The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 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 PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 30 29 19
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 126 147 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 5.137% 4.582% 7.314%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.787% 7.231% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 92 119
Average daily rate £375 £405 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £282 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.11 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -23.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 -3 31 £413 +12.24%
Slough -11 18 £413 -8.33%
Bracknell -10 12 £375 -6.25%
Newbury 0 9 £388 +10.71%
Windsor 0 4 £400 -
Maidenhead -8 1 - -
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 153 (60.47%) Project Management
2 76 (30.04%) Telecoms
3 65 (25.69%) PMI Certification
4 61 (24.11%) Finance
5 54 (21.34%) Microsoft
6 53 (20.95%) MS Project
7 50 (19.76%) PMP
8 48 (18.97%) MS Excel
9 46 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 40 (15.81%) ITIL
11 34 (13.44%) PRINCE
11 34 (13.44%) MS PowerPoint
11 34 (13.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 31 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (11.07%) Retail
13 28 (11.07%) Matrix Management
14 25 (9.881%) PMI
15 24 (9.486%) Risk Analysis
16 20 (7.905%) Project Planning
16 20 (7.905%) Degree
17 19 (7.510%) Agile Software Development
18 18 (7.115%) Change Control
19 17 (6.719%) Programme Management
19 17 (6.719%) Risk Management
19 17 (6.719%) ISEB
20 16 (6.324%) Oracle
21 15 (5.929%) Windows
21 15 (5.929%) Migration
21 15 (5.929%) Radio Access Network
22 13 (5.138%) MS Office

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 10 (3.953%) .NET
2 9 (3.557%) XML
3 7 (2.767%) HTML
4 6 (2.372%) XSLT
4 6 (2.372%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.372%) CSS
5 5 (1.976%) XHTML
5 5 (1.976%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 5 (1.976%) jQuery
5 5 (1.976%) LINQ
5 5 (1.976%) Ajax
5 5 (1.976%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.581%) Ruby on Rails
6 4 (1.581%) SAP XI
7 3 (1.186%) J2EE
7 3 (1.186%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.186%) WCF
8 2 (0.791%) HTML5
8 2 (0.791%) SAML
9 1 (0.395%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 9 (3.557%) MS Project Server
2 4 (1.581%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.186%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.186%) Confluence
4 2 (0.791%) GlassFish
4 2 (0.791%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (0.791%) Apache
4 2 (0.791%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.791%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.395%) Lync
Applications
1 53 (20.95%) MS Project
2 48 (18.97%) MS Excel
3 34 (13.44%) MS PowerPoint
4 13 (5.138%) MS Office
5 12 (4.743%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.186%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.395%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 2 (0.791%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.791%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (0.791%) Agresso
2 1 (0.395%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.395%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.395%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.395%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.395%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.929%) Radio Access Network
2 13 (5.138%) WAN
3 12 (4.743%) 3G
4 11 (4.348%) LAN
5 9 (3.557%) 2G
6 6 (2.372%) Unified Communications
6 6 (2.372%) SAN
6 6 (2.372%) Internet
6 6 (2.372%) ATM
7 5 (1.976%) HTTP
7 5 (1.976%) LDAP
8 4 (1.581%) VPN
8 4 (1.581%) VoIP
8 4 (1.581%) BSS
8 4 (1.581%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.581%) Wireless
9 3 (1.186%) UMTS
9 3 (1.186%) GSM
9 3 (1.186%) MPLS
9 3 (1.186%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.976%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.976%) SAP BW
3 2 (0.791%) DataStage
3 2 (0.791%) DB2
3 2 (0.791%) TOAD
4 1 (0.395%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.395%) SAP BI
4 1 (0.395%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.395%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.976%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.186%) JIRA
3 2 (0.791%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.791%) ERwin
General
1 76 (30.04%) Telecoms
2 61 (24.11%) Finance
3 28 (11.07%) Retail
4 10 (3.953%) Banking
5 4 (1.581%) Billing
