The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 21 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 South West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 60 55 63
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +8
Contract jobs citing MS Project 58 102 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.783% 3.124% 2.217%
As % of the Applications category 19.14% 23.39% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 75 38
Average daily rate £338 £325 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £137 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £400 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 3
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +146.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
303 436 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.54% 13.35% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 248 135
Average daily rate £325 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £150 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 66 70
Average hourly rate £13.76 £24.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.66% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.40 £50.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wiltshire +5 24 £350 -1.40%
Bristol -6 18 £355 +40.59%
Dorset +8 10 £371 +14.00%
Gloucestershire +21 2 £285 -12.30%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 100 (74.07%) Finance
2 64 (47.41%) Microsoft
3 52 (38.52%) Banking
4 49 (36.30%) Retail
5 43 (31.85%) Change Management
6 41 (30.37%) MS Excel
7 39 (28.89%) Retail Banking
8 38 (28.15%) PRINCE2
9 27 (20.00%) MS Office
9 27 (20.00%) Change Control
10 24 (17.78%) Project Management
11 19 (14.07%) SharePoint
12 17 (12.59%) Security Cleared
13 16 (11.85%) Project Planning
13 16 (11.85%) MS PowerPoint
14 14 (10.37%) MS Visio
15 12 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
16 11 (8.148%) Programme Management
16 11 (8.148%) MS Project Server
16 11 (8.148%) DV Cleared
17 9 (6.667%) Configuration Management
18 8 (5.926%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 8 (5.926%) C
18 8 (5.926%) SQL Server
18 8 (5.926%) Business Analysis
18 8 (5.926%) Data Analysis
18 8 (5.926%) SQL Server 2008
18 8 (5.926%) SharePoint 2010
19 7 (5.185%) Risk Management
19 7 (5.185%) Time Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (4.444%) .NET
1 6 (4.444%) HTML
1 6 (4.444%) ASP.NET
1 6 (4.444%) CSS
1 6 (4.444%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 19 (14.07%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.148%) MS Project Server
3 8 (5.926%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.481%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (30.37%) MS Excel
2 27 (20.00%) MS Office
3 16 (11.85%) MS PowerPoint
4 14 (10.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.741%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.444%) Agresso
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.741%) Intranet
1 1 (0.741%) Internet
1 1 (0.741%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.926%) SQL Server
1 8 (5.926%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (4.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.741%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 6 (4.444%) Visual Studio
1 6 (4.444%) Dreamweaver
General
1 100 (74.07%) Finance
2 52 (38.52%) Banking
3 49 (36.30%) Retail
4 39 (28.89%) Retail Banking
5 3 (2.222%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.222%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.741%) Avionics
6 1 (0.741%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.741%) Legal
6 1 (0.741%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 53 (39.26%) Analyst
2 39 (28.89%) PMO Analyst
3 29 (21.48%) Project Manager
4 23 (17.04%) Programme Office Analyst
4 23 (17.04%) Programme Analyst
5 12 (8.889%) Junior
5 12 (8.889%) Project Planner
6 8 (5.926%) Project Officer
6 8 (5.926%) Project Support Officer
7 7 (5.185%) Junior Project Manager
7 7 (5.185%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.185%) Workstream Manager
7 7 (5.185%) Administrator
8 6 (4.444%) Web Developer
8 6 (4.444%) Developer
9 4 (2.963%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.963%) Web Analyst
9 4 (2.963%) Developer Analyst
9 4 (2.963%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
9 4 (2.963%) Senior Programme Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.185%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.222%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.222%) Derivative
2 3 (2.222%) NHS
3 2 (1.481%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.741%) Data Conversion
4 1 (0.741%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.85%) Change Management
2 38 (28.15%) PRINCE2
3 27 (20.00%) Change Control
4 24 (17.78%) Project Management
5 16 (11.85%) Project Planning
6 12 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (8.148%) Programme Management
8 9 (6.667%) Configuration Management
9 8 (5.926%) Business Analysis
9 8 (5.926%) Data Analysis
10 7 (5.185%) Risk Management
10 7 (5.185%) Time Management
10 7 (5.185%) PRINCE
11 6 (4.444%) Data Modelling
11 6 (4.444%) ERP
11 6 (4.444%) MVC
12 4 (2.963%) Performance Management
12 4 (2.963%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 3 (2.222%) Fund Accounting
13 3 (2.222%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.926%) C
2 6 (4.444%) C#
2 6 (4.444%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.222%) SQL
4 1 (0.741%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.741%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.741%) Ada
4 1 (0.741%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.741%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.148%) DV Cleared
3 8 (5.926%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (3.704%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.963%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.481%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.741%) APMP
7 1 (0.741%) PMP
7 1 (0.741%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.481%) SLA
1 2 (1.481%) QA
2 1 (0.741%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.741%) DO-178B
2 1 (0.741%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 64 (47.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.444%) CheckPoint
3 5 (3.704%) Oracle
4 4 (2.963%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.481%) Casewise
6 1 (0.741%) Primavera
6 1 (0.741%) Niku
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Wiltshire, South West
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Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Rate: £300.00 - £330 per day
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Rate: £300 - £335 per day
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