The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cardiff 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
PRINCE 2
Rank 19 27 18
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 10 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 5.435% 3.556% 7.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.065% 5.333% 11.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 13
Average daily rate £290 £400 £273
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% +46.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £336 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 67.39% 66.67% 60.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 94 86
Average daily rate £370 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £275 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
Average hourly rate £11.60 £14.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.03% -85.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £12.10 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £16.90 £106.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
PRINCE2
South Wales

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) ISEB
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) MS Project
4 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (26.67%) Windows
5 3 (20.00%) Linux
5 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) UNIX
5 3 (20.00%) NHS
5 3 (20.00%) SQL
5 3 (20.00%) RUP
5 3 (20.00%) Multimedia
5 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Use Case
5 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
6 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Information Security
6 2 (13.33%) XML
7 1 (6.667%) UML

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (13.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Project
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) SAN
1 1 (6.667%) LAN
1 1 (6.667%) WAN
1 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.667%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) Cognos Impromptu
2 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (6.667%) Billing
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Test Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Junior
6 1 (6.667%) Security Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
6 1 (6.667%) UML Business Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) NHS
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
2 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.667%) VLE
2 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL
2 3 (20.00%) RUP
2 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Use Case
3 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security
4 1 (6.667%) UML
4 1 (6.667%) SOA
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (6.667%) Requirements Management
4 1 (6.667%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) C
2 1 (6.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) ISEB
2 3 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Intel
2 1 (6.667%) Cognos
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) VMware