The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 17 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 45 45 36
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 3 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.865% 0.723% 1.158%
As % of the Applications category 4.839% 5.556% 5.085%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
Average salary £42,500 - £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
62 54 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 17.87% 13.01% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 43 40 51
Average salary £35,000 £25,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Project
Scotland

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen MS Project Jobs Demand Trend

MS Project
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MS Project across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen MS Project Salary Histogram

MS Project
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Project.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (66.67%) MS Visio
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (50.00%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) System Testing
3 3 (50.00%) QMS
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Advertising
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Degree

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Project. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (66.67%) MS Visio
1 4 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Specialist
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Support Specialist
1 3 (50.00%) Support Specialist
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) System Testing
1 3 (50.00%) QMS
1 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft