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 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project Server
Rank 484 462 532
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +70
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 57 103 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.123% 0.176% 0.087%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.681% 1.082% 0.520%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 53 20
Average daily rate £283 £360 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.31% -7.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £220 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £423 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £271 £360 £323
% change year-on-year
-24.72% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.00% -60.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £12.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+96.00% -60.31%
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8376 9520 10378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.08% 16.31% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4746 5226 5538
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
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 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 429 569
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.73 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.65 £38.15 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

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 23 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 28 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 23 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 -13 38 £400 +11.11%
South East +9 23 £320 -11.05%
Berkshire +2 11 - -
London +28 10 £480 +32.41%
Scotland -9 9 £275 -31.33%
Reading 0 6 - -
Glasgow -21 6 £275 -
Middlesex - 4 £315 -
Hampshire - 4 £325 -
City of London +20 3 £525 +13.51%
Erskine - 3 £275 -
Surrey - 3 - -
Renfrewshire - 3 £275 -
North East +12 2 £330 -17.50%
Manchester +11 1 - -
North West +10 1 - -
Tyne and Wear +10 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 1 - -
West Midlands +2 1 - -
Coventry -3 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £300 -
Durham - 1 £330 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Southampton - 1 £325 -
Oldham - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 - -

MS Project Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 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 88 (83.02%) MS Project
2 45 (42.45%) SharePoint
3 44 (41.51%) Microsoft
4 37 (34.91%) Project Management
5 34 (32.08%) Security Cleared
6 33 (31.13%) MS Excel
7 26 (24.53%) PRINCE2
8 24 (22.64%) SC Cleared
8 24 (22.64%) SharePoint 2010
9 21 (19.81%) Finance
9 21 (19.81%) MS Office
9 21 (19.81%) .NET
10 20 (18.87%) ASP.NET
10 20 (18.87%) Windows
10 20 (18.87%) Project Planning
11 19 (17.92%) SQL Server
11 19 (17.92%) C#
11 19 (17.92%) SQL
12 18 (16.98%) Visual Studio
13 17 (16.04%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (16.04%) Migration
14 16 (15.09%) CSS
15 15 (14.15%) PMI Certification
16 14 (13.21%) XML
16 14 (13.21%) jQuery
17 12 (11.32%) PMP
18 11 (10.38%) PMI
18 11 (10.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 10 (9.434%) DV Cleared
19 10 (9.434%) SQL Server 2008

MS Project Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 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 21 (19.81%) .NET
2 20 (18.87%) ASP.NET
3 16 (15.09%) CSS
4 14 (13.21%) XML
4 14 (13.21%) jQuery
5 10 (9.434%) HTML
6 9 (8.491%) XSLT
7 7 (6.604%) Web Services
7 7 (6.604%) Ajax
7 7 (6.604%) .NET Framework
8 5 (4.717%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 1 (0.943%) WinForms
9 1 (0.943%) SOAP
9 1 (0.943%) COM
9 1 (0.943%) HTML5
9 1 (0.943%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 45 (42.45%) SharePoint
2 24 (22.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (7.547%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (3.774%) CM System
5 3 (2.830%) LiveLink
6 2 (1.887%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.943%) IIS
Applications
1 88 (83.02%) MS Project
2 33 (31.13%) MS Excel
3 21 (19.81%) MS Office
4 10 (9.434%) MS Visio
5 9 (8.491%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.943%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.943%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (0.943%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.943%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.943%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.547%) LDAP
2 2 (1.887%) Intranet
2 2 (1.887%) HTTP
3 1 (0.943%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.943%) Extranet
3 1 (0.943%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.92%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (9.434%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (7.547%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (3.774%) OLAP
5 4 (3.774%) DTS
5 4 (3.774%) IDOL
6 1 (0.943%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.943%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.943%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.943%) EDMS
6 1 (0.943%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.943%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (0.943%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (16.98%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.660%) Dreamweaver
3 3 (2.830%) PVCS
4 2 (1.887%) Team Foundation Server
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%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (1.887%) Retail
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%) Developer
4 9 (8.491%) Consultant
5 7 (6.604%) Project Consultant
6 6 (5.660%) Web Developer
6 6 (5.660%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.717%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (4.717%) Project Analyst
8 4 (3.774%) Web Analyst
8 4 (3.774%) SharePoint Developer
8 4 (3.774%) Developer Analyst
8 4 (3.774%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.830%) Report Analyst
9 3 (2.830%) Support Analyst
9 3 (2.830%) Administrator
9 3 (2.830%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.830%) Planning Manager
10 2 (1.887%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.38%) PMI
2 9 (8.491%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.943%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.943%) Smart Meter
3 1 (0.943%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.943%) Mathematics
3 1 (0.943%) Physics
3 1 (0.943%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.87%) Windows
2 17 (16.04%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.943%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (34.91%) Project Management
2 26 (24.53%) PRINCE2
3 20 (18.87%) Project Planning
4 17 (16.04%) Migration
5 8 (7.547%) Portfolio Management
5 8 (7.547%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (7.547%) Programme Management
5 8 (7.547%) Data Modelling
6 7 (6.604%) OO
6 7 (6.604%) Business Analysis
6 7 (6.604%) Earned Value Management
7 6 (5.660%) Release Management
7 6 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (5.660%) MVC
8 5 (4.717%) Change Management
8 5 (4.717%) Risk Management
8 5 (4.717%) Content Management
8 5 (4.717%) ITIL
8 5 (4.717%) Performance Management
8 5 (4.717%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.92%) C#
1 19 (17.92%) SQL
2 10 (9.434%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.660%) T-SQL
3 6 (5.660%) C
4 3 (2.830%) VBA
5 1 (0.943%) VBScript
5 1 (0.943%) VB
5 1 (0.943%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.943%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.943%) C++
5 1 (0.943%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (32.08%) Security Cleared
2 24 (22.64%) 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%) MCSD
8 4 (3.774%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.774%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.943%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 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 44 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.660%) Business Objects
2 6 (5.660%) Niku
3 4 (3.774%) Planview
3 4 (3.774%) Meridio
4 3 (2.830%) Open Text
4 3 (2.830%) Siebel
4 3 (2.830%) SAP
5 1 (0.943%) Serena
5 1 (0.943%) HP
5 1 (0.943%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle