The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project Server over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Platforms category for the Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project Server
Rank 67 65 72
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +7
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 6 16 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.682% 1.390% 0.593%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.315% 10.13% 3.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 0
Average daily rate - £365 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £271 £355 £325
% change year-on-year
-23.66% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
181 158 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.57% 13.73% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 68 66
Average daily rate £425 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £214 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £500 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 10
Average hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.57% +118.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.20 £12.60 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £35.00 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
MS Project Server
Berkshire

MS Project Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading MS Project Server Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Project Server across the Reading region.

Reading MS Project Server Daily Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Project Server across the Reading region.

Reading MS Project Server Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing MS Project Server 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 Server.

1 9 (100.00%) MS Project
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) MS Office
4 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio
4 5 (55.56%) C#
4 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 5 (55.56%) T-SQL
4 5 (55.56%) .NET
4 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 5 (55.56%) OLAP
4 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
4 5 (55.56%) Web Services
4 5 (55.56%) XML
4 5 (55.56%) MCSD
4 5 (55.56%) Windows
4 5 (55.56%) LDAP
4 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
4 5 (55.56%) DTS
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) IDOL
4 5 (55.56%) Meridio
4 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (55.56%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (55.56%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 5 (55.56%) Web Development
4 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
4 5 (55.56%) Release Management
4 5 (55.56%) CM System
5 4 (44.44%) Test Automation

MS Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing MS Project Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
1 5 (55.56%) Web Services
1 5 (55.56%) XML
1 5 (55.56%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint Server
1 5 (55.56%) CM System
Applications
1 9 (100.00%) MS Project
2 7 (77.78%) MS Office
3 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
1 5 (55.56%) OLAP
1 5 (55.56%) DTS
1 5 (55.56%) IDOL
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio
2 4 (44.44%) PVCS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Team Leader
2 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Development Team Leader
4 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Web Development
1 5 (55.56%) Release Management
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) UML
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Unified Process
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C#
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
1 5 (55.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) MCSD
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) PMP
2 4 (44.44%) PMI Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) ISEB
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Meridio