The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 50 54 41
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Contract jobs citing MS Project 3 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.662% 0.317% 1.782%
As % of the Applications category 5.357% 2.899% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -11.50%
All Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
56 69 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 12.36% 10.95% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 37
Average daily rate £250 £253 £183
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.99% +38.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £350 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 17
Average hourly rate £13.45 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.14% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.91 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.88 £30.00 £27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford +5 1 £498 -
MS Project
South East

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
3 4 (44.44%) MS Project Server
4 3 (33.33%) HP
5 2 (22.22%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Time Management
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
5 2 (22.22%) Remedy
5 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
5 2 (22.22%) iPhone
5 2 (22.22%) iPad
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle
6 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (11.11%) SOA
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) Siebel
6 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 1 (11.11%) Degree

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (44.44%) MS Project Server
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Programme Support Officer
1 1 (11.11%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
1 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
1 1 (11.11%) Project Planner
1 1 (11.11%) Analyst
1 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
1 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (11.11%) Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 2 (22.22%) iPhone
1 2 (22.22%) iPad
2 1 (11.11%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) SOA
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) Dell
2 2 (22.22%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Siebel
3 1 (11.11%) Hyperion