The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 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 Chester 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 2
Rank 6 15 18
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +3
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 19 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 14.73% 6.195% 2.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.00% 8.642% 3.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £311 £369 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.59% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.95 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £23.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+57.89% -24.60%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
100 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 77.52% 71.68% 68.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 25
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £14.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+203.57% -70.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE2
Cheshire

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Chester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Chester PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 19 (54.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 16 (45.71%) Local Government
3 15 (42.86%) ITIL
4 14 (40.00%) Citrix
5 13 (37.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (37.14%) Project Management
6 10 (28.57%) Windows
6 10 (28.57%) Migration
6 10 (28.57%) VMware
7 9 (25.71%) Linux
7 9 (25.71%) UNIX
8 8 (22.86%) AIX
9 7 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 6 (17.14%) SCCM
10 6 (17.14%) XenApp
10 6 (17.14%) Service Management
11 5 (14.29%) Finance
11 5 (14.29%) Oracle
11 5 (14.29%) PRINCE
12 4 (11.43%) Windows XP
12 4 (11.43%) Symantec
12 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
12 4 (11.43%) WAN
12 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
12 4 (11.43%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (11.43%) AppSense
12 4 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (11.43%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 3 (8.571%) Application Packaging
13 3 (8.571%) Project Planning

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 3 (8.571%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
1 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
1 4 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Project
1 3 (8.571%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.571%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (8.571%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (5.714%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.857%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) DB2
General
1 16 (45.71%) Local Government
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (5.714%) Banking
4 1 (2.857%) Billing
4 1 (2.857%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.857%) Back Office
4 1 (2.857%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Project Manager
2 8 (22.86%) Infrastructure Manager
2 8 (22.86%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle Consultant
3 3 (8.571%) Test Manager
3 3 (8.571%) Consultant
3 3 (8.571%) Coordinator
3 3 (8.571%) Programme Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (5.714%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (5.714%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Service Manager
4 2 (5.714%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Applications Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) PMI
2 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.857%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Linux
2 9 (25.71%) UNIX
3 8 (22.86%) AIX
4 7 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 4 (11.43%) Windows XP
6 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) ITIL
2 13 (37.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (37.14%) Project Management
3 10 (28.57%) Migration
4 6 (17.14%) Service Management
5 5 (14.29%) PRINCE
6 3 (8.571%) Project Planning
6 3 (8.571%) Programme Management
7 2 (5.714%) CRM
7 2 (5.714%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.714%) Matrix Management
7 2 (5.714%) ITIL V3
8 1 (2.857%) Information Management
8 1 (2.857%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (2.857%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.857%) Problem Management
8 1 (2.857%) Test Management
8 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.857%) Portfolio Management
8 1 (2.857%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.571%) PL/SQL
1 3 (8.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (5.714%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.714%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.857%) Degree
3 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) XenApp
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (11.43%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) SCCM
2 2 (5.714%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Citrix
2 10 (28.57%) VMware
3 5 (14.29%) Oracle
4 4 (11.43%) Symantec
4 4 (11.43%) AppSense
5 3 (8.571%) SAP
6 1 (2.857%) Ariba
6 1 (2.857%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.857%) Remedy
6 1 (2.857%) McAfee