The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project 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 over the 3 months to 17 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.

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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 110 73 96
Rank change year-on-year
-37 +23
Contract jobs citing MS Project 875 1350 1157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 1.796% 2.323% 1.891%
As % of the Applications category 13.70% 18.76% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 820 685
Average daily rate £365 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.68% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £213 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £524 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 38
Average hourly rate £31.25 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £13.49 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.10 £31.05 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -30.00%
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6385 7195 7388
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.11% 12.38% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3394 3653 3691
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £501 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £308 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.62% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 670 739 881
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.40 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

MS Project Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Project
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -37 768 £375 +2.04% 127
London -49 351 £430 +7.50% 36
South East -11 197 £360 +1.40% 31
City of London -40 87 £450 +7.14% 11
Berkshire -17 53 £400 +6.66% 11
South West -9 52 £335 +3.07% 21
Scotland -33 50 £325 +2.20% 4
Hampshire +10 48 £375 +39.53% 6
East of England +8 43 £270 -21.45% 12
North West -2 39 £425 +21.42% 9
Buckinghamshire +10 34 £270 -15.49% 1
Yorkshire -24 33 £325 -12.16% 5
West Yorkshire -22 28 £338 -15.09% 4
Milton Keynes +11 27 £270 -22.85%
West Midlands -15 26 £250 -19.35% 12
Wales +5 25 £375 -11.76%
Canary Wharf +14 24 £269 -42.45%
Wiltshire +9 24 £354 -0.35% 15
Swindon +7 22 £354 -0.35% 6
South Wales +2 22 £375 -11.76%
Glasgow -12 22 £338 +4.65% 2
Manchester +29 21 £425 +70.85% 5
Cardiff +9 20 £375 -6.25%
West Sussex -3 20 £381 +0.32%
Leeds -4 19 £375 -16.66% 2
Reading +6 18 £425 +18.05% 1
Hertfordshire +19 15 £313 +9.17% 4
Surrey -2 15 £338 +2.27% 6
Bristol -6 15 £320 +6.66% 2
Essex +2 14 £550 +120.00% 2

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 844 (48.04%) Project Management
2 772 (43.94%) MS Excel
3 752 (42.80%) Microsoft
4 722 (41.09%) Finance
5 683 (38.87%) PRINCE2
6 574 (32.67%) MS Office
7 364 (20.72%) MS Visio
8 299 (17.02%) Banking
9 282 (16.05%) MS PowerPoint
10 245 (13.94%) Project Planning
11 240 (13.66%) SharePoint
12 228 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 211 (12.01%) Change Management
14 190 (10.81%) Security Cleared
15 175 (9.960%) Retail
16 165 (9.391%) ITIL
17 163 (9.277%) Degree
18 152 (8.651%) PRINCE2 Certification
19 146 (8.310%) Change Control
20 139 (7.911%) PMI Certification
21 138 (7.854%) Programme Management
22 135 (7.684%) SC Cleared
23 124 (7.057%) Migration
23 124 (7.057%) Risk Management
24 121 (6.887%) Business Analysis
25 118 (6.716%) Windows
26 100 (5.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
27 98 (5.578%) QA
28 95 (5.407%) Telecoms
29 90 (5.122%) Investment Banking

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 51 (2.903%) .NET
2 25 (1.423%) XML
3 19 (1.081%) HTML
4 18 (1.024%) ASP.NET
5 16 (0.911%) COM
6 15 (0.854%) WebSphere
7 13 (0.740%) Web Services
8 12 (0.683%) Middleware
9 11 (0.626%) J2EE
10 8 (0.455%) CSS
11 7 (0.398%) WebSphere MQ
11 7 (0.398%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 7 (0.398%) jQuery
12 6 (0.341%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.285%) SAP Basis
13 5 (0.285%) SAP PI
14 4 (0.228%) Ajax
14 4 (0.228%) XSLT
14 4 (0.228%) EDI
15 3 (0.171%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 240 (13.66%) SharePoint
2 85 (4.838%) MS Project Server
3 22 (1.252%) SharePoint 2010
4 13 (0.740%) MS Exchange
4 13 (0.740%) IBM Notes
5 12 (0.683%) CMS
5 12 (0.683%) ESB
6 11 (0.626%) WebLogic
7 9 (0.512%) SAS
8 8 (0.455%) Documentum
8 8 (0.455%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.455%) Exchange Server 2010
9 7 (0.398%) NetWeaver
10 6 (0.341%) CM System
11 5 (0.285%) LiveLink
11 5 (0.285%) IIS
12 4 (0.228%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.228%) Lync
12 4 (0.228%) TeamSite
13 3 (0.171%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 772 (43.94%) MS Excel
2 574 (32.67%) MS Office
3 364 (20.72%) MS Visio
4 282 (16.05%) MS PowerPoint
5 8 (0.455%) Open Workbench
5 8 (0.455%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.455%) Office 365
6 2 (0.114%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.114%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.057%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.057%) Mingle
