South Wales Office Project Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Project Server skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Project Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Project Server
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bridgend Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Coventry Durham East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Harrogate Hertfordshire Hounslow Ipswich Leatherhead Leeds London Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland South East South Wales Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	51	49
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	2.920 %	1.942 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£450	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£320
% change on same period last year	+4.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.00
Average hourly rate	-	£21.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.88
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	137	103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.183 %	0.104 %
Daily rates quoted	31	24
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£303
Average daily rate	£390	£327
% change on same period last year	+19.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.90	£15.62
Average hourly rate	£13.70	£16.68
% change on same period last year	-17.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.50	£17.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Office Project Server Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Office Project Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Office Project Server across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Office Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office Project Server across the South Wales region.

Office Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office Project Server across the South Wales region.

Office Project Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office Project Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cardiff	-	2	£450	-
Bridgend	-	1	£350	-

Office Project Server Wales

Office Project Server
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Office 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 Office Project Server.

1 7 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 1 7 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 7 (100.00 %) Degree 2 5 (71.43 %) MS Visio 2 5 (71.43 %) MS Office 3 4 (57.14 %) Health 4 3 (42.86 %) Education 5 2 (28.57 %) Programme Management 5 2 (28.57 %) MS Project 5 2 (28.57 %) SharePoint 6 1 (14.29 %) NHS 6 1 (14.29 %) MS Excel 6 1 (14.29 %) Change Management 6 1 (14.29 %) Finance 6 1 (14.29 %) Information Management

Office Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Office 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 Office Project Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (28.57 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 5 (71.43 %) MS Office 1 5 (71.43 %) MS Visio 2 2 (28.57 %) MS Project 3 1 (14.29 %) MS Excel
General 1 4 (57.14 %) Health 2 3 (42.86 %) Education 3 1 (14.29 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 4 (57.14 %) Project Manager 1 4 (57.14 %) Support Manager 2 2 (28.57 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (14.29 %) Project Support Officer 3 1 (14.29 %) Project Office Manager 3 1 (14.29 %) Project Officer 3 1 (14.29 %) NHS Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (28.57 %) Programme Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Information Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Change Management
Qualifications 1 7 (100.00 %) Degree	Vendors 1 7 (100.00 %) Microsoft