The first table below looks at the demand for MS Project skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Project over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Project
Rank 253 249 241
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs citing MS Project 1154 1248 1239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 1.059% 1.036% 0.965%
As % of the Applications category 6.977% 7.605% 7.057%
Number of salaries quoted 916 1040 1057
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £66,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16539 16411 17557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.18% 13.62% 13.68%
Number of salaries quoted 13612 14206 15027
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,800 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.55% -0.58%

MS Project
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MS Project Salary Trend

MS Project
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

MS Project Salary Histogram

MS Project
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +6 1105 £45,000 - 141
London +12 469 £50,000 - 35
South East -3 306 £42,500 - 41
East of England -5 95 £40,000 -11.11% 15
City of London -28 84 £46,500 -15.45% 10
Surrey -4 75 £39,500 -16.84% 7
Berkshire +25 61 £47,500 +35.71% 17
South West +16 56 £41,250 -8.33% 21
Yorkshire +15 55 £40,000 +18.51% 3
North West -18 55 £37,500 +15.38% 16
Hampshire -11 49 £45,000 +20.00% 8
West Midlands -12 44 £42,500 +30.76% 11
West Yorkshire +13 43 £40,000 +6.66% 2
Hertfordshire +24 37 £43,500 +31.58% 7
Oxfordshire +14 34 £42,500 +8.97% 2
Middlesex +18 28 £47,500 -15.17%
Cambridgeshire +13 28 £40,000 -21.95% 5
Manchester -15 28 £40,000 +16.78% 10
Bristol +6 27 £35,000 -26.31% 2
Leeds -2 27 £43,000 +22.85% 2
Slough +28 20 £47,000 +34.28% 2
Reading -21 19 £36,000 +7.46% 3
West Sussex -38 19 £42,500 +13.33%
Cheshire +4 18 £38,750 +15.67% 3
Scotland -6 18 £46,250 +8.82% 7
Buckinghamshire 0 17 £42,500 -10.52% 1
Abingdon - 17 £20,000 -
Birmingham -21 16 £43,000 +32.30% 6
Essex +12 15 £27,500 -38.88% 2
Winchester -2 15 £47,500 +46.15% 4

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 1348 (58.28%) Project Management
2 1157 (50.02%) MS Excel
3 1084 (46.87%) Microsoft
4 991 (42.84%) PRINCE2
5 834 (36.06%) MS Office
6 830 (35.88%) Finance
7 501 (21.66%) MS Visio
8 451 (19.50%) Degree
9 388 (16.77%) MS PowerPoint
10 370 (16.00%) Project Planning
11 314 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 280 (12.11%) Change Management
13 276 (11.93%) SharePoint
14 252 (10.89%) PMI Certification
15 242 (10.46%) QA
16 235 (10.16%) SQL
17 227 (9.814%) SQL Server
18 215 (9.295%) .NET
19 213 (9.209%) ITIL
20 212 (9.166%) Business Analysis
21 201 (8.690%) Oracle
22 192 (8.301%) Windows
22 192 (8.301%) Risk Management
23 181 (7.825%) Agile Software Development
24 173 (7.479%) CRM
25 169 (7.307%) PRINCE2 Certification
25 169 (7.307%) Waterfall
26 165 (7.134%) PMI
27 164 (7.090%) Java
28 157 (6.788%) Programme Management

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 215 (9.295%) .NET
2 110 (4.756%) XML
3 96 (4.150%) Web Services
4 81 (3.502%) ASP.NET
5 76 (3.286%) HTML
6 67 (2.897%) CSS
7 23 (0.994%) HTML5
7 23 (0.994%) ASP
7 23 (0.994%) Ajax
8 16 (0.692%) jQuery
9 15 (0.649%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 15 (0.649%) WebSphere
10 10 (0.432%) JSON
10 10 (0.432%) J2EE
11 9 (0.389%) Silverlight
12 8 (0.346%) COM
13 7 (0.303%) Cocoa
13 7 (0.303%) Software Packaging
13 7 (0.303%) Spring
14 6 (0.259%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 276 (11.93%) SharePoint
2 122 (5.275%) MS Project Server
3 49 (2.118%) SharePoint 2010
4 34 (1.470%) Oracle Workflow
5 32 (1.383%) CMS
6 27 (1.167%) MS Exchange
7 25 (1.081%) IIS
8 21 (0.908%) IBM Notes
9 19 (0.821%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 15 (0.649%) Exchange Server 2007
11 14 (0.605%) WebLogic
12 12 (0.519%) BizTalk Server
12 12 (0.519%) Exchange Server 2010
13 9 (0.389%) Apache
14 8 (0.346%) Lync
15 7 (0.303%) Magento
16 6 (0.259%) SharePoint Server
16 6 (0.259%) Tomcat
