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The first part of the 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 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Scotland region.

 Microsoft Project
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8497128
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+31
Matching permanent IT job ads111349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland0.592 %0.630 %0.921 %
As % of the Applications category4.701 %5.179 %7.504 %
Salaries quoted8941
Average salary£40,000£42,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.880 %+26.86 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,250£25,600£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
234251653
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland12.59 %12.17 %12.28 %
Salaries quoted153185487
Average salary£32,500£31,500£30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.170 %+2.430 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,034£20,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000
MS Project UKMS Project
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MS Project
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

MS Project
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

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 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowDown-85£36,250-27.50 %
EdinburghNew entry-3£42,500-
AberdeenUp+122--
AberdeenshireNew entry-1£25,000-
MS Project UKMS Project
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MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

117 (58.62 %)Finance
211 (37.93 %)PRINCE2
211 (37.93 %)Microsoft
310 (34.48 %)MS Visio
310 (34.48 %)Business Analysis
48 (27.59 %)Time Management
48 (27.59 %)PRINCE2 Certification
57 (24.14 %)SQL
57 (24.14 %)MS Office
57 (24.14 %)Project Management
57 (24.14 %)Workflow
57 (24.14 %)Asset Management
65 (17.24 %)Banking
65 (17.24 %)Datawarehouse
74 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
74 (13.79 %)MS Excel
74 (13.79 %)Primavera
74 (13.79 %)PRINCE
74 (13.79 %)Data Architecture
74 (13.79 %)Investment Banking
83 (10.34 %)Stakeholder Management
83 (10.34 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (6.897 %)Web Analytics
92 (6.897 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (6.897 %)Risk Assessment
92 (6.897 %)Change Management
92 (6.897 %)PMP
92 (6.897 %)PMI Certification
101 (3.448 %)Actuate
101 (3.448 %)Lotus

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (3.448 %).NET
11 (3.448 %)Silverlight
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (3.448 %)SharePoint
11 (3.448 %)Lotus Notes
11 (3.448 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (34.48 %)MS Visio
27 (24.14 %)MS Office
34 (13.79 %)MS Excel
43 (10.34 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (3.448 %)Acrobat
51 (3.448 %)AutoCAD
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.448 %)Dynamics CRM
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (17.24 %)Datawarehouse
21 (3.448 %)Data Cleansing
21 (3.448 %)Reference Data
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (58.62 %)Finance
25 (17.24 %)Banking
34 (13.79 %)Investment Banking
41 (3.448 %)Pensions
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (48.28 %)Project Manager
211 (37.93 %)Analyst
310 (34.48 %)Business Analyst
45 (17.24 %)Software Project Manager
45 (17.24 %)Integration Manager
45 (17.24 %)Data Analyst
45 (17.24 %)Software Manager
45 (17.24 %)Integration Project Manager
54 (13.79 %)Senior Business Analyst
54 (13.79 %)Business Data Analyst
54 (13.79 %)Senior Data Analyst
54 (13.79 %)Senior Analyst
62 (6.897 %)IT Project Manager
62 (6.897 %)Business Manager
62 (6.897 %)Business Project Manager
62 (6.897 %)Project Planner
71 (3.448 %)Systems Analyst
71 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support
71 (3.448 %)Data Manager
71 (3.448 %)Systems Manager
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (3.448 %)Blackberry
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (37.93 %)PRINCE2
210 (34.48 %)Business Analysis
38 (27.59 %)Time Management
47 (24.14 %)Project Management
47 (24.14 %)Workflow
47 (24.14 %)Asset Management
54 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
54 (13.79 %)PRINCE
54 (13.79 %)Data Architecture
63 (10.34 %)Stakeholder Management
72 (6.897 %)Web Analytics
72 (6.897 %)Risk Assessment
72 (6.897 %)Change Management
81 (3.448 %)CRM
81 (3.448 %)CAD
81 (3.448 %)Migration
81 (3.448 %)Budget Control
81 (3.448 %)Project Planning
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (24.14 %)SQL
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (27.59 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (6.897 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (6.897 %)PMP
22 (6.897 %)PMI Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (37.93 %)Microsoft
24 (13.79 %)Primavera
31 (3.448 %)Actuate
31 (3.448 %)Lotus
31 (3.448 %)Adobe
31 (3.448 %)HP
31 (3.448 %)Compaq
31 (3.448 %)Toshiba
31 (3.448 %)Cisco
31 (3.448 %)GoldenSource