6 3 (1.186%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.791%) Marketing
8 1 (0.395%) Automotive
8 1 (0.395%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.395%) Music
Job Titles
1 166 (65.61%) Project Manager
2 21 (8.300%) Analyst
3 14 (5.534%) Technical Manager
3 14 (5.534%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 13 (5.138%) Technical Project Manager
4 13 (5.138%) Business Analyst
5 12 (4.743%) Developer
6 9 (3.557%) Senior Manager
6 9 (3.557%) Project Coordinator
6 9 (3.557%) Coordinator
7 8 (3.162%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (3.162%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (2.767%) Implementation Manager
8 7 (2.767%) Technical Business Analyst
8 7 (2.767%) Change Manager
8 7 (2.767%) Technical Analyst
8 7 (2.767%) Telecoms Project Manager
9 6 (2.372%) Project Planner
9 6 (2.372%) Senior Developer
9 6 (2.372%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.881%) PMI
2 5 (1.976%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.581%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.186%) Wiki
5 2 (0.791%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.791%) iSeries
5 2 (0.791%) EPoS
5 2 (0.791%) NHS
6 1 (0.395%) Clustering
6 1 (0.395%) AS400
6 1 (0.395%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.395%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.395%) SaaS
6 1 (0.395%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.395%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.929%) Windows
2 8 (3.162%) Windows 7
3 5 (1.976%) Linux
4 4 (1.581%) UNIX
5 1 (0.395%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.395%) Android
5 1 (0.395%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.395%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (60.47%) Project Management
2 40 (15.81%) ITIL
3 34 (13.44%) PRINCE
4 31 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (11.07%) Matrix Management
6 24 (9.486%) Risk Analysis
7 20 (7.905%) Project Planning
8 19 (7.510%) Agile Software Development
9 18 (7.115%) Change Control
10 17 (6.719%) Programme Management
10 17 (6.719%) Risk Management
11 15 (5.929%) Migration
12 11 (4.348%) Resource Management
13 10 (3.953%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (3.557%) ERP
14 9 (3.557%) CRM
14 9 (3.557%) Configuration Management
14 9 (3.557%) Waterfall
15 8 (3.162%) Web Development
15 8 (3.162%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.138%) SQL
1 13 (5.138%) Java
2 6 (2.372%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.976%) C#
3 5 (1.976%) VB.NET
4 4 (1.581%) Ruby
5 2 (0.791%) RPG IV
5 2 (0.791%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.791%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.791%) VB
5 2 (0.791%) Perl
5 2 (0.791%) PHP
5 2 (0.791%) RPG
6 1 (0.395%) C++
6 1 (0.395%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (25.69%) PMI Certification
2 50 (19.76%) PMP
3 46 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 34 (13.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 20 (7.905%) Degree
6 17 (6.719%) ISEB
7 13 (5.138%) Security Cleared
8 10 (3.953%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.372%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.581%) APMP
11 3 (1.186%) CCNA
11 3 (1.186%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.186%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.791%) CCIE
12 2 (0.791%) CCNP
13 1 (0.395%) GIAC
13 1 (0.395%) CISA
13 1 (0.395%) CISM
13 1 (0.395%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.395%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.767%) QA
2 6 (2.372%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.581%) COBIT
3 4 (1.581%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.581%) SLA
4 1 (0.395%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.395%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (4.348%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.581%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.186%) XenApp
4 1 (0.395%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 7 (2.767%) SCCM
2 2 (0.791%) HP UCMDB
3 1 (0.395%) Netcool
Vendors
1 54 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.324%) Oracle
3 12 (4.743%) Citrix
4 10 (3.953%) Niku
5 9 (3.557%) Siebel
6 8 (3.162%) SAP
7 7 (2.767%) Cisco
7 7 (2.767%) IBM
8 6 (2.372%) Ericsson
8 6 (2.372%) VMware
9 3 (1.186%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.186%) EMC
9 3 (1.186%) Adobe
9 3 (1.186%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 3 (1.186%) Huawei
10 2 (0.791%) LANDesk
10 2 (0.791%) iRise
10 2 (0.791%) Pega
10 2 (0.791%) Sun
10 2 (0.791%) HP
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