The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 19 22 23
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Project 21 19 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 7.192% 5.205% 4.430%
As % of the Applications category 33.87% 34.55% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 11
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £318 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £358 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -11.50%
All Applications
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
62 55 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 21.23% 15.07% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 42 31
Average daily rate £350 £355 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +3.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £211 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £665 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £15.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £19.40 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Project
Wiltshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 49 (96.08%) Finance
2 43 (84.31%) Microsoft
3 40 (78.43%) Banking
4 33 (64.71%) Retail
4 33 (64.71%) Retail Banking
5 31 (60.78%) Change Management
6 23 (45.10%) Change Control
7 14 (27.45%) PRINCE2
8 10 (19.61%) MS Excel
9 9 (17.65%) Project Planning
10 6 (11.76%) Project Management
11 4 (7.843%) MS Office
11 4 (7.843%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (5.882%) SharePoint
13 2 (3.922%) CheckPoint
13 2 (3.922%) MS PowerPoint
13 2 (3.922%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 1 (1.961%) Portfolio Management
14 1 (1.961%) Data Migration
14 1 (1.961%) Data Conversion
14 1 (1.961%) Security Cleared
14 1 (1.961%) Resource Management
14 1 (1.961%) Data Quality
14 1 (1.961%) Intranet
14 1 (1.961%) Internet
14 1 (1.961%) Niku
14 1 (1.961%) MS Visio
14 1 (1.961%) ETL
14 1 (1.961%) PL/SQL
14 1 (1.961%) SQL

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 Platforms
1 3 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (19.61%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.843%) MS Office
3 2 (3.922%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.961%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.961%) Intranet
1 1 (1.961%) Internet
General
1 49 (96.08%) Finance
2 40 (78.43%) Banking
3 33 (64.71%) Retail
3 33 (64.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (58.82%) Analyst
2 28 (54.90%) PMO Analyst
3 23 (45.10%) Programme Office Analyst
3 23 (45.10%) Programme Analyst
4 9 (17.65%) Project Manager
4 9 (17.65%) Junior
5 8 (15.69%) Project Planner
6 7 (13.73%) Junior Project Manager
6 7 (13.73%) Workstream Manager
7 4 (7.843%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Senior Programme Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) PMO Administrator
8 3 (5.882%) Programme Administrator
8 3 (5.882%) Programme Office Administrator
8 3 (5.882%) Administrator
9 2 (3.922%) Junior Analyst
9 2 (3.922%) Delivery Manager
10 1 (1.961%) PMO Manager
10 1 (1.961%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.961%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (60.78%) Change Management
2 23 (45.10%) Change Control
3 14 (27.45%) PRINCE2
4 9 (17.65%) Project Planning
5 6 (11.76%) Project Management
6 4 (7.843%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.922%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (1.961%) Portfolio Management
8 1 (1.961%) Data Migration
8 1 (1.961%) Resource Management
8 1 (1.961%) ETL
8 1 (1.961%) Quality Management
8 1 (1.961%) Risk Management
8 1 (1.961%) Migration
8 1 (1.961%) Content Management
8 1 (1.961%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.961%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.961%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.961%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 43 (84.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.922%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.961%) Niku
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle
Swindon, Wiltshire
Key skills required are project governance, programme governance, project communication, liaising with senior managers, maintaining plans in Microsoft Project, maintaining & monitoring RAID Logs - Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.....
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013