The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project Server skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Platforms category.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project Server
Rank 472 472 529
Rank change year-on-year
0 +57
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 58 106 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.125% 0.182% 0.096%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.690% 1.117% 0.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 56 19
Average daily rate £300 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £220 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £425 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £365 £291
% change year-on-year
-24.65% +25.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
Average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.00% -56.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year
+96.00% -56.52%
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8409 9490 10269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.12% 16.28% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4782 5232 5474
Average daily rate £353 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -7.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 452 419 565
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.65 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

MS Project Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MS Project Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MS Project Server Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Project Server within the UK.

MS Project Server Daily Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Project Server within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

MS Project Server Daily Rate Histogram

MS Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Project Server within the UK.

MS Project Server Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project Server
Top 30 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 Server within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England -10 40 £383 +4.79%
South East +9 22 £320 -12.27%
London +18 11 £480 +28.00%
Berkshire -5 10 - -
Scotland -12 9 £275 -31.33%
Glasgow -16 6 £275 -
Reading -9 5 - -
Middlesex - 4 £315 -
Hampshire - 4 £325 -
City of London +12 3 £525 +13.51%
Erskine - 3 £275 -
Surrey - 3 - -
Renfrewshire - 3 £275 -
North East +13 2 £330 -17.50%
South West +12 2 £365 +65.90%
Dorset - 2 £365 -
North West +14 1 - -
Manchester +10 1 - -
Tyne and Wear +9 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +6 1 - -
West Midlands +2 1 - -
Coventry -7 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £300 -
Durham - 1 £330 -
Weymouth - 1 £365 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Southampton - 1 £325 -
Oldham - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -

MS Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MS 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 MS Project Server.

1 86 (81.13%) MS Project
2 46 (43.40%) SharePoint
3 45 (42.45%) Microsoft
4 39 (36.79%) Project Management
5 35 (33.02%) MS Excel
6 33 (31.13%) Security Cleared
7 26 (24.53%) SharePoint 2010
7 26 (24.53%) PRINCE2
8 23 (21.70%) SC Cleared
9 22 (20.75%) .NET
10 21 (19.81%) Finance
10 21 (19.81%) ASP.NET
11 20 (18.87%) MS Office
11 20 (18.87%) SQL Server
11 20 (18.87%) C#
11 20 (18.87%) SQL
11 20 (18.87%) Project Planning
12 18 (16.98%) Migration
12 18 (16.98%) Windows
13 17 (16.04%) Visual Studio
14 16 (15.09%) CSS
15 15 (14.15%) XML
15 15 (14.15%) PMI Certification
15 15 (14.15%) Windows Server 2003
16 14 (13.21%) jQuery
17 13 (12.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 12 (11.32%) PMP
18 12 (11.32%) JavaScript
19 11 (10.38%) XSLT
19 11 (10.38%) PMI

MS Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MS 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 MS Project Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (20.75%) .NET
2 21 (19.81%) ASP.NET
3 16 (15.09%) CSS
4 15 (14.15%) XML
5 14 (13.21%) jQuery
6 11 (10.38%) XSLT
7 10 (9.434%) HTML
8 8 (7.547%) Web Services
9 7 (6.604%) Ajax
10 6 (5.660%) .NET Framework
11 4 (3.774%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 3 (2.830%) LINQ
13 2 (1.887%) COM
14 1 (0.943%) SOAP
14 1 (0.943%) WinForms
14 1 (0.943%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 46 (43.40%) SharePoint
2 26 (24.53%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (8.491%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.830%) CM System
4 3 (2.830%) LiveLink
5 2 (1.887%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.887%) CMS
6 1 (0.943%) IIS
Applications
1 86 (81.13%) MS Project
2 35 (33.02%) MS Excel
3 20 (18.87%) MS Office
4 10 (9.434%) MS Visio
5 9 (8.491%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (2.830%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.943%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.943%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.943%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.604%) LDAP
2 3 (2.830%) HTTP
3 2 (1.887%) Intranet
4 1 (0.943%) Extranet
4 1 (0.943%) LTE
4 1 (0.943%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 13 (12.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (9.434%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (7.547%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.830%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.830%) OLAP
5 3 (2.830%) IDOL
5 3 (2.830%) DTS
6 1 (0.943%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.943%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.943%) EDMS
6 1 (0.943%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.943%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.943%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.943%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 17 (16.04%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.660%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (1.887%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.887%) PVCS
General
1 21 (19.81%) Finance
2 9 (8.491%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.774%) Investment Banking
3 4 (3.774%) Banking
4 2 (1.887%) Retail
4 2 (1.887%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.943%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.943%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 22 (20.75%) Project Planner
2 19 (17.92%) Project Manager
3 15 (14.15%) Analyst
4 9 (8.491%) Consultant
5 8 (7.547%) Developer
6 7 (6.604%) Project Consultant
7 6 (5.660%) Web Developer
7 6 (5.660%) Coordinator
8 5 (4.717%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (4.717%) Project Analyst
9 4 (3.774%) Architect
9 4 (3.774%) SharePoint Architect
9 4 (3.774%) Developer Analyst
9 4 (3.774%) Web Analyst
10 3 (2.830%) SharePoint Developer
10 3 (2.830%) Planning Manager
10 3 (2.830%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.830%) Support Analyst
10 3 (2.830%) Administrator
10 3 (2.830%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.38%) PMI
2 9 (8.491%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.943%) Mathematics
3 1 (0.943%) Physics
3 1 (0.943%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.943%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.943%) Smart Meter
3 1 (0.943%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.98%) Windows
2 15 (14.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.943%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (36.79%) Project Management
2 26 (24.53%) PRINCE2
3 20 (18.87%) Project Planning
4 18 (16.98%) Migration
5 8 (7.547%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (7.547%) Programme Management
5 8 (7.547%) Data Modelling
5 8 (7.547%) Portfolio Management
6 7 (6.604%) Earned Value Management
6 7 (6.604%) OO
6 7 (6.604%) Content Management
6 7 (6.604%) Business Analysis
7 6 (5.660%) MVC
8 5 (4.717%) Risk Management
8 5 (4.717%) Change Management
8 5 (4.717%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (4.717%) ITIL
8 5 (4.717%) Release Management
8 5 (4.717%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (4.717%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.87%) C#
1 20 (18.87%) SQL
2 12 (11.32%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.660%) C
4 5 (4.717%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.830%) VBScript
5 3 (2.830%) VB
5 3 (2.830%) VB.NET
5 3 (2.830%) VBA
5 3 (2.830%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.943%) C++
6 1 (0.943%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (31.13%) Security Cleared
2 23 (21.70%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.15%) PMI Certification
4 12 (11.32%) PMP
5 10 (9.434%) DV Cleared
6 8 (7.547%) ISEB
7 6 (5.660%) Degree
8 4 (3.774%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.830%) MCSD
9 3 (2.830%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.943%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.943%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.887%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.717%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.943%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 45 (42.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.660%) Business Objects
2 6 (5.660%) Niku
3 4 (3.774%) Planview
4 3 (2.830%) Open Text
4 3 (2.830%) Meridio
4 3 (2.830%) SAP
4 3 (2.830%) Siebel
5 1 (0.943%) HP
5 1 (0.943%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle
5 1 (0.943%) Serena
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
We urgently require a SC Cleared Project Planner to work onsite in Glasgow, the Leadership and experience to take complete control of planning activities within a Business unit...
LA International
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Hook, Hampshire
We urgently require a SC Cleared Project Planner to work in Hampshire... Prepare Schedules for migration to a new integrated Enterprise Planning System (MS Project Server 2010) The...
LA International
Rate: £190.00 - £195.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hook, Hampshire
SC Security Cleared Planner sought for an initial seven month contract based in Hook... Prepare Schedules for migration to a new integrated Enterprise Planning System (MS Project Server...
RDF Resources
Rate: £186 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013