The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 58 57 67
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 9 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.241% 1.227% 0.644%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.619% 2.016% 0.940%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
Average daily rate £440 £383 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.03% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £41.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.65% +56.60%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
556 496 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.69% 60.86% 68.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 255 349
Average daily rate £370 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% -18.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE
North West

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington +2 2 - - 1
Chester -3 2 - -
Knutsford - 2 £398 -
PRINCE
North West

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 16 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 12 (66.67%) Project Management
2 12 (66.67%) Finance
3 9 (50.00%) PMI Certification
4 8 (44.44%) Banking
5 7 (38.89%) ITIL
5 7 (38.89%) PMI
6 5 (27.78%) ClearCase
6 5 (27.78%) JMS
6 5 (27.78%) Chordiant
6 5 (27.78%) WSDL
6 5 (27.78%) Java
6 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
6 5 (27.78%) J2EE
6 5 (27.78%) Oracle
6 5 (27.78%) DB2
6 5 (27.78%) WebLogic
6 5 (27.78%) EJB
6 5 (27.78%) JSP
6 5 (27.78%) Servlets
6 5 (27.78%) Struts
6 5 (27.78%) Web Services
6 5 (27.78%) XML
6 5 (27.78%) XSD
6 5 (27.78%) JBoss
6 5 (27.78%) RUP
6 5 (27.78%) CMMI
6 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
6 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (27.78%) JMS
1 5 (27.78%) WSDL
1 5 (27.78%) J2EE
1 5 (27.78%) EJB
1 5 (27.78%) JSP
1 5 (27.78%) Servlets
1 5 (27.78%) Struts
1 5 (27.78%) Web Services
1 5 (27.78%) XML
1 5 (27.78%) XSD
1 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
1 5 (27.78%) Ajax
1 5 (27.78%) WebSphere
1 5 (27.78%) jQuery
1 5 (27.78%) Struts2
2 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Project
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) ClearCase
1 5 (27.78%) Subversion
2 3 (16.67%) Gradle
2 3 (16.67%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Local Government
4 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.556%) Retail
4 1 (5.556%) Billing
4 1 (5.556%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Java Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior Java Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Service Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.556%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Transition Manager
5 1 (5.556%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Telephony Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Service Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) PMI
2 2 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 12 (66.67%) Project Management
3 7 (38.89%) ITIL
4 5 (27.78%) RUP
4 5 (27.78%) CMMI
4 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
4 5 (27.78%) BDD
5 4 (22.22%) Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Service Management
6 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL V3
7 2 (11.11%) Test Management
8 1 (5.556%) Change Management
8 1 (5.556%) Data Security
8 1 (5.556%) Content Management
8 1 (5.556%) Information Management
8 1 (5.556%) Document Management
8 1 (5.556%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Java
1 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) APMP
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) BC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) PMP
3 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.556%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
1 1 (5.556%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Chordiant
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle
1 5 (27.78%) JBoss
2 2 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) AppSense
3 1 (5.556%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) IBM