The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Practitioner in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Practitioner
Rank 110 95 114
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +19
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 40 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.418% 1.272% 0.504%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.730% 5.284% 2.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 29 7
Average daily rate £450 £450 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £410 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £170.00 £23.50 -
% change year-on-year
+623.40% -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
578 757 710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 24.13% 24.07% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 282 242
Average daily rate £375 £333 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 41
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.66
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -16.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £47.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Practitioner
South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire PRINCE2 Practitioner Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire PRINCE2 Practitioner Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the Berkshire 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
Slough -22 4 £450 -
Reading +11 2 £475 +5.55%
Bracknell -14 2 £175 -61.11%
PRINCE2 Practitioner
South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 36 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 29 (80.56%) Project Management
3 27 (75.00%) Finance
4 26 (72.22%) Matrix Management
5 24 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
5 24 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
5 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 24 (66.67%) MS Excel
5 24 (66.67%) MS Project
6 8 (22.22%) Siebel
7 7 (19.44%) Banking
8 6 (16.67%) Oracle
9 5 (13.89%) Java
9 5 (13.89%) ITIL
10 4 (11.11%) CRM
10 4 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (11.11%) Migration
10 4 (11.11%) Retail
10 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
10 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
10 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
11 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
12 2 (5.556%) Validation
12 2 (5.556%) PMI Certification
12 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
12 2 (5.556%) Network Security
12 2 (5.556%) Time Management
13 1 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
13 1 (2.778%) Degree
13 1 (2.778%) Data Migration

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 24 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 24 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 24 (66.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) Network Security
2 1 (2.778%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
General
1 27 (75.00%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Banking
3 4 (11.11%) Retail
4 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (94.44%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Programme Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Applications Manager
3 2 (5.556%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Network Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Security Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Transition Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Online Project Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Deployment Project Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Coordinator
4 1 (2.778%) Junior
4 1 (2.778%) Website Manager
4 1 (2.778%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.778%) Digital Media
1 1 (2.778%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
1 1 (2.778%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 29 (80.56%) Project Management
3 26 (72.22%) Matrix Management
4 24 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) ITIL
6 4 (11.11%) CRM
6 4 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (5.556%) Validation
7 2 (5.556%) Time Management
8 1 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (2.778%) Data Migration
8 1 (2.778%) Data Validation
8 1 (2.778%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.778%) Quality Management
8 1 (2.778%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.778%) Change Management
8 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.778%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
1 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.556%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) Degree
3 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.778%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.778%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) Siebel
3 6 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (2.778%) Juniper
4 1 (2.778%) Hyperion