MS Project Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 66 38 46
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +8
Contract jobs citing MS Project 57 75 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.300% 2.803% 2.483%
As % of the Applications category 20.96% 22.66% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 51 57
Average daily rate £325 £310 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £401 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £27.41 £36.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.86% +140.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -11.50%
All Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 272 331 293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.98% 12.37% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 161 147
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £140 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £401 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 26
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.47 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.28% +64.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £17.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Project
UK

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +1 29 £338 -2.87%
Edinburgh -19 10 £310 +1.63%
Aberdeen -2 8 £375 +18.67%
Renfrewshire - 4 £275 -
Fife -5 1 £213 -24.10%
Stirling - 1 - -
MS Project
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MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 44 (46.81%) MS Office
1 44 (46.81%) MS Excel
2 39 (41.49%) Finance
3 29 (30.85%) Project Management
4 27 (28.72%) PRINCE2
5 25 (26.60%) MS PowerPoint
6 23 (24.47%) Microsoft
7 17 (18.09%) Banking
7 17 (18.09%) Retail
8 15 (15.96%) Change Management
9 14 (14.89%) Security Cleared
10 11 (11.70%) SharePoint
11 10 (10.64%) MS Visio
11 10 (10.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (9.574%) Programme Management
12 9 (9.574%) Windows
12 9 (9.574%) MS Project Server
12 9 (9.574%) Retail Banking
13 8 (8.511%) SC Cleared
14 7 (7.447%) Project Planning
14 7 (7.447%) Migration
15 6 (6.383%) Resource Management
15 6 (6.383%) Time Management
15 6 (6.383%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 5 (5.319%) Earned Value Management
16 5 (5.319%) Business Analysis
16 5 (5.319%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (4.255%) PMP
17 4 (4.255%) PMI Certification

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (2.128%) .NET
2 1 (1.064%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.064%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (11.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.574%) MS Project Server
3 2 (2.128%) Documentum
Applications
1 44 (46.81%) MS Office
1 44 (46.81%) MS Excel
2 25 (26.60%) MS PowerPoint
3 10 (10.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.064%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.064%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (1.064%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.064%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.064%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (4.255%) JIRA
2 1 (1.064%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.064%) Subversion
2 1 (1.064%) TestDirector
2 1 (1.064%) RequisitePro
2 1 (1.064%) XDE
General
1 39 (41.49%) Finance
2 17 (18.09%) Banking
2 17 (18.09%) Retail
3 9 (9.574%) Retail Banking
4 3 (3.191%) Billing
5 1 (1.064%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.064%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.064%) Front Office
5 1 (1.064%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (24.47%) Analyst
2 22 (23.40%) Project Manager
3 14 (14.89%) PMO Analyst
4 13 (13.83%) Project Planner
5 8 (8.511%) PMO Manager
6 5 (5.319%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.255%) Coordinator
7 4 (4.255%) Programme Analyst
8 3 (3.191%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (3.191%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (3.191%) Programme Planner
8 3 (3.191%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.128%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (2.128%) Support Analyst
9 2 (2.128%) Change Manager
9 2 (2.128%) Banking Business Analyst
9 2 (2.128%) Programme Support Analyst
10 1 (1.064%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
10 1 (1.064%) Project Assistant
10 1 (1.064%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.064%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.064%) Computer Science
1 1 (1.064%) PMI
1 1 (1.064%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.064%) Fixed Income
1 1 (1.064%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.574%) Windows
2 5 (5.319%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (4.255%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.064%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (30.85%) Project Management
2 27 (28.72%) PRINCE2
3 15 (15.96%) Change Management
4 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (9.574%) Programme Management
6 7 (7.447%) Project Planning
6 7 (7.447%) Migration
7 6 (6.383%) Resource Management
7 6 (6.383%) Time Management
7 6 (6.383%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (5.319%) Earned Value Management
8 5 (5.319%) Business Analysis
9 3 (3.191%) Logistics
9 3 (3.191%) ERP
9 3 (3.191%) UML
9 3 (3.191%) ITIL
10 2 (2.128%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (2.128%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (2.128%) Critical Path Analysis
10 2 (2.128%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.128%) C
2 1 (1.064%) C#
2 1 (1.064%) Java
2 1 (1.064%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 8 (8.511%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.255%) PMP
4 4 (4.255%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.255%) Degree
4 4 (4.255%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.128%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.064%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.064%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.191%) QA
2 1 (1.064%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 2 (2.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.191%) Oracle
3 2 (2.128%) Planview
4 1 (1.064%) Primavera
4 1 (1.064%) SAP
4 1 (1.064%) Business Objects
Lead PMO Analyst
Stirling, Scotland
PMO Analyst - Banking - Stirling - £300-400/day Our client, a Tier 1 Investment Bank, are looking for a regulatory PMO to work out of their Stirling office on...
Orgtel
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
PMO Analyst / Project Support / Junior PM
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful candidate will need the following experience and proven skill- -Project/Programme Planning using MS Project. -Problem solving and risk management... Project Management or Leadership experience is...
Sanderson
Rate: £280 - £320 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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