) Citrix 5 1 (0.758 %) IBM 5 1 (0.758 %) Brio