The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 87 74 78
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +4
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 6 20 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.515% 1.512% 1.308%
As % of the Applications category 3.468% 14.60% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 19
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
173 137 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 14.84% 10.36% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 120 111 147
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,800 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.55% -0.58%
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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh MS Project Salary Histogram

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
3 12 (37.50%) Project Planning
4 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (31.25%) Banking
5 10 (31.25%) MS Office
5 10 (31.25%) PRINCE2
6 9 (28.13%) Degree
7 8 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 8 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (21.88%) HP Quality Center
8 7 (21.88%) QA
9 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 6 (18.75%) Visual Studio
9 6 (18.75%) C#
9 6 (18.75%) SQL
9 6 (18.75%) .NET
9 6 (18.75%) MS Excel
9 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (15.63%) Change Management
11 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
11 4 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
11 4 (12.50%) Resource Management
12 3 (9.375%) PMI
12 3 (9.375%) PMI Certification
12 3 (9.375%) Financial Institution
13 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
13 2 (6.250%) Risk Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 6 (18.75%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) CMS
1 2 (6.250%) Umbraco
1 2 (6.250%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (3.125%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) MS Office
2 6 (18.75%) MS Excel
3 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (6.250%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.250%) LoadRunner
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Banking
3 3 (9.375%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.250%) Retail
4 2 (6.250%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.125%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 10 (31.25%) Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Test Leader
4 4 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Software Development Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Test Team Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Development Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.375%) PMI
3 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 12 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (31.25%) PRINCE2
5 8 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 8 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Change Management
7 4 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Resource Management
8 2 (6.250%) Risk Management
8 2 (6.250%) Problem Management
8 2 (6.250%) Performance Testing
8 2 (6.250%) PRINCE
8 2 (6.250%) Six Sigma
8 2 (6.250%) ETL
8 2 (6.250%) Change Control
8 2 (6.250%) Waterfall
9 1 (3.125%) Project Governance
9 1 (3.125%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) C#
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 3 (9.375%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) QA
2 1 (3.125%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (21.88%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.250%) HP
2 2 (6.250%) Sitecore
3 1 (3.125%) TSYS
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Salesforce.com