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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 164 150 116
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -34
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 30 25 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.739% 0.689% 1.470%
As % of the Applications category 4.800% 5.734% 9.847%
Number of salaries quoted 29 14 57
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,100 £26,850 £37,100
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
625 436 589
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 15.40% 12.02% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 530 393 538
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,350 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £51,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Project
North West

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester MS Project Salary Histogram

MS Project
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Project within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stockport -5 6 £31,500 -13.10%
Bolton - 2 £40,000 -
Altrincham -9 1 £22,500 -11.76%
MS Project
North West

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 50 (65.79%) PRINCE2
2 49 (64.47%) Project Management
3 43 (56.58%) Microsoft
4 31 (40.79%) MS Excel
5 21 (27.63%) Finance
6 19 (25.00%) MS Office
7 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (13.16%) SQL
8 10 (13.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (11.84%) .NET
9 9 (11.84%) ITIL
10 8 (10.53%) E-Commerce
10 8 (10.53%) PMI Certification
11 7 (9.211%) SharePoint
11 7 (9.211%) MS PowerPoint
11 7 (9.211%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (9.211%) Scrum
11 7 (9.211%) Degree
12 6 (7.895%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (7.895%) EPiServer
12 6 (7.895%) Risk Management
12 6 (7.895%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (7.895%) OO
12 6 (7.895%) Windows
12 6 (7.895%) SQL Server
12 6 (7.895%) Citrix
12 6 (7.895%) ERP
13 5 (6.579%) Fireworks
13 5 (6.579%) PRINCE
13 5 (6.579%) Six Sigma

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (11.84%) .NET
2 5 (6.579%) jQuery
2 5 (6.579%) Ext JS
3 2 (2.632%) Web Services
3 2 (2.632%) XML
4 1 (1.316%) Flash
4 1 (1.316%) JMS
4 1 (1.316%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.316%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.211%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.579%) MS Exchange
2 5 (6.579%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (6.579%) Drupal
3 3 (3.947%) MS Project Server
4 2 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.632%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.632%) Lync
4 2 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 31 (40.79%) MS Excel
2 19 (25.00%) MS Office
3 7 (9.211%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (6.579%) Fireworks
4 5 (6.579%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (6.579%) Photoshop
4 5 (6.579%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.316%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (7.895%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.316%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.947%) SAN
2 1 (1.316%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.895%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.579%) MySQL
3 4 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.316%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.316%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.316%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (6.579%) Basecamp
General
1 21 (27.63%) Finance
2 6 (7.895%) Portuguese Language
3 4 (5.263%) Law
3 4 (5.263%) Banking
4 1 (1.316%) Marketing
4 1 (1.316%) Legal
4 1 (1.316%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.316%) Electronics
4 1 (1.316%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (55.26%) Project Manager
2 15 (19.74%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 9 (11.84%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (7.895%) Developer
5 5 (6.579%) Senior Developer
5 5 (6.579%) PHP Developer
5 5 (6.579%) Senior PHP Developer
6 4 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Project Coordinator
6 4 (5.263%) Project Planner
6 4 (5.263%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.947%) Junior
7 3 (3.947%) Technical Project Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Junior Project Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.947%) Services Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.263%) PMI
2 3 (3.947%) Thin Client
2 3 (3.947%) Fat Client
2 3 (3.947%) Online Gambling
3 2 (2.632%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.316%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.316%) Replication
4 1 (1.316%) Statistics
4 1 (1.316%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.895%) Windows
2 5 (6.579%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.632%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (65.79%) PRINCE2
2 49 (64.47%) Project Management
3 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (11.84%) ITIL
5 8 (10.53%) E-Commerce
6 7 (9.211%) Requirements Analysis
6 7 (9.211%) Scrum
7 6 (7.895%) Risk Management
7 6 (7.895%) ERP
7 6 (7.895%) OO
8 5 (6.579%) PRINCE
8 5 (6.579%) Six Sigma
8 5 (6.579%) Project Planning
8 5 (6.579%) Logistics
8 5 (6.579%) Lean Six Sigma
8 5 (6.579%) Project Governance
9 4 (5.263%) Waterfall
9 4 (5.263%) Document Management
9 4 (5.263%) Business Analysis
9 4 (5.263%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) SQL
2 5 (6.579%) C#
2 5 (6.579%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.579%) PHP
3 4 (5.263%) VB.NET
4 2 (2.632%) C
5 1 (1.316%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (13.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 8 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 7 (9.211%) Degree
4 4 (5.263%) PMP
5 2 (2.632%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.316%) OCP
6 1 (1.316%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.316%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.632%) QA
2 1 (1.316%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.316%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.947%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 3 (3.947%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.632%) XenApp
2 2 (2.632%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (2.632%) SCCM
2 1 (1.316%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 43 (56.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.895%) Citrix
2 6 (7.895%) EPiServer
3 5 (6.579%) SAP
3 5 (6.579%) Oracle
4 3 (3.947%) NetApp
5 2 (2.632%) Sun
5 2 (2.632%) HP
5 2 (2.632%) Wyse
6 1 (1.316%) Google
6 1 (1.316%) Veritas
6 1 (1.316%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.316%) Adobe
Stockport, North West
You will have a good foundation knowledge of project management skills, including methodologies processes and tools, and any knowledge of Microsoft Project or Prince 2 would be useful.
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £31000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexitime
Posted: 29 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Responsibilities Include: * Ensure the governance framework for each project has been put in place * Work closely with the Project and Programme Manager to track and report on...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013