The first part of the 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 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Project
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank261224181
Rank change year-on-year
Down-37Down-43
Matching permanent IT job ads115212671165
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.955 %1.033 %1.220 %
As % of the Applications category6.289 %6.752 %8.304 %
Number of salaries quoted9361050959
Average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.88 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£29,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£42,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88 %+6.25 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
183171876614030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.19 %15.30 %14.69 %
Number of salaries quoted157571577511552
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %

MS Project
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

MS Project
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Project over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-341082£45,000-5.26 %
LondonDown-53456£50,000-9.09 %
South EastDown-37267£40,750-4.11 %
City of LondonDown-17100£52,500-17.64 %
East of EnglandUp+1086£45,000+12.50 %
North WestDown-2585£33,500-29.47 %
SurreyDown-4471£47,500+18.75 %
BerkshireDown-1860£35,000-33.33 %
HampshireDown-358£37,565+12.13 %
West MidlandsUp+351£32,500-15.58 %
YorkshireUp+1249£30,000-33.33 %
South WestDown-2349£45,000+23.28 %
West SussexUp+2541£45,000-6.73 %
ReadingUp+137£33,500+3.07 %
South WalesUp+1334£39,000+30.00 %
WalesUp+934£39,000+34.48 %
CheshireDown-1634£35,000-17.64 %
EssexUp+432£46,250+2.77 %
ScotlandDown-627£40,000-5.88 %
ManchesterDown-3627£36,250-23.68 %
BristolUp+825£50,000+31.57 %
West YorkshireDown-223£40,000-5.88 %
East MidlandsUp+722£45,000+32.35 %
CrawleyUp+322£47,500-5.00 %
BirminghamUp+221£32,500-25.71 %
WarringtonDown-821£33,500-25.55 %
North YorkshireUp+1819£28,250-37.22 %
HertfordshireUp+1219£36,000-26.53 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1218£47,500+18.75 %
LeedsDown-118£36,250-20.32 %

MS Project
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

11214 (54.51 %)Project Management
21073 (48.18 %)MS Excel
3966 (43.38 %)Microsoft
4873 (39.20 %)PRINCE2
5780 (35.02 %)Finance
6618 (27.75 %)MS Office
7450 (20.21 %)MS Visio
8369 (16.57 %)Degree
9335 (15.04 %)MS PowerPoint
10276 (12.39 %)SharePoint
11254 (11.41 %)SQL Server
12244 (10.96 %)Change Management
13241 (10.82 %)Project Planning
14219 (9.834 %)Banking
15216 (9.699 %)SQL
16204 (9.160 %)Risk Management
17198 (8.891 %).NET
18180 (8.083 %)QA
19178 (7.993 %)PRINCE2 Certification
20177 (7.948 %)Stakeholder Management
21174 (7.813 %)Programme Management
22171 (7.678 %)PMI Certification
23160 (7.185 %)Agile Software Development
24149 (6.691 %)ITIL
25141 (6.331 %)Oracle
26134 (6.017 %)Windows
26134 (6.017 %)Business Analysis
27133 (5.972 %)Java
28132 (5.927 %)PRINCE
29131 (5.882 %)Change Control

MS Project
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1198 (8.891 %).NET
2128 (5.748 %)XML
3106 (4.760 %)ASP.NET
498 (4.401 %)HTML
564 (2.874 %)Web Services
663 (2.829 %)CSS
733 (1.482 %)J2EE
831 (1.392 %)ASP
920 (0.898 %)JSP
1019 (0.853 %)WebSphere
1118 (0.808 %).NET Framework
1118 (0.808 %)Spring
1217 (0.763 %)Middleware
1217 (0.763 %)ODBC
1314 (0.629 %)Flash
1413 (0.584 %)jQuery
1512 (0.539 %)Servlets
1611 (0.494 %)DHTML
1611 (0.494 %)Struts
1710 (0.449 %)Ajax
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1276 (12.39 %)SharePoint
297 (4.356 %)Office Project Server
352 (2.335 %)BizTalk Server
426 (1.167 %)MS Exchange
524 (1.078 %)CMS
620 (0.898 %)WebLogic
717 (0.763 %)Commerce Server
816 (0.718 %)IIS
816 (0.718 %)Magento
915 (0.674 %)Apache
1014 (0.629 %)Umbraco
1113 (0.584 %)Lotus Notes
1212 (0.539 %)Exchange Server 2007
1310 (0.449 %)WebSphere Application Server
1310 (0.449 %)Exchange Server 2010
149 (0.404 %)Exchange Server 2003
149 (0.404 %)SharePoint Server
158 (0.359 %)Office Communications Server
158 (0.359 %)Confluence
167 (0.314 %)Live Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11073 (48.18 %)MS Excel
2618 (27.75 %)MS Office
3450 (20.21 %)MS Visio
4335 (15.04 %)MS PowerPoint
537 (1.661 %)Spreadsheet
625 (1.123 %)Photoshop
710 (0.449 %)Acrobat
88 (0.359 %)DOC1
88 (0.359 %)InfoPath
96 (0.269 %)AutoCAD
104 (0.180 %)Pro/ENGINEER
112 (0.090 %)Open Workbench
121 (0.045 %)Mingle
121 (0.045 %)Office 365
121 (0.045 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (1.617 %)Dynamics CRM
216 (0.718 %)Oracle CRM
312 (0.539 %)Oracle EBS R12
411 (0.494 %)Oracle Financials
411 (0.494 %)Dynamics AX
411 (0.494 %)Summit
58 (0.359 %)Oracle EBS
58 (0.359 %)Oracle Manufacturing
58 (0.359 %)Dynamics NAV
66 (0.269 %)SAP FI
66 (0.269 %)SAP HR
66 (0.269 %)SAP CO
66 (0.269 %)SAP FI/CO
66 (0.269 %)Misys Opics
75 (0.225 %)Dynamics GP
84 (0.180 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
84 (0.180 %)JDE OneWorld
84 (0.180 %)Oracle ERP
93 (0.135 %)Oracle Applications
93 (0.135 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
167 (3.009 %)Internet
239 (1.751 %)Intranet
324 (1.078 %)WAN
420 (0.898 %)LAN
420 (0.898 %)SAN
517 (0.763 %)Extranet
614 (0.629 %)Wireless
713 (0.584 %)HTTP
811 (0.494 %)Network Security
910 (0.449 %)TCP/IP
910 (0.449 %)Broadband
109 (0.404 %)VPN
118 (0.359 %)SSL
118 (0.359 %)Firewall
127 (0.314 %)802.11
127 (0.314 %)GSM
127 (0.314 %)PBX
127 (0.314 %)UMTS
135 (0.225 %)ATM
135 (0.225 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1254 (11.41 %)SQL Server
239 (1.751 %)SQL Server 2000
338 (1.706 %)SQL Server 7
435 (1.572 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
531 (1.392 %)MS Access
630 (1.347 %)Oracle 10g
727 (1.212 %)Data Warehouse
826 (1.167 %)Oracle Reports
925 (1.123 %)Crystal Reports
1024 (1.078 %)Data Mining
1122 (0.988 %)ETL
1221 (0.943 %)TOAD
1221 (0.943 %)MySQL
1221 (0.943 %)SQL Server 2008
1318 (0.808 %)Oracle 9i
1417 (0.763 %)Oracle BI EE
1516 (0.718 %)Oracle OWB
1611 (0.494 %)DataStage
1710 (0.449 %)SQL Server 2005
1710 (0.449 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (1.751 %)Visual Studio
139 (1.751 %)Rational Rose
238 (1.706 %)XDE
329 (1.302 %)Dreamweaver
425 (1.123 %)RequisitePro
425 (1.123 %)JIRA
523 (1.033 %)FrontPage
523 (1.033 %)CaliberRM
616 (0.718 %)Subversion
710 (0.449 %)TestDirector
710 (0.449 %)Ant
89 (0.404 %)Hudson
98 (0.359 %)Rational DOORS
107 (0.314 %)NUnit
107 (0.314 %)Redmine
116 (0.269 %)Team Foundation Server
116 (0.269 %)Eclipse
125 (0.225 %)Synon
125 (0.225 %)JUnit
125 (0.225 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1780 (35.02 %)Finance
2219 (9.834 %)Banking
3104 (4.670 %)Retail
493 (4.176 %)Telecoms
585 (3.817 %)Investment Banking
678 (3.502 %)Marketing
777 (3.458 %)Manufacturing
838 (1.706 %)Legal
937 (1.661 %)Advertising
1033 (1.482 %)Publishing
1033 (1.482 %)Law
1130 (1.347 %)Games
1228 (1.257 %)Automotive
1228 (1.257 %)Front Office
1324 (1.078 %)Electronics
1423 (1.033 %)Back Office
1514 (0.629 %)Aerospace
1613 (0.584 %)Pharmaceutical
1613 (0.584 %)Financial Institution
1613 (0.584 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1868 (38.98 %)Project Manager
2502 (22.54 %)Analyst
3200 (8.981 %)Business Analyst
4128 (5.748 %)PMO Analyst
5101 (4.535 %)Technical Manager
698 (4.401 %)Developer
796 (4.311 %)Consultant
796 (4.311 %)Programme Manager
893 (4.176 %)Technical Project Manager
990 (4.041 %)Coordinator
1088 (3.952 %)Senior Manager
1184 (3.772 %)Senior Project Manager
1280 (3.592 %)Project Analyst
1371 (3.188 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
1465 (2.919 %)IT Project Manager
1561 (2.739 %)Support Analyst
1657 (2.559 %)Project Coordinator
1745 (2.021 %)Junior
1745 (2.021 %)Project Planner
1843 (1.931 %)Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
171 (3.188 %)PMI
266 (2.964 %)Management Information System
356 (2.515 %)Computer Science
433 (1.482 %)Social Media
528 (1.257 %)Client/Server
627 (1.212 %)N-Tier
726 (1.167 %)Digital Media
824 (1.078 %)SWIFT
923 (1.033 %)Visualisation
1021 (0.943 %)Derivative
1118 (0.808 %)NHS
1217 (0.763 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1316 (0.718 %)Market Risk
1415 (0.674 %)Data Conversion
1513 (0.584 %)Wiki
1513 (0.584 %)Mathematics
1513 (0.584 %)Fixed Income
1612 (0.539 %)PKI
1612 (0.539 %)EPoS
1711 (0.494 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1134 (6.017 %)Windows
258 (2.604 %)UNIX
342 (1.886 %)Linux
434 (1.527 %)Windows Server 2008
531 (1.392 %)Windows 7
624 (1.078 %)Windows Server 2003
715 (0.674 %)Solaris
811 (0.494 %)AIX
910 (0.449 %)Windows XP
107 (0.314 %)Android
116 (0.269 %)Windows 2000
124 (0.180 %)Windows Mobile
133 (0.135 %)Apple iOS
142 (0.090 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
142 (0.090 %)HPUX
151 (0.045 %)Windows NT
151 (0.045 %)Windows CE
151 (0.045 %)Windows Vista
151 (0.045 %)BlackBerry OS
151 (0.045 %)webOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11214 (54.51 %)Project Management
2873 (39.20 %)PRINCE2
3244 (10.96 %)Change Management
4241 (10.82 %)Project Planning
5204 (9.160 %)Risk Management
6177 (7.948 %)Stakeholder Management
7174 (7.813 %)Programme Management
8160 (7.185 %)Agile Software Development
9149 (6.691 %)ITIL
10134 (6.017 %)Business Analysis
11132 (5.927 %)PRINCE
12131 (5.882 %)Change Control
13113 (5.074 %)Scrum
14110 (4.939 %)E-Commerce
15104 (4.670 %)Resource Management
16103 (4.625 %)UML
17101 (4.535 %)Waterfall
18100 (4.490 %)Time Management
1999 (4.445 %)User Acceptance Testing
2087 (3.907 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1216 (9.699 %)SQL
2133 (5.972 %)Java
3129 (5.793 %)C#
496 (4.311 %)JavaScript
550 (2.245 %)VB
642 (1.886 %)C++
737 (1.661 %)C
833 (1.482 %)VBA
928 (1.257 %)PHP
1025 (1.123 %)VB.NET
1123 (1.033 %)T-SQL
1214 (0.629 %)PL/SQL
1310 (0.449 %)Python
149 (0.404 %)Perl
158 (0.359 %)Shell Script
167 (0.314 %)Objective-C
176 (0.269 %)VB6
185 (0.225 %)Bash shell
185 (0.225 %)Delphi
191 (0.045 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1369 (16.57 %)Degree
2178 (7.993 %)PRINCE2 Certification
3171 (7.678 %)PMI Certification
4125 (5.613 %)PMP
5104 (4.670 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
682 (3.682 %)Security Cleared
765 (2.919 %)ISEB
842 (1.886 %)SC Cleared
934 (1.527 %)ITIL Certification
1026 (1.167 %)Microsoft Certification
1120 (0.898 %)APMP
1218 (0.808 %)HND
1317 (0.763 %)ISEB Practitioner
1317 (0.763 %)ISTQB
1413 (0.584 %)CISSP
1413 (0.584 %)Cisco Certification
1511 (0.494 %)MCSE
1610 (0.449 %)MCP
179 (0.404 %)MCITP
179 (0.404 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1180 (8.083 %)QA
239 (1.751 %)SLA
319 (0.853 %)ISO 9001
416 (0.718 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
511 (0.494 %)WAI
610 (0.449 %)COBIT
78 (0.359 %)ISO/IEC 27001
85 (0.225 %)PCI DSS
85 (0.225 %)COSO
94 (0.180 %)Solvency II
94 (0.180 %)Data Quality
102 (0.090 %)IAS 39
111 (0.045 %)ISO 9000
111 (0.045 %)Basel II
111 (0.045 %)TickIT
111 (0.045 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
141 (1.841 %)Active Directory
218 (0.808 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.314 %)XenApp
46 (0.269 %)VMware ESX
55 (0.225 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.090 %)Novell eDirectory
71 (0.045 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.045 %)Sendmail
71 (0.045 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.045 %)ISA Server
71 (0.045 %)Samba
71 (0.045 %)XenServer
71 (0.045 %)XenDesktop
71 (0.045 %)Veritas File System
71 (0.045 %)vSphere
71 (0.045 %)Varnish
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
128 (1.257 %)HP Quality Center
29 (0.404 %)SCCM
37 (0.314 %)Cisco CUCM
37 (0.314 %)MIMEsweeper
43 (0.135 %)ServiceCenter
52 (0.090 %)OpenView
61 (0.045 %)Tivoli
61 (0.045 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.045 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.045 %)NetBackup
61 (0.045 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.045 %)WSUS
61 (0.045 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.045 %)AppDNA
61 (0.045 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1966 (43.38 %)Microsoft
2141 (6.331 %)Oracle
394 (4.221 %)SAP
447 (2.110 %)Cisco
545 (2.021 %)HP
639 (1.751 %)IBM
735 (1.572 %)Primavera
829 (1.302 %)Adobe
927 (1.212 %)VMware
1026 (1.167 %)Siebel
1123 (1.033 %)Business Objects
1123 (1.033 %)Telelogic
1123 (1.033 %)iRise
1221 (0.943 %)Progress
1320 (0.898 %)Citrix
1414 (0.629 %)MicroStrategy
1414 (0.629 %)JD Edwards
1414 (0.629 %)Lotus
1513 (0.584 %)Planview
1513 (0.584 %)Cognos