The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 133 121 116
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -5
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 24 27 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.768% 0.784% 1.164%
As % of the Applications category 5.941% 6.444% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 37
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,300 £33,600 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £45,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
404 419 402
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 12.93% 12.17% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 240 333 298
Average salary £33,000 £33,750 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.22% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
MS Project
UK

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh +1 12 £42,500 +6.25%
Glasgow -21 4 £55,000 +59.42%
Aberdeen +2 3 £42,500 -
Dundee - 3 £45,000 -
Stirling - 1 - -
MS Project
UK

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 29 (49.15%) Finance
2 28 (47.46%) Microsoft
3 22 (37.29%) Project Management
4 20 (33.90%) MS Excel
5 17 (28.81%) PRINCE2
6 14 (23.73%) MS Office
6 14 (23.73%) Banking
6 14 (23.73%) Project Planning
7 13 (22.03%) .NET
8 12 (20.34%) QA
9 11 (18.64%) Degree
10 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
11 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (13.56%) MS PowerPoint
13 7 (11.86%) Business Analysis
13 7 (11.86%) SQL
13 7 (11.86%) Change Management
13 7 (11.86%) PMI Certification
13 7 (11.86%) HP Quality Center
13 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (10.17%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
14 6 (10.17%) C#
14 6 (10.17%) MS Visio
15 5 (8.475%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (8.475%) PMI
15 5 (8.475%) Financial Institution
15 5 (8.475%) Systems Analysis
15 5 (8.475%) Asset Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (22.03%) .NET
2 3 (5.085%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.390%) WebSphere
3 2 (3.390%) COM
4 1 (1.695%) JMS
4 1 (1.695%) J2SE
4 1 (1.695%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.780%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.390%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (3.390%) MQSeries
2 2 (3.390%) CMS
2 2 (3.390%) Umbraco
2 2 (3.390%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.695%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 20 (33.90%) MS Excel
2 14 (23.73%) MS Office
3 8 (13.56%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (10.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.695%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 1 (1.695%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.390%) SAN
1 2 (3.390%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.695%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.390%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.695%) JUnit
3 1 (1.695%) JIRA
General
1 29 (49.15%) Finance
2 14 (23.73%) Banking
3 5 (8.475%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.085%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.390%) Retail
5 2 (3.390%) Electronics
6 1 (1.695%) Front Office
6 1 (1.695%) Back Office
6 1 (1.695%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.695%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.695%) Marketing
6 1 (1.695%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.695%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Project Manager
2 13 (22.03%) Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (8.475%) Architect
4 5 (8.475%) Test Leader
5 4 (6.780%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Support Specialist
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.085%) Consultant
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Specialist
6 3 (5.085%) SharePoint Consultant
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Support Specialist
6 3 (5.085%) SharePoint Architect
7 2 (3.390%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Technical Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Development Project Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Software Project Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Software Development Project Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Software Development Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (8.475%) PMI
3 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.390%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.390%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.695%) Derivative
5 1 (1.695%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.695%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.085%) Linux
2 2 (3.390%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.390%) Windows
3 1 (1.695%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.695%) UNIX
3 1 (1.695%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) Project Management
2 17 (28.81%) PRINCE2
3 14 (23.73%) Project Planning
4 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (11.86%) Business Analysis
6 7 (11.86%) Change Management
6 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.475%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (8.475%) Asset Management
8 4 (6.780%) Change Control
8 4 (6.780%) Risk Management
8 4 (6.780%) Resource Management
8 4 (6.780%) PRINCE
8 4 (6.780%) ETL
9 3 (5.085%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (5.085%) System Testing
9 3 (5.085%) Business Development
9 3 (5.085%) Quality Management
9 3 (5.085%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
2 6 (10.17%) C#
3 3 (5.085%) Java
4 1 (1.695%) Perl
4 1 (1.695%) Korn
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Degree
2 7 (11.86%) PMI Certification
3 5 (8.475%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (3.390%) APMP
4 2 (3.390%) PMP
5 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.34%) QA
2 2 (3.390%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.390%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.695%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.390%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 28 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Oracle
2 3 (5.085%) Sybase
3 2 (3.390%) Sitecore
3 2 (3.390%) Informatica
3 2 (3.390%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.390%) HP
4 1 (1.695%) Citrix
4 1 (1.695%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.695%) TSYS