The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project 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 Applications category for the Southampton 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
Rank 23 25 25
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing MS Project 14 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 4.179% 3.113% 1.604%
As % of the Applications category 29.79% 20.51% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 3
Average daily rate £338 £269 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.58% -23.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £23.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+43.47% -29.23%
All Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
47 39 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 14.03% 15.18% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 6
Average daily rate £325 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 8
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £11.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +50.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.45 £9.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.90 £20.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Project
Hampshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Programme Management
4 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
5 4 (25.00%) DNS
5 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) Time Management
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
6 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 3 (18.75%) MS Office
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
7 2 (12.50%) ERP
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
7 2 (12.50%) Digital Media
7 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (12.50%) Retail
8 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
8 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (6.250%) Degree
8 1 (6.250%) MS Project Server
8 1 (6.250%) Velocity
8 1 (6.250%) Use Case

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (6.250%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Project Server
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (18.75%) MS Office
3 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 2 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Programme Planner
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Planner
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Web Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Web Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Project Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 2 (12.50%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Programme Management
3 4 (25.00%) Time Management
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Use Case
6 1 (6.250%) Product Management
6 1 (6.250%) Data Entry
6 1 (6.250%) Kanban
6 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.250%) Workflow
6 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.250%) Scrum
6 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.250%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
Southampton, South East
Applicants should be able to match capacity and capability to prioritise demand, making effective use of available resources to deliver key objectives.Applicants will be experienced in planning...
Novate IT
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Applicants will be experienced in planning major and complex projects encompassing entire organisations, be experienced in the Prince 2 methodology and using MS Project, Visio and MS Office...
Novate IT Ltd
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013