7 1 (0.057%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 16 (0.911%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.455%) Agresso
3 7 (0.398%) SAP HR
3 7 (0.398%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.341%) CA Clarity
5 4 (0.228%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.228%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.171%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.171%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.171%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.171%) Hyperion Planning
7 2 (0.114%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.114%) Aligne
7 2 (0.114%) JDE World
7 2 (0.114%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.114%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.114%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.114%) LatentZero
7 2 (0.114%) Capstone
7 2 (0.114%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.878%) WAN
2 28 (1.594%) Intranet
3 25 (1.423%) Internet
3 25 (1.423%) LAN
4 16 (0.911%) SAN
5 12 (0.683%) MPLS
6 11 (0.626%) HTTP
7 9 (0.512%) Wireless
8 8 (0.455%) DNS
9 7 (0.398%) LDAP
9 7 (0.398%) Firewall
10 6 (0.341%) VoIP
10 6 (0.341%) VPN
10 6 (0.341%) 3G
11 5 (0.285%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.228%) ATM
12 4 (0.228%) Extranet
12 4 (0.228%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.171%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.171%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.187%) SQL Server
2 35 (1.992%) MS Access
3 19 (1.081%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (0.740%) Oracle 10g
5 11 (0.626%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (0.569%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (0.569%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (0.512%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.455%) SQL Server 2000
8 8 (0.455%) Oracle 9i
8 8 (0.455%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.341%) DTS
9 6 (0.341%) DB2
9 6 (0.341%) OLAP
9 6 (0.341%) IDOL
10 5 (0.285%) SQLPlus
10 5 (0.285%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (0.228%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.228%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.228%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 24 (1.366%) ClearQuest
2 23 (1.309%) Visual Studio
3 18 (1.024%) QuickTest Pro
4 14 (0.797%) JIRA
5 9 (0.512%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.455%) TestDirector
7 7 (0.398%) ClearCase
8 6 (0.341%) Dreamweaver
9 5 (0.285%) PVCS
10 4 (0.228%) Selenium
11 3 (0.171%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.171%) RequisitePro
12 2 (0.114%) ProC
12 2 (0.114%) Rational Rose
13 1 (0.057%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.057%) Axure RP
13 1 (0.057%) FogBugz
13 1 (0.057%) Trac
General
1 722 (41.09%) Finance
2 299 (17.02%) Banking
3 175 (9.960%) Retail
4 95 (5.407%) Telecoms
5 90 (5.122%) Investment Banking
6 88 (5.009%) Retail Banking
7 36 (2.049%) Legal
8 35 (1.992%) Marketing
9 25 (1.423%) Front Office
10 23 (1.309%) Back Office
11 21 (1.195%) Billing
12 20 (1.138%) Pharmaceutical
12 20 (1.138%) Financial Institution
12 20 (1.138%) Manufacturing
13 15 (0.854%) Advertising
14 14 (0.797%) French Language
14 14 (0.797%) German Language
15 12 (0.683%) Italian Language
15 12 (0.683%) Law
16 9 (0.512%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 622 (35.40%) Project Manager
2 388 (22.08%) Analyst
3 147 (8.367%) Business Analyst
4 117 (6.659%) PMO Analyst
5 108 (6.147%) Project Planner
6 84 (4.781%) Coordinator
7 69 (3.927%) Project Coordinator
8 57 (3.244%) Project Officer
9 49 (2.789%) Consultant
10 47 (2.675%) Project Support Officer
11 45 (2.561%) Junior
12 39 (2.220%) Programme Planner
13 38 (2.163%) Senior Manager
13 38 (2.163%) PMO Manager
14 36 (2.049%) Support Analyst
14 36 (2.049%) Project Analyst
15 35 (1.992%) Senior Project Manager
16 33 (1.878%) Junior Project Manager
17 32 (1.821%) IT Project Manager
17 32 (1.821%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.065%) Management Information System
2 82 (4.667%) PMI
3 31 (1.764%) Computer Science
4 28 (1.594%) NHS
4 28 (1.594%) Fixed Income
5 27 (1.537%) Equities
6 24 (1.366%) Derivative
7 20 (1.138%) Credit Risk
8 19 (1.081%) FMCG
9 15 (0.854%) AS400
9 15 (0.854%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (0.740%) STB
10 13 (0.740%) Market Risk
11 11 (0.626%) SaaS
11 11 (0.626%) Data Integration
11 11 (0.626%) Client/Server
12 10 (0.569%) Credit Derivative
13 9 (0.512%) IPTV
13 9 (0.512%) MPEG
14 8 (0.455%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 118 (6.716%) Windows
2 59 (3.358%) Windows 7
3 40 (2.277%) UNIX
4 29 (1.651%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (1.252%) Linux
6 18 (1.024%) Windows XP
7 16 (0.911%) Solaris
8 10 (0.569%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.285%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.285%) OS/400
10 4 (0.228%) AIX
11 3 (0.171%) Android
