The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 27 20 39
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +19
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 4 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.105% 4.412% 1.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 21.43% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 1
Average daily rate £413 £325 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% +116.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £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 £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 56 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.63% 20.59% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 33 18
Average daily rate £400 £335 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% +42.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.70% +63.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
East of England

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Luton -4 4 £413 +122.97%
PRINCE2 Certification
East of England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification.

1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (25.00%) MS Project
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Document Management
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 1 (12.50%) SCOM
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) MS Office
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Mainframe

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (25.00%) MS Project
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft