The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE 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 Berkshire 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
Rank 92 109 103
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 31 30 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.281% 0.984% 0.740%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.946% 1.573% 1.175%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 10
Average daily rate £350 £343 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.18% -14.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £275 £309
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £470 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £392 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.60% -2.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £41.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-25.30% +22.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
PRINCE
South East

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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
Reading +2 7 £400 +11.88%
Windsor +5 3 £400 -
Slough - 3 £250 -
Newbury - 2 £400 -
PRINCE
South East

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 35 (63.64%) Project Management
2 34 (61.82%) PRINCE2
3 22 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 15 (27.27%) ITIL
5 12 (21.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 12 (21.82%) PMI Certification
5 12 (21.82%) Finance
6 11 (20.00%) PMP
7 10 (18.18%) Degree
8 9 (16.36%) MS Excel
8 9 (16.36%) WAN
9 8 (14.55%) MS Project
9 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (14.55%) Service Management
10 7 (12.73%) SQL
10 7 (12.73%) Windows
10 7 (12.73%) LAN
10 7 (12.73%) ERP
11 6 (10.91%) SAP
11 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
11 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
11 6 (10.91%) Citrix
11 6 (10.91%) Logistics
12 5 (9.091%) VMware
12 5 (9.091%) Risk Management
12 5 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
12 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (7.273%) COBIT
13 4 (7.273%) Project Planning

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (7.273%) SAP XI
2 2 (3.636%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.636%) .NET
2 2 (3.636%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.273%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.636%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (3.636%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.818%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) MS Excel
2 8 (14.55%) MS Project
3 4 (7.273%) MS Office
4 2 (3.636%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.636%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.636%) Agresso
2 1 (1.818%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.818%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) WAN
2 7 (12.73%) LAN
3 4 (7.273%) SAN
3 4 (7.273%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (5.455%) NAS
4 3 (5.455%) LDAP
5 2 (3.636%) ADSL
5 2 (3.636%) Ethernet
5 2 (3.636%) VPN
5 2 (3.636%) 3G
5 2 (3.636%) 2G
6 1 (1.818%) BSS
6 1 (1.818%) Internet
6 1 (1.818%) xDSL
6 1 (1.818%) MPLS
6 1 (1.818%) BGP
6 1 (1.818%) DSL
6 1 (1.818%) DNS
6 1 (1.818%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.818%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.273%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.636%) DataStage
3 2 (3.636%) DB2
3 2 (3.636%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.636%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (3.636%) ERwin
General
1 22 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 12 (21.82%) Finance
3 3 (5.455%) Retail
4 1 (1.818%) Automotive
4 1 (1.818%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (61.82%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.91%) Analyst
3 5 (9.091%) Technical Project Manager
3 5 (9.091%) Technical Manager
4 4 (7.273%) Developer
5 3 (5.455%) Senior Manager
5 3 (5.455%) Service Manager
5 3 (5.455%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (5.455%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (5.455%) Data Manager
5 3 (5.455%) Service Implementation Manager
6 2 (3.636%) Transformation Project Manager
6 2 (3.636%) Configuration Analyst
6 2 (3.636%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (3.636%) Team Leader
6 2 (3.636%) Project Analyst
6 2 (3.636%) SAP Manager
6 2 (3.636%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (3.636%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 2 (3.636%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.273%) PMI
2 2 (3.636%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.636%) iSeries
2 2 (3.636%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.818%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.73%) Windows
2 3 (5.455%) Linux
3 2 (3.636%) UNIX
4 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (63.64%) Project Management
2 34 (61.82%) PRINCE2
3 15 (27.27%) ITIL
4 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (14.55%) Service Management
5 7 (12.73%) ERP
6 6 (10.91%) Logistics
7 5 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (9.091%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.273%) CMMI
8 4 (7.273%) Migration
8 4 (7.273%) IT Governance
8 4 (7.273%) Project Planning
8 4 (7.273%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (7.273%) Change Control
8 4 (7.273%) Demand Management
9 3 (5.455%) Budget Control
9 3 (5.455%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (5.455%) Six Sigma
9 3 (5.455%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) SQL
2 2 (3.636%) VB
2 2 (3.636%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.636%) RPG IV
2 2 (3.636%) RPG
3 1 (1.818%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 12 (21.82%) PMI Certification
2 11 (20.00%) PMP
3 10 (18.18%) Degree
4 4 (7.273%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.455%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.818%) CCNP
6 1 (1.818%) CCNA
6 1 (1.818%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.818%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) COBIT
2 3 (5.455%) SLA
3 1 (1.818%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.455%) XenApp
4 1 (1.818%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) SCCM
1 2 (3.636%) HP UCMDB
2 1 (1.818%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.91%) SAP
1 6 (10.91%) Citrix
2 5 (9.091%) VMware
3 4 (7.273%) EMC
4 3 (5.455%) Cisco
4 3 (5.455%) Ericsson
5 2 (3.636%) Serena
5 2 (3.636%) LANDesk
5 2 (3.636%) IBM
5 2 (3.636%) Oracle
5 2 (3.636%) Sun
5 2 (3.636%) HP
6 1 (1.818%) Dell