11 3 (0.171%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.114%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.114%) NetWare
13 1 (0.057%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (48.04%) Project Management
2 683 (38.87%) PRINCE2
3 245 (13.94%) Project Planning
4 228 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 211 (12.01%) Change Management
6 165 (9.391%) ITIL
7 146 (8.310%) Change Control
8 138 (7.854%) Programme Management
9 124 (7.057%) Migration
9 124 (7.057%) Risk Management
10 121 (6.887%) Business Analysis
11 78 (4.439%) PRINCE
12 75 (4.269%) Configuration Management
13 74 (4.212%) Scrum
14 73 (4.155%) Agile Software Development
15 72 (4.098%) UML
16 71 (4.041%) User Acceptance Testing
17 66 (3.756%) Waterfall
18 64 (3.643%) Time Management
19 62 (3.529%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 86 (4.895%) SQL
2 38 (2.163%) C
3 33 (1.878%) Java
4 28 (1.594%) C#
5 20 (1.138%) VBA
6 15 (0.854%) C++
7 10 (0.569%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.398%) VB.NET
8 7 (0.398%) ABAP
8 7 (0.398%) COBOL
8 7 (0.398%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.398%) Python
8 7 (0.398%) Tcl
9 6 (0.341%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.285%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.285%) RPG
10 5 (0.285%) VBScript
11 4 (0.228%) Bash shell
12 3 (0.171%) VB
12 3 (0.171%) Perl
Qualifications
1 190 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.277%) Degree
3 152 (8.651%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 139 (7.911%) PMI Certification
5 135 (7.684%) SC Cleared
6 100 (5.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 77 (4.382%) PMP
8 61 (3.472%) DV Cleared
9 49 (2.789%) ISEB
10 22 (1.252%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.081%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.968%) HND
13 16 (0.911%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 15 (0.854%) APMP
15 14 (0.797%) CCNA
16 12 (0.683%) MCP
16 12 (0.683%) MCSE
17 9 (0.512%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.512%) MCDST
18 8 (0.455%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.578%) QA
2 16 (0.911%) COBIT
2 16 (0.911%) Basel III
3 15 (0.854%) SLA
4 13 (0.740%) ISO 9001
5 12 (0.683%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.398%) BS25999
6 7 (0.398%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.398%) ISO 9000
6 7 (0.398%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.398%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.114%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.114%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.057%) FATCA
8 1 (0.057%) MiFID
System Software
1 37 (2.106%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.569%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.341%) XenApp
4 2 (0.114%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.114%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.057%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.057%) Samba
5 1 (0.057%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.057%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (1.764%) HP Quality Center
2 11 (0.626%) OpenView
3 9 (0.512%) ServiceCenter
3 9 (0.512%) SCCM
4 7 (0.398%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.228%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 2 (0.114%) OVSD
6 2 (0.114%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.057%) AppDNA
7 1 (0.057%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.057%) SCOM
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Statspack
7 1 (0.057%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.057%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.057%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.057%) Netcool
7 1 (0.057%) Legato
7 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 752 (42.80%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.122%) Oracle
3 89 (5.065%) SAP
4 35 (1.992%) IBM
5 33 (1.878%) HP
6 27 (1.537%) Primavera
7 23 (1.309%) Niku
7 23 (1.309%) Cisco
8 22 (1.252%) Business Objects
8 22 (1.252%) Planview
9 18 (1.024%) Siebel
10 14 (0.797%) Citrix
10 14 (0.797%) Lotus
11 13 (0.740%) CheckPoint
12 12 (0.683%) VMware
13 11 (0.626%) Salesforce.com
14 8 (0.455%) Cognos
14 8 (0.455%) Google
15 7 (0.398%) Remedy
15 7 (0.398%) EMC
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Rate: £350.00 - £450.00 per day
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Rate: GBP180 to GBP220 per day
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Surrey, England, South East
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Rate: £0 - £250 per day
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Bath, Avon
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West London
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Rate: £400.00 - £420.00 per day
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Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
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Rate: £180 - £225 per day
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Swindon, Wiltshire
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