MS Project Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project 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 Applications category for the Wales 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 24 34 42
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +8
Contract jobs citing MS Project 19 22 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 4.450% 3.846% 2.560%
As % of the Applications category 26.39% 37.29% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 8
Average daily rate £388 £400 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% +68.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £277 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £455 £334
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £14.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 72 59 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 16.86% 10.31% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 28 35
Average daily rate £225 £285 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £142 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £12.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £10.05 £10.51
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.85 £13.90 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
UK

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
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 Wales region 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
South Wales 0 18 £388 -3.12%
MS Project
UK

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 26 (74.29%) Finance
2 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 23 (65.71%) Project Management
4 18 (51.43%) MS Office
5 13 (37.14%) AS400
6 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (28.57%) Degree
7 9 (25.71%) Banking
7 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2
7 9 (25.71%) UML
7 9 (25.71%) OO
7 9 (25.71%) TestDirector
8 8 (22.86%) UNIX
9 5 (14.29%) Windows
9 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
9 5 (14.29%) DB2
9 5 (14.29%) IIS
9 5 (14.29%) COBOL
9 5 (14.29%) RPG
9 5 (14.29%) IBM
9 5 (14.29%) Shell Script
9 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
9 5 (14.29%) OS/400
9 5 (14.29%) WebSphere
9 5 (14.29%) iSeries
10 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
10 4 (11.43%) Risk Analysis
10 4 (11.43%) Change Control
10 4 (11.43%) Retail
10 4 (11.43%) Content Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 5 (14.29%) WebSphere
2 4 (11.43%) .NET
2 4 (11.43%) J2EE
3 1 (2.857%) COM
3 1 (2.857%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 18 (51.43%) MS Office
2 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.571%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (5.714%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) Intranet
1 1 (2.857%) Internet
1 1 (2.857%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 5 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) TestDirector
2 3 (8.571%) Visual Studio
2 3 (8.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (74.29%) Finance
2 9 (25.71%) Banking
3 4 (11.43%) Retail
4 1 (2.857%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Analyst
2 14 (40.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Support Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Applications Support
4 4 (11.43%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Business Manager
5 3 (8.571%) Test Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Business Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Programme Planner
7 1 (2.857%) Change Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Business Change Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) AS400 Support
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Agile Test Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) AS400
2 5 (14.29%) iSeries
3 3 (8.571%) NHS
4 1 (2.857%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) UNIX
2 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) OS/400
3 3 (8.571%) Linux
4 2 (5.714%) AIX
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.857%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Project Management
2 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2
3 9 (25.71%) UML
3 9 (25.71%) OO
4 4 (11.43%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (11.43%) Change Control
4 4 (11.43%) Content Management
4 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
5 3 (8.571%) RUP
5 3 (8.571%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (8.571%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.571%) Project Planning
5 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
5 3 (8.571%) Network Architecture
6 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.714%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Integration Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Test Strategy
6 2 (5.714%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) COBOL
1 5 (14.29%) RPG
1 5 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 3 (8.571%) SQL
3 1 (2.857%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.571%) ISEB
3 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (8.571%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (2.857%) Rackspace
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