The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 47 45 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -16
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 3 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.792% 1.020% 3.030%
As % of the Applications category 4.545% 6.250% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
Average salary £58,500 £45,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% +8.43%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
66 64 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 17.41% 16.33% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 62 52 47
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Project
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MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 9 (81.82%) PRINCE2
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
4 5 (45.45%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
5 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
6 3 (27.27%) Windows Azure
6 3 (27.27%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
6 3 (27.27%) .NET
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
6 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (27.27%) Retail
7 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
8 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
8 1 (9.091%) QA
8 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
8 1 (9.091%) RAD
8 1 (9.091%) DSDM

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 3 (27.27%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Azure
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
4 1 (9.091%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Web Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Web Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 9 (81.82%) PRINCE2
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
6 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
8 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
8 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
8 1 (9.091%) RAD
8 1 (9.091%) DSDM
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft