The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 20 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 Warrington 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 20 15 16
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Project 1 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 0.800% 3.061% 1.176%
As % of the Applications category 6.667% 33.33% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £205 -
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 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+32.00% -9.09%
All Applications
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
15 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 12.00% 9.184% 9.412%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £338 £110 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+206.81% -70.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Project
Cheshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington MS Project Daily Rate Trend

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 Warrington region.

Warrington MS Project Hourly Rate Trend

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 10 (90.91%) MS Excel
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) MS Visio
3 5 (45.45%) MS Office
3 5 (45.45%) ITIL
4 4 (36.36%) MCP
4 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (36.36%) MCSE
4 4 (36.36%) ISO 9000
4 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 4 (36.36%) OpenView
4 4 (36.36%) HP
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (36.36%) Lotus
4 4 (36.36%) LiveLink
4 4 (36.36%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (36.36%) MCDST
4 4 (36.36%) MCITP
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
4 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (36.36%) ServiceCenter
4 4 (36.36%) BS25999
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
5 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (36.36%) LiveLink
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) MS Excel
2 5 (45.45%) MS Visio
2 5 (45.45%) MS Office
3 4 (36.36%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Process Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Integration Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP PI Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Project Controller
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Service Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Data Security
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
4 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma
4 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.091%) ITIL V3
4 1 (9.091%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) MCP
1 4 (36.36%) MCSE
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (36.36%) MCDST
1 4 (36.36%) MCITP
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.091%) Degree
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO 9000
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (36.36%) BS25999
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) OpenView
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) HP
2 4 (36.36%) Lotus
2 4 (36.36%) SAP