The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 - 18 22
Contract jobs citing MS Project 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough - 1.190% 1.802%
As % of the Applications category - 25.00% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £525 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £343
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
12 4 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 12.77% 4.762% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 3
Average daily rate £95 £381 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-75.08% +52.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £86 £266 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £496 £257
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £42.75 - £17.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 - £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £72.50 - £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
Cambridgeshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Primavera
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Primavera
2 1 (50.00%) SAP