The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 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 PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 20 9 11
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 10 34 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.405% 12.06% 10.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.803% 17.17% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 18
Average daily rate £400 £344 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £232 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.54% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
PRINCE2
East of England

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -6 7 £413 +15.78%
Bedford - 1 - -
PRINCE2
East of England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 19 (52.78%) Project Management
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (25.00%) ITIL
3 9 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 6 (16.67%) Local Government
6 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
6 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
6 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 5 (13.89%) MS Visio
6 5 (13.89%) MS Project
7 4 (11.11%) E-Commerce
7 4 (11.11%) Citrix
7 4 (11.11%) PRINCE
7 4 (11.11%) Retail
8 3 (8.333%) Degree
8 3 (8.333%) Taleo
8 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (8.333%) Change Management
8 3 (8.333%) SAP
8 3 (8.333%) Cisco
8 3 (8.333%) Windows
9 2 (5.556%) MS Office
9 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
9 2 (5.556%) LAN
9 2 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (5.556%) WAN
9 2 (5.556%) ISO 9001
9 2 (5.556%) TickIT

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Project
1 5 (13.89%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.556%) MS Office
3 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.333%) Taleo
2 1 (2.778%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) WAN
1 2 (5.556%) LAN
2 1 (2.778%) VoIP
2 1 (2.778%) HTTP
2 1 (2.778%) Firewall
2 1 (2.778%) Wireless
2 1 (2.778%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.778%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (2.778%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) GIS
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Local Government
3 4 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.778%) Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.89%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (8.333%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Technical Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Services Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Project Accountant
5 1 (2.778%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (2.778%) Deployment Project Manager
5 1 (2.778%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.556%) NHS
3 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.778%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.778%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.333%) Windows
2 2 (5.556%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.778%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.778%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Project Management
2 9 (25.00%) ITIL
3 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
6 4 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 4 (11.11%) PRINCE
7 3 (8.333%) Change Management
8 2 (5.556%) Business Continuity
8 2 (5.556%) Workflow
8 2 (5.556%) Resource Management
8 2 (5.556%) Document Management
8 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis
8 2 (5.556%) Supplier Management
8 2 (5.556%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (5.556%) ITIL V3
8 2 (5.556%) Migration
9 1 (2.778%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.778%) Information Governance
9 1 (2.778%) Business Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.778%) VBScript
1 1 (2.778%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (8.333%) Degree
2 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.778%) ECDL
4 1 (2.778%) HND
4 1 (2.778%) MCSE
4 1 (2.778%) CCNP
4 1 (2.778%) CCNA
4 1 (2.778%) ISEB
4 1 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) ISO 9001
1 2 (5.556%) TickIT
1 2 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) SCCM
1 1 (2.778%) SCOM
1 1 (2.778%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Citrix
3 3 (8.333%) SAP
3 3 (8.333%) Cisco
4 2 (5.556%) VMware
5 1 (2.778%) Juniper
5 1 (2.778%) Symantec
5 1 (2.778%) Sun