The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedford region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 5 5 15
Rank change year-on-year
0 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 9.524% 4.762% 9.302%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 7.143% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £325 £350 £266
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +31.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.11 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -23.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17 14 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 80.95% 66.67% 69.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 14
Average daily rate £325 £575 £193
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.47% +198.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £130 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £575 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.39 £190.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-89.79% +1667.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE2
Bedfordshire

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford PRINCE2 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Bedford region.

Bedford PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing PRINCE2 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited PRINCE2.

1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) TickIT
3 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 2 (33.33%) Local Government
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing PRINCE2 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PRINCE2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Services Manager
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) TickIT
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) VMware
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix