The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 20 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 West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 69 77 79
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Project 50 60 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.158% 1.890% 1.761%
As % of the Applications category 15.67% 18.40% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 29
Average daily rate £425 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £163 £158
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £471 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £13.42 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.28% -44.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £13.42 £22.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £13.42 £132.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
319 326 329
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 13.77% 10.27% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 135 163
Average daily rate £295 £309 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.45% -0.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £430 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 45 39
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.05 £12.01 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £101.40 £25.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 West region.

North West MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 20 May 2013.

North West MS Project Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +24 29 £425 +88.88%
Cheshire -4 12 £425 +21.42%
Merseyside 0 4 £425 +14.33%
Lancashire +5 1 £300 -22.58%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 55 (55.00%) Project Management
2 46 (46.00%) Microsoft
3 41 (41.00%) MS Office
3 41 (41.00%) MS Excel
4 40 (40.00%) PRINCE2
5 35 (35.00%) MS Visio
6 23 (23.00%) Finance
7 19 (19.00%) ITIL
7 19 (19.00%) Project Planning
8 18 (18.00%) Security Cleared
9 16 (16.00%) SC Cleared
10 15 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 14 (14.00%) MS PowerPoint
12 12 (12.00%) Supplier Management
12 12 (12.00%) Migration
12 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (12.00%) SAP
13 10 (10.00%) Oracle
13 10 (10.00%) Windows
13 10 (10.00%) SharePoint
14 9 (9.000%) Degree
14 9 (9.000%) Data Migration
15 8 (8.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 8 (8.000%) Critical Path Analysis
15 8 (8.000%) Windows 7
16 7 (7.000%) Change Management
16 7 (7.000%) Banking
16 7 (7.000%) MCSE
16 7 (7.000%) UNIX
16 7 (7.000%) Lotus Notes

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 5 (5.000%) SAP Basis
2 3 (3.000%) SAP PI
3 2 (2.000%) COM
4 1 (1.000%) ODBC
4 1 (1.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.000%) Lotus Notes
3 5 (5.000%) NetWeaver
4 4 (4.000%) LiveLink
5 3 (3.000%) MS Project Server
6 1 (1.000%) eRoom
Applications
1 41 (41.00%) MS Office
1 41 (41.00%) MS Excel
2 35 (35.00%) MS Visio
3 14 (14.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.000%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.000%) Mingle
4 1 (1.000%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.000%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.000%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.000%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.000%) LAN
1 5 (5.000%) WAN
1 5 (5.000%) SAN
2 1 (1.000%) Internet
2 1 (1.000%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.000%) EDMS
2 1 (1.000%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.000%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.000%) MS Access
General
1 23 (23.00%) Finance
2 7 (7.000%) Banking
3 4 (4.000%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.000%) Local Government
5 2 (2.000%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.000%) Law
5 2 (2.000%) Legal
5 2 (2.000%) Publishing
6 1 (1.000%) Games
6 1 (1.000%) Retail
6 1 (1.000%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.000%) Marketing
6 1 (1.000%) German Language
Job Titles
1 23 (23.00%) Project Manager
2 15 (15.00%) Analyst
3 8 (8.000%) Project Planner
3 8 (8.000%) PMO Manager
4 7 (7.000%) SAP Manager
4 7 (7.000%) Support Analyst
4 7 (7.000%) Architect
4 7 (7.000%) Programme Manager
5 6 (6.000%) Data Architect
5 6 (6.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 6 (6.000%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 5 (5.000%) Consultant
6 5 (5.000%) Coordinator
7 4 (4.000%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (3.000%) Release Manager
8 3 (3.000%) SAP Release Manager
8 3 (3.000%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (3.000%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (3.000%) Programme Planner
8 3 (3.000%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.000%) Client/Server
1 5 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.000%) NHS
2 3 (3.000%) FMCG
3 1 (1.000%) Visualisation
3 1 (1.000%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.000%) E-Learning
3 1 (1.000%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.00%) Windows
2 8 (8.000%) Windows 7
3 7 (7.000%) UNIX
3 7 (7.000%) Windows XP
4 6 (6.000%) Solaris
5 1 (1.000%) Linux
5 1 (1.000%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.000%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (55.00%) Project Management
2 40 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 19 (19.00%) ITIL
3 19 (19.00%) Project Planning
4 12 (12.00%) Supplier Management
4 12 (12.00%) Migration
4 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (9.000%) Data Migration
6 8 (8.000%) Critical Path Analysis
7 7 (7.000%) Incident Management
7 7 (7.000%) PRINCE
7 7 (7.000%) Change Management
8 6 (6.000%) ERP
8 6 (6.000%) Data Modelling
8 6 (6.000%) CRM
8 6 (6.000%) Programme Management
8 6 (6.000%) Change Control
9 5 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.000%) Data Management
9 5 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.000%) Java
1 5 (5.000%) ABAP
2 1 (1.000%) C
2 1 (1.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 9 (9.000%) Degree
5 8 (8.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (7.000%) MCDST
6 7 (7.000%) MCITP
6 7 (7.000%) MCSE
6 7 (7.000%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (7.000%) MCP
7 4 (4.000%) PMP
7 4 (4.000%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.000%) HND
9 2 (2.000%) HNC
10 1 (1.000%) Postgraduate
10 1 (1.000%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.000%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.000%) ISO 9000
1 7 (7.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.000%) BS25999
2 4 (4.000%) QA
3 2 (2.000%) Solvency II
4 1 (1.000%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (7.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (7.000%) OpenView
1 7 (7.000%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (1.000%) SCCM
2 1 (1.000%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 46 (46.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.00%) SAP
3 10 (10.00%) Oracle
4 7 (7.000%) HP
4 7 (7.000%) Lotus
5 5 (5.000%) Planview
6 1 (1.000%) VMware
6 1 (1.000%) Google
6 1 (1.000%) Citrix
6 1 (1.000%) BMC
6 1 (1.000%) Adobe
North West England
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