The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 56 51 41
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -10
Contract jobs citing MS Project 32 42 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.550% 2.684% 3.556%
As % of the Applications category 19.88% 21.76% 28.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 18
Average daily rate £323 £365 £396
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.64% -7.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £272 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £442 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £23.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+37.89% -15.92%
All Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
161 193 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 12.83% 12.33% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 88 50
Average daily rate £318 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.30% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £160 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £420 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 19
Average hourly rate £13.23 £11.50 £11.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.04% +2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.11 £11.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.50 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Project
Yorkshire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds +5 19 £348 -0.71%
Halifax +5 9 £320 -18.00%
Wakefield +1 2 £281 -
Bradford -11 2 £335 -
Huddersfield - 1 - -
MS Project
Yorkshire

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 32 (46.38%) MS Excel
2 29 (42.03%) Finance
3 28 (40.58%) Microsoft
4 25 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (34.78%) Project Management
6 19 (27.54%) MS Office
7 18 (26.09%) Retail
8 15 (21.74%) SAP
9 14 (20.29%) MS PowerPoint
10 13 (18.84%) Project Planning
10 13 (18.84%) Banking
10 13 (18.84%) PRINCE2
11 10 (14.49%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (13.04%) Retail Banking
12 9 (13.04%) Resource Management
13 8 (11.59%) Test Scripting
13 8 (11.59%) SAP Payroll
13 8 (11.59%) SAP HR
14 7 (10.14%) Risk Management
14 7 (10.14%) SharePoint
15 6 (8.696%) Critical Path Analysis
16 5 (7.246%) Degree
16 5 (7.246%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (7.246%) MS Visio
16 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence
16 5 (7.246%) SQL
16 5 (7.246%) Change Management
16 5 (7.246%) Change Control
17 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 4 (5.797%) SQL Server

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (2.899%) Middleware
1 2 (2.899%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.899%) COM
1 2 (2.899%) Web Services
1 2 (2.899%) XML
1 2 (2.899%) XSL
1 2 (2.899%) .NET
1 2 (2.899%) HTML
1 2 (2.899%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.899%) SAS
3 1 (1.449%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 32 (46.38%) MS Excel
2 19 (27.54%) MS Office
3 14 (20.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (7.246%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.449%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (11.59%) SAP Payroll
1 8 (11.59%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.449%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.449%) DVB
1 1 (1.449%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.246%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.797%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (2.899%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.899%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.899%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (1.449%) Selenium
General
1 29 (42.03%) Finance
2 18 (26.09%) Retail
3 13 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Retail Banking
5 3 (4.348%) Legal
5 3 (4.348%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.449%) German Language
6 1 (1.449%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 26 (37.68%) Analyst
2 18 (26.09%) Project Manager
3 11 (15.94%) PMO Analyst
4 10 (14.49%) Business Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Project Planner
6 5 (7.246%) Programme Planner
7 4 (5.797%) SAP Business Analyst
7 4 (5.797%) SAP HR Business Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Data Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Test Engineer
9 2 (2.899%) Test Leader
9 2 (2.899%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
9 2 (2.899%) Project Management Officer
9 2 (2.899%) Coordinator
9 2 (2.899%) Developer
9 2 (2.899%) SAP Project Manager
9 2 (2.899%) Business Manager
9 2 (2.899%) Business Project Manager
9 2 (2.899%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.348%) IPTV
1 3 (4.348%) Computer Science
1 3 (4.348%) STB
1 3 (4.348%) MPEG
2 2 (2.899%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.899%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.449%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.449%) NHS
3 1 (1.449%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.797%) Windows
2 3 (4.348%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.899%) UNIX
4 1 (1.449%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.449%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (34.78%) Project Management
3 13 (18.84%) Project Planning
3 13 (18.84%) PRINCE2
4 10 (14.49%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (13.04%) Resource Management
6 8 (11.59%) Test Scripting
7 7 (10.14%) Risk Management
8 6 (8.696%) Critical Path Analysis
9 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (7.246%) Change Management
9 5 (7.246%) Change Control
10 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (4.348%) Software Testing
11 3 (4.348%) Migration
11 3 (4.348%) Programme Management
11 3 (4.348%) PRINCE
12 2 (2.899%) Waterfall
12 2 (2.899%) Web Application Development
12 2 (2.899%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.246%) SQL
2 2 (2.899%) Tcl
2 2 (2.899%) VB.NET
2 2 (2.899%) C#
3 1 (1.449%) Python
3 1 (1.449%) C
3 1 (1.449%) C++
3 1 (1.449%) COBOL
3 1 (1.449%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (7.246%) Degree
2 3 (4.348%) HND
2 3 (4.348%) ISEB
3 2 (2.899%) APMP
3 2 (2.899%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (2.899%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.899%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.899%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.449%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.899%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (2.899%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 28 (40.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.74%) SAP
3 3 (4.348%) Oracle
4 2 (2.899%) Teradata
5 1 (1.449%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.449%) Novell
5 1 (1.449%) Citrix