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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 27 21 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 1 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 0.855% 8.130% -
As % of the Applications category 3.333% 58.82% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
Average salary £52,500 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+94.44% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
30 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 25.64% 13.82% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 29 14 10
Average salary £30,500 £28,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.01% +42.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,650 £26,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £29,850 £39,600
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Project
Lancashire

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix