The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 30 28 41
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 1 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.508% 2.672% 0.803%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.680% 3.382% 1.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £238 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £41.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.65% +56.60%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 207 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 74.62% 79.01% 79.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 114 94
Average daily rate £361 £375 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.66% +22.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 9
Average hourly rate £35.50 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE
East of England

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire PRINCE Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the Bedfordshire region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
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Luton - - - -
PRINCE
East of England

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
4 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Military
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (25.00%) Local Government
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCE

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper