MS Project Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 71 53 71
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +18
Contract jobs citing MS Project 26 56 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.594% 2.490% 1.518%
As % of the Applications category 10.48% 18.30% 9.699%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 17
Average daily rate £275 £339 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.87% -9.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £200 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £406 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £73.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.30% -68.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.70 £15.40 £22.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £30.60 £124.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 248 306 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.21% 13.61% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 110 110
Average daily rate £275 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £150 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £449 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 60 58
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £32.20 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Project
England

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire -3 9 £431 +51.31%
Birmingham +4 5 £275 -25.67%
Solihull +1 2 £163 -23.52%
Worcestershire -17 2 £250 -28.57%
Walsall - 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 - -
MS Project
England

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 48 (62.34%) Project Management
2 37 (48.05%) MS Office
3 36 (46.75%) PRINCE2
3 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
4 31 (40.26%) MS Visio
5 29 (37.66%) MS Excel
6 22 (28.57%) Finance
6 22 (28.57%) Degree
7 15 (19.48%) SharePoint
8 14 (18.18%) ITIL
8 14 (18.18%) Change Management
9 12 (15.58%) Programme Management
9 12 (15.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (14.29%) Project Planning
10 11 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 11 (14.29%) Management Information System
10 11 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (14.29%) CCNA
11 10 (12.99%) WAN
11 10 (12.99%) Six Sigma
12 9 (11.69%) Migration
12 9 (11.69%) SAP
12 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
12 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
12 9 (11.69%) Change Control
13 8 (10.39%) Cisco
13 8 (10.39%) Configuration Management
13 8 (10.39%) MS PowerPoint
13 8 (10.39%) French Language
13 8 (10.39%) German Language

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (1.299%) .NET
1 1 (1.299%) XML
1 1 (1.299%) WebSphere
1 1 (1.299%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 15 (19.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.299%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.299%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.299%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.299%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (1.299%) ESB
Applications
1 37 (48.05%) MS Office
2 31 (40.26%) MS Visio
3 29 (37.66%) MS Excel
4 8 (10.39%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.896%) CA Clarity
2 1 (1.299%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.99%) WAN
2 4 (5.195%) LAN
3 3 (3.896%) MPLS
4 1 (1.299%) HTTP
4 1 (1.299%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.299%) VPN
4 1 (1.299%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.896%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.597%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.299%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.299%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (1.299%) SAP Data Services
General
1 22 (28.57%) Finance
2 8 (10.39%) French Language
2 8 (10.39%) German Language
2 8 (10.39%) Italian Language
3 6 (7.792%) Telecoms
3 6 (7.792%) Retail
4 4 (5.195%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.299%) Back Office
5 1 (1.299%) Electronics
5 1 (1.299%) Legal
5 1 (1.299%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Project Manager
2 10 (12.99%) Project Officer
2 10 (12.99%) Project Support Officer
3 8 (10.39%) Analyst
4 6 (7.792%) Network Manager
4 6 (7.792%) Project Coordinator
4 6 (7.792%) Project Planner
4 6 (7.792%) Coordinator
5 5 (6.494%) Consultant
5 5 (6.494%) Network Project Manager
5 5 (6.494%) Programme Support Officer
6 4 (5.195%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.896%) Administrator
7 3 (3.896%) Junior
7 3 (3.896%) Network Consultant
7 3 (3.896%) Junior Project Manager
7 3 (3.896%) Programme Administrator
8 2 (2.597%) Project Support Coordinator
8 2 (2.597%) Environment Manager
8 2 (2.597%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 11 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.896%) NHS
3 2 (2.597%) iSeries
3 2 (2.597%) Smart Meter
3 2 (2.597%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (2.597%) PMI
3 2 (2.597%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.299%) Informatics
4 1 (1.299%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.792%) Windows
2 1 (1.299%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.299%) UNIX
2 1 (1.299%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.299%) Android
2 1 (1.299%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (62.34%) Project Management
2 36 (46.75%) PRINCE2
3 14 (18.18%) ITIL
3 14 (18.18%) Change Management
4 12 (15.58%) Programme Management
5 11 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 10 (12.99%) Six Sigma
7 9 (11.69%) Migration
7 9 (11.69%) Change Control
8 8 (10.39%) Configuration Management
8 8 (10.39%) Resource Management
9 5 (6.494%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (5.195%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.195%) Critical Path Analysis
10 4 (5.195%) Time Management
10 4 (5.195%) ERP
11 3 (3.896%) Document Management
11 3 (3.896%) Business Analysis
11 3 (3.896%) Business Transformation
12 2 (2.597%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.597%) Java
1 2 (2.597%) SQL
2 1 (1.299%) VB
2 1 (1.299%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (28.57%) Degree
2 12 (15.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 11 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (14.29%) CCNA
4 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.792%) PMP
5 6 (7.792%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (2.597%) APMP
7 2 (2.597%) PgMP
7 2 (2.597%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (2.597%) ISEB
8 1 (1.299%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.299%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.299%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.299%) Netcool
Vendors
1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) SAP
3 8 (10.39%) Cisco
4 4 (5.195%) Primavera
4 4 (5.195%) CheckPoint
4 4 (5.195%) Oracle
4 4 (5.195%) IBM
5 3 (3.896%) CA
6 2 (2.597%) HP
7 1 (1.299%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.299%) webMethods
7 1 (1.299%) VMware
7 1 (1.299%) Capita
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