17 5 (0.216%) WebSphere Application Server
18 4 (0.173%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1157 (50.02%) MS Excel
2 834 (36.06%) MS Office
3 501 (21.66%) MS Visio
4 388 (16.77%) MS PowerPoint
5 17 (0.735%) Open Workbench
6 9 (0.389%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.259%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.216%) Niku Workbench
9 4 (0.173%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.173%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.086%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.086%) Office 365
11 1 (0.043%) Google Apps
11 1 (0.043%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 52 (2.248%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.254%) Dynamics AX
3 15 (0.649%) Oracle ERP
3 15 (0.649%) SAP R/3
4 13 (0.562%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.519%) SAP GRC
6 11 (0.476%) Dynamics NAV
7 9 (0.389%) SAP FI/CO
7 9 (0.389%) SAP CO
7 9 (0.389%) SAP SD
7 9 (0.389%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.346%) Google Analytics
9 7 (0.303%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.216%) CA Clarity
10 5 (0.216%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.173%) Agresso
11 4 (0.173%) Lawson
12 3 (0.130%) Endur
12 3 (0.130%) Oracle EBS R12
12 3 (0.130%) SAP PSCD
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.199%) Internet
2 44 (1.902%) SAN
3 38 (1.643%) LAN
4 36 (1.556%) IP Telephony
5 33 (1.427%) Firewall
6 30 (1.297%) WAN
7 24 (1.038%) Intranet
7 24 (1.038%) DNS
8 23 (0.994%) NAS
9 19 (0.821%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.778%) DHCP
10 18 (0.778%) Wireless
11 17 (0.735%) ADSL
11 17 (0.735%) TELNET
11 17 (0.735%) Network Security
12 16 (0.692%) iSCSI
13 13 (0.562%) VPN
14 8 (0.346%) TCP/IP
14 8 (0.346%) Extranet
15 7 (0.303%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (9.814%) SQL Server
2 47 (2.032%) SQLBase
3 40 (1.729%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (1.513%) MySQL
5 22 (0.951%) MS Access
6 19 (0.821%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (0.778%) SQL Server 2008
8 17 (0.735%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.735%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.692%) SAP BW
10 8 (0.346%) SQLite
10 8 (0.346%) Oracle 8/8i
10 8 (0.346%) Oracle 9i
10 8 (0.346%) DB2
10 8 (0.346%) Crystal Reports
11 7 (0.303%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.303%) Oracle BI EE
12 6 (0.259%) Oracle 11g
12 6 (0.259%) Oracle 10g
12 6 (0.259%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (3.329%) JIRA
2 65 (2.810%) Visual Studio
3 50 (2.162%) Subversion
4 37 (1.600%) RequisitePro
5 23 (0.994%) Dreamweaver
6 21 (0.908%) Team Foundation Server
7 18 (0.778%) Rational DOORS
8 14 (0.605%) FrontPage
8 14 (0.605%) CaliberRM
9 12 (0.519%) Git (software)
10 10 (0.432%) Basecamp
11 8 (0.346%) MSI
11 8 (0.346%) Xcode
12 7 (0.303%) QuickTest Pro
13 6 (0.259%) Selenium
13 6 (0.259%) Bugzilla
13 6 (0.259%) Hudson
14 5 (0.216%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.216%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.216%) ClearCase
General
1 830 (35.88%) Finance
2 157 (6.788%) Retail
3 131 (5.664%) Banking
4 120 (5.188%) Marketing
5 101 (4.367%) Telecoms
6 79 (3.415%) Advertising
7 45 (1.946%) Publishing
8 43 (1.859%) Games
9 38 (1.643%) Legal
10 36 (1.556%) Investment Banking
10 36 (1.556%) Back Office
11 31 (1.340%) Military
12 30 (1.297%) Manufacturing
13 29 (1.254%) Law
13 29 (1.254%) Electronics
14 24 (1.038%) French Language
15 21 (0.908%) Spanish Language
16 19 (0.821%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (0.821%) Front Office
16 19 (0.821%) Billing
Job Titles
1 944 (40.81%) Project Manager
2 477 (20.62%) Analyst
3 217 (9.382%) Business Analyst
4 130 (5.620%) Developer
5 124 (5.361%) Senior Manager
6 113 (4.885%) IT Project Manager
7 111 (4.799%) Coordinator
8 110 (4.756%) Senior Project Manager
9 86 (3.718%) PMO Analyst
9 86 (3.718%) Project Coordinator
10 82 (3.545%) Consultant
11 74 (3.199%) Programme Manager
12 61 (2.637%) Project Analyst
13 58 (2.508%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
14 57 (2.464%) Software Manager
15 54 (2.335%) Software Project Manager
16 51 (2.205%) Support Analyst
16 51 (2.205%) Junior
17 50 (2.162%) Infrastructure Manager
18 49 (2.118%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 165 (7.134%) PMI
2 153 (6.615%) Management Information System
3 65 (2.810%) Computer Science
4 51 (2.205%) Mathematics
5 43 (1.859%) Client/Server
6 34 (1.470%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.254%) Statistics
8 27 (1.167%) Visualisation
9 24 (1.038%) SaaS
9 24 (1.038%) Online Games
9 24 (1.038%) Mobile App
10 20 (0.865%) Video Conferencing
11 19 (0.821%) Blackberry
12 16 (0.692%) Handset
13 13 (0.562%) Physics
14 12 (0.519%) Wiki
14 12 (0.519%) IVR
15 11 (0.476%) Equities
16 10 (0.432%) iPhone
16 10 (0.432%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 192 (8.301%) Windows
2 63 (2.724%) Windows 7
3 55 (2.378%) Windows Server 2008
4 45 (1.946%) Windows Server 2003
5 31 (1.340%) Windows XP
6 28 (1.211%) UNIX
7 25 (1.081%) Linux
8 20 (0.865%) Apple iOS
9 16 (0.692%) Windows 2000
10 12 (0.519%) Windows 8
11 9 (0.389%) Windows 2000 Server
11 9 (0.389%) Android
12 5 (0.216%) Windows Vista
13 3 (0.130%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.086%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.086%) Tizen
14 2 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.043%) Debian
15 1 (0.043%) pSOS
15 1 (0.043%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1348 (58.28%) Project Management
2 991 (42.84%) PRINCE2
3 370 (16.00%) Project Planning
4 314 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 280 (12.11%) Change Management
6 213 (9.209%) ITIL
7 212 (9.166%) Business Analysis
8 192 (8.301%) Risk Management
9 181 (7.825%) Agile Software Development
10 173 (7.479%) CRM
11 169 (7.307%) Waterfall
12 157 (6.788%) Programme Management
12 157 (6.788%) Resource Management
13 152 (6.572%) Change Control
14 117 (5.058%) User Acceptance Testing
15 109 (4.712%) ERP
15 109 (4.712%) PRINCE
16 108 (4.669%) Scrum
17 106 (4.583%) E-Commerce
18 101 (4.367%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 235 (10.16%) SQL
2 164 (7.090%) Java
3 121 (5.231%) JavaScript
4 115 (4.972%) C#
5 84 (3.632%) VB
6 56 (2.421%) C
7 50 (2.162%) C++
8 47 (2.032%) PHP
9 46 (1.989%) VBA
10 37 (1.600%) VB6
11 35 (1.513%) VB.NET
12 15 (0.649%) PHP5
13 13 (0.562%) Objective-C
13 13 (0.562%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.562%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.432%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.216%) ABAP
16 4 (0.173%) VBScript
16 4 (0.173%) Perl
16 4 (0.173%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 451 (19.50%) Degree
2 252 (10.89%) PMI Certification
3 169 (7.307%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 154 (6.658%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 148 (6.399%) PMP
6 134 (5.793%) Security Cleared
7 132 (5.707%) ISEB
8 107 (4.626%) SC Cleared
9 51 (2.205%) Microsoft Certification
10 37 (1.600%) ISTQB
11 34 (1.470%) ITIL Certification
12 31 (1.340%) APMP
13 20 (0.865%) DV Cleared
14 19 (0.821%) ISEB Practitioner
15 17 (0.735%) MCSE
15 17 (0.735%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.519%) CIMA
17 11 (0.476%) MBA
18 10 (0.432%) CCNA
19 8 (0.346%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (10.46%) QA
2 78 (3.372%) SLA
3 23 (0.994%) ISO 9001
4 16 (0.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (0.605%) GMP
6 13 (0.562%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.173%) COBIT
7 4 (0.173%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.173%) GxP
8 1 (0.043%) FATCA
8 1 (0.043%) TickIT
8 1 (0.043%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.043%) Dublin Core
8 1 (0.043%) MiFID
System Software
1 67 (2.897%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.124%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.346%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (0.216%) vSphere
5 4 (0.173%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.173%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.173%) ISA Server
5 4 (0.173%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.130%) XenApp
6 3 (0.130%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (0.086%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.086%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.043%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 115 (4.972%) HP Quality Center
2 18 (0.778%) SCCM
3 11 (0.476%) Cisco CUCM
3 11 (0.476%) Cisco UCCE
4 10 (0.432%) WSUS
5 9 (0.389%) MIMEsweeper
6 6 (0.259%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.173%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.173%) MOM
7 4 (0.173%) Netcool
8 1 (0.043%) Puppet
8 1 (0.043%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.043%) DameWare
8 1 (0.043%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.043%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1084 (46.87%) Microsoft
2 201 (8.690%) Oracle
3 125 (5.404%) SAP
4 73 (3.156%) HP
5 57 (2.464%) Cisco
6 42 (1.816%) VMware
6 42 (1.816%) Primavera
7 40 (1.729%) Citrix
8 29 (1.254%) IBM
8 29 (1.254%) Salesforce.com
9 22 (0.951%) Niku
10 21 (0.908%) Lotus
11 19 (0.821%) Progress
11 19 (0.821%) Fujitsu
12 18 (0.778%) Genesys
12 18 (0.778%) Nortel
12 18 (0.778%) Verint
13 16 (0.692%) CheckPoint
13 16 (0.692%) Adobe
13 16 (0.692%) Business Objects
Winchester, Hampshire
You will ideally have a degree alongside a recognised project management qualification... Microsoft Office skills and experience using MS Project (or similar project management software) is also essential...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Requirements: Strong Project Management skill set. Experience owning and delivering the full project management lifecycle. Strong stakeholder management... MS Project., MS PowerPoint, weekly project updates & managing risks and...
iKas International
Salary: £75000 - £100000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Outstanding Blue Chip Company has a requirement for an experienced Planning Specialist to join their PMO. The PMO is the centre of excellence for a major transformation programme...
IT Retail People Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Outstanding Package & Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
UK
This is an exciting opportunity to join Vodafone UK in a Change Lead role within the Configuration, Change and Online (CC&O) department. You will analyse, plan, manage...
Vodafone
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key skills: Project Manager, APMP, Prince2, Change, Financial Services Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon, Trowbridge, Newport, Cardiff, Weston-Super-Mare, Taunton A market leading organisation in...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Strong Benefits Package + Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Kent
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
Volt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Total Package value of £55K
Posted: 17 June 2013
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
RDF Resources
Salary: £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cheshire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £39000.00 - £47000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Experis IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Surrey
Fusion Experience
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Robert Walters
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
North West London
Code Red Associates
Salary: £33000 - £48000 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stirling, Scotland
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stirlingshire
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Posted: 18 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 6 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £37000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £39000.00 - £47000.00 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
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