The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 23 42 21
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -21
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 16 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.762% 1.928% 4.959%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.556% 3.636% 8.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 11
Average daily rate £305 £633 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.77% +73.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £475 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £800 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £385
% change year-on-year
- -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.88% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 220 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.65% 53.01% 56.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 108 84
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £273 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 17
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £37.25 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.85 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
PRINCE2
Cambridgeshire

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 25 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (51.43%) Project Management
3 14 (40.00%) Resource Management
4 13 (37.14%) Degree
4 13 (37.14%) Migration
4 13 (37.14%) ITIL
5 12 (34.29%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (31.43%) .NET
7 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 9 (25.71%) QA
8 7 (20.00%) MS Office
9 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (17.14%) COBIT
10 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
10 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (11.43%) Matrix Management
10 4 (11.43%) SAP
11 3 (8.571%) ISEB
11 3 (8.571%) CRM
11 3 (8.571%) E-Commerce
11 3 (8.571%) Finance
11 3 (8.571%) Change Management
11 3 (8.571%) Test Automation
11 3 (8.571%) Test Strategy
11 3 (8.571%) Security Testing
11 3 (8.571%) Performance Management
11 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (8.571%) Automated Testing
11 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
11 3 (8.571%) ISTQB

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 11 (31.43%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (5.714%) MS Project
3 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.714%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.857%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (82.86%) Project Manager
2 14 (40.00%) Software Manager
3 11 (31.43%) Software Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) SAP Manager
4 4 (11.43%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (8.571%) Test Manager
5 3 (8.571%) Software Test Manager
6 2 (5.714%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) CRM Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) SAP CRM Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) CRM Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Citrix Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.857%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Windows
1 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (51.43%) Project Management
3 14 (40.00%) Resource Management
4 13 (37.14%) Migration
4 13 (37.14%) ITIL
5 12 (34.29%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (11.43%) Matrix Management
8 3 (8.571%) CRM
8 3 (8.571%) E-Commerce
8 3 (8.571%) Change Management
8 3 (8.571%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.571%) Test Strategy
8 3 (8.571%) Security Testing
8 3 (8.571%) Performance Management
8 3 (8.571%) Automated Testing
8 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
9 2 (5.714%) Supplier Management
9 2 (5.714%) Data Migration
9 2 (5.714%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.857%) SQL
1 1 (2.857%) VBScript
1 1 (2.857%) VB
1 1 (2.857%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Degree
2 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (8.571%) ISEB
3 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (8.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.71%) QA
2 6 (17.14%) COBIT
3 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.857%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) SAP
2 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.857%) Citrix
3 1 (2.857%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (2.857%) VMware
3 1 (2.857%) AppSense
3 1 (2.857%) Northgate