South West MS Project Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Project skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Project
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Avon Aylesbury Basingstoke Beckenham Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Runcorn Salford Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	50
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	84	161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.114 %	0.159 %
As % of the category below	14.79 %	20.59 %
Daily rates quoted	35	48
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£323
Average daily rate	£327	£336
% change on same period last year	-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£330
% change on same period last year	-4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.18	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£18.50	£27.31
% change on same period last year	-32.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.82	£29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.50	£27.99
% change on same period last year	-12.47 %
Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	568	782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.768 %	0.771 %
Daily rates quoted	168	156
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£281
Average daily rate	£342	£297
% change on same period last year	+15.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£291
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	114	162
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.08	£20.18
Average hourly rate	£20.40	£21.76
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.71	£23.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.59	£19.58
% change on same period last year	-5.05 %
MS Project England

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.

MS Project
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Project across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS Project
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS Project
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 5 September 2008.

MS Project
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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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 5 September 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
Wiltshire	-9	34	£336	-8.94 %
Bristol	-18	14	£306	-7.24 %
Devon	+18	10	£298	-27.65 %
Dorset	-3	6	-	-
Gloucestershire	-3	5	£375	+7.14 %
Avon	+7	2	-	-

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MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 91 (42.13 %) Finance 2 64 (29.63 %) MS Excel 3 55 (25.46 %) PRINCE2 3 55 (25.46 %) Microsoft 4 52 (24.07 %) Project Management 5 47 (21.76 %) MS Office 6 44 (20.37 %) MS PowerPoint 7 33 (15.28 %) Project Planning 8 30 (13.89 %) MS Visio 9 22 (10.19 %) Security Cleared 10 20 (9.259 %) Pensions 11 17 (7.870 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 13 (6.019 %) Migration 13 12 (5.556 %) Insurance 14 11 (5.093 %) Telecoms

15 10 (4.630 %) VMware 15 10 (4.630 %) SharePoint 16 9 (4.167 %) Citrix 16 9 (4.167 %) CA Clarity 17 8 (3.704 %) Banking 17 8 (3.704 %) Retail 17 8 (3.704 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 17 8 (3.704 %) PRINCE 17 8 (3.704 %) SQL 17 8 (3.704 %) Programme Management 17 8 (3.704 %) Risk Management 17 8 (3.704 %) Government 18 7 (3.241 %) Aerospace 18 7 (3.241 %) Clustering 18 7 (3.241 %) Change Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 7 (3.241 %) HTML 1 7 (3.241 %) .NET 2 6 (2.778 %) J2EE 3 1 (0.463 %) CSS 3 1 (0.463 %) XML 3 1 (0.463 %) WSRP	Application Platforms 1 10 (4.630 %) SharePoint 2 6 (2.778 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (2.778 %) BizTalk Server 2 6 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 2 (0.926 %) Documentum 3 2 (0.926 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (0.463 %) Apache 4 1 (0.463 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.463 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (0.463 %) CMS
Applications 1 64 (29.63 %) MS Excel 2 47 (21.76 %) MS Office 3 44 (20.37 %) MS PowerPoint 4 30 (13.89 %) MS Visio 5 9 (4.167 %) CA Clarity 6 6 (2.778 %) RoboHelp 6 6 (2.778 %) FrameMaker 7 5 (2.315 %) Open Workbench 8 3 (1.389 %) Spreadsheet 9 1 (0.463 %) Niku Workbench	Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.778 %) Intranet 1 6 (2.778 %) Extranet 2 1 (0.463 %) DSL 2 1 (0.463 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (2.778 %) SQL Server 2 2 (0.926 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (0.926 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.463 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.463 %) Adabas 3 1 (0.463 %) ETL 3 1 (0.463 %) Data Cleansing 3 1 (0.463 %) DB2	Development Applications 1 6 (2.778 %) Dreamweaver 1 6 (2.778 %) GoLive 1 6 (2.778 %) FrontPage 2 2 (0.926 %) PVCS 3 1 (0.463 %) TestDirector
General 1 91 (42.13 %) Finance 2 20 (9.259 %) Pensions 3 12 (5.556 %) Insurance 4 11 (5.093 %) Telecoms 5 8 (3.704 %) Banking 5 8 (3.704 %) Retail 5 8 (3.704 %) Government 6 7 (3.241 %) Aerospace 7 5 (2.315 %) Retail Banking 8 4 (1.852 %) Financial Institution 9 3 (1.389 %) Education 10 2 (0.926 %) Front Office 10 2 (0.926 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.463 %) Construction 11 1 (0.463 %) Health 11 1 (0.463 %) Law 11 1 (0.463 %) Criminal Justice 11 1 (0.463 %) Military 11 1 (0.463 %) Electric 11 1 (0.463 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 63 (29.17 %) Project Manager 2 25 (11.57 %) Analyst 3 21 (9.722 %) Project Planner 4 20 (9.259 %) Coordinator 5 19 (8.796 %) Business Project Manager 5 19 (8.796 %) Business Manager 6 18 (8.333 %) Programme Planner 7 16 (7.407 %) Project Officer 8 15 (6.944 %) Consultant 8 15 (6.944 %) Project Support Officer 8 15 (6.944 %) Project Coordinator 9 11 (5.093 %) Project Analyst 10 8 (3.704 %) PMO Consultant 11 7 (3.241 %) Support Analyst 11 7 (3.241 %) Administrator 11 7 (3.241 %) Project Support Analyst 12 6 (2.778 %) PMO Analyst 12 6 (2.778 %) Author 12 6 (2.778 %) Programme Manager 12 6 (2.778 %) Technical Author
Miscellaneous 1 7 (3.241 %) Clustering 2 2 (0.926 %) German Language 2 2 (0.926 %) PMI 2 2 (0.926 %) NHS 3 1 (0.463 %) W3C 3 1 (0.463 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.463 %) Credit Risk 3 1 (0.463 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 7 (3.241 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.926 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 55 (25.46 %) PRINCE2 2 52 (24.07 %) Project Management 3 33 (15.28 %) Project Planning 4 22 (10.19 %) Security Cleared 5 13 (6.019 %) Migration 6 8 (3.704 %) Risk Management 6 8 (3.704 %) Programme Management 6 8 (3.704 %) PRINCE 7 7 (3.241 %) Change Management 8 6 (2.778 %) Content Management 8 6 (2.778 %) ITSM 9 5 (2.315 %) Business Analysis 9 5 (2.315 %) SC Cleared 10 4 (1.852 %) DV Cleared 10 4 (1.852 %) Stakeholder Management 11 3 (1.389 %) Logistics 11 3 (1.389 %) CRM 11 3 (1.389 %) ITIL 11 3 (1.389 %) BC Cleared 11 3 (1.389 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (3.704 %) SQL 2 3 (1.389 %) C 3 1 (0.463 %) COBOL 3 1 (0.463 %) Java 3 1 (0.463 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (0.463 %) NATURAL
Qualifications 1 17 (7.870 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 8 (3.704 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 6 (2.778 %) CCNA 3 6 (2.778 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (1.389 %) Degree 5 2 (0.926 %) HND 6 1 (0.463 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.463 %) ACCA 6 1 (0.463 %) CIMA 6 1 (0.463 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.241 %) QA
System Software 1 7 (3.241 %) VMware Server 2 3 (1.389 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 6 (2.778 %) OVPI 2 3 (1.389 %) OVSD
Vendors 1 55 (25.46 %) Microsoft 2 10 (4.630 %) VMware 3 9 (4.167 %) Citrix 4 6 (2.778 %) Adobe 4 6 (2.778 %) Cisco 4 6 (2.778 %) Niku 5 5 (2.315 %) HP 6 3 (1.389 %) Oracle 7 2 (0.926 %) Business Objects 7 2 (0.926 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.463 %) SAP 8 1 (0.463 %) Cognos 8 1 (0.463 %) Sybase 8 1 (0.463 %) Primavera