The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 171 180 193
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +13
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 39 32 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.575% 0.413% 0.579%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.776% 0.572% 0.816%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 24 38
Average daily rate £388 £388 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £320 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £521 £615
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £19.69 £25.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.78% +21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £41.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.65% +56.60%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5027 5597 7112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 74.14% 72.30% 71.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3796 4123 5235
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £301 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 82 123
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.65 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £125.00 £47.85 £54.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE
London

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 43 (60.56%) Project Management
2 42 (59.15%) PRINCE2
3 29 (40.85%) Finance
4 24 (33.80%) ITIL
5 17 (23.94%) Banking
6 14 (19.72%) Degree
7 13 (18.31%) Business Analysis
7 13 (18.31%) PMI Certification
8 11 (15.49%) Service Management
8 11 (15.49%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (15.49%) QA
9 10 (14.08%) Change Control
9 10 (14.08%) Internet
10 9 (12.68%) E-Commerce
10 9 (12.68%) Risk Management
10 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
11 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
11 8 (11.27%) Legal
11 8 (11.27%) Change Management
11 8 (11.27%) PMP
12 7 (9.859%) Sun
12 7 (9.859%) VoIP
12 7 (9.859%) Law
12 7 (9.859%) MBA
12 7 (9.859%) Games
12 7 (9.859%) Cadence
12 7 (9.859%) Financial Modelling
12 7 (9.859%) Market Research
12 7 (9.859%) Product Management

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 (7.042%) Middleware
2 2 (2.817%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.408%) COM
3 1 (1.408%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.817%) CMS
2 1 (1.408%) IIS
2 1 (1.408%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (8.451%) MS Office
2 5 (7.042%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.042%) MS Project
3 4 (5.634%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.408%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.408%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) Internet
2 7 (9.859%) VoIP
3 3 (4.225%) WAN
3 3 (4.225%) LAN
4 2 (2.817%) Intranet
5 1 (1.408%) HTTP
5 1 (1.408%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.408%) SAN
5 1 (1.408%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.817%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.817%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.408%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.408%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.408%) EDMS
2 1 (1.408%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.408%) ClearQuest
1 1 (1.408%) AppScan
General
1 29 (40.85%) Finance
2 17 (23.94%) Banking
3 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
3 8 (11.27%) Legal
4 7 (9.859%) Law
4 7 (9.859%) Games
5 5 (7.042%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.634%) Back Office
7 3 (4.225%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.817%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.817%) Publishing
9 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.408%) Advertising
9 1 (1.408%) Retail
9 1 (1.408%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (47.89%) Project Manager
2 17 (23.94%) Analyst
3 10 (14.08%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.859%) Designer
5 4 (5.634%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 4 (5.634%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (5.634%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (4.225%) Agile Project Manager
7 2 (2.817%) SAP Manager
7 2 (2.817%) PMO Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (2.817%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Credit Risk Project Manager
7 2 (2.817%) Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Applications Support
7 2 (2.817%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.042%) PMI
3 2 (2.817%) CCTV
3 2 (2.817%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.817%) NHS
4 1 (1.408%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.408%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.408%) Social Media
4 1 (1.408%) iPad
4 1 (1.408%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.408%) Informatics
4 1 (1.408%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.634%) Windows
2 2 (2.817%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.408%) Linux
3 1 (1.408%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (60.56%) Project Management
2 42 (59.15%) PRINCE2
3 24 (33.80%) ITIL
4 13 (18.31%) Business Analysis
5 11 (15.49%) Service Management
5 11 (15.49%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (14.08%) Change Control
7 9 (12.68%) E-Commerce
7 9 (12.68%) Risk Management
7 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.27%) Change Management
9 7 (9.859%) Financial Modelling
9 7 (9.859%) Market Research
9 7 (9.859%) Product Management
9 7 (9.859%) Refactoring
10 6 (8.451%) UML
11 5 (7.042%) Service Delivery
12 4 (5.634%) Programme Management
13 3 (4.225%) RUP
13 3 (4.225%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.408%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (19.72%) Degree
2 13 (18.31%) PMI Certification
3 8 (11.27%) PMP
4 7 (9.859%) MBA
5 6 (8.451%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.451%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (7.042%) ISEB
7 4 (5.634%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.225%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.225%) CCNA
9 1 (1.408%) MCSE
9 1 (1.408%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.408%) CCNP
9 1 (1.408%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.408%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (1.408%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.408%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.49%) QA
2 3 (4.225%) SLA
3 1 (1.408%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.408%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.408%) COSO
3 1 (1.408%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.408%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.408%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 7 (9.859%) Sun
1 7 (9.859%) Cadence
2 6 (8.451%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.634%) SAP
4 3 (4.225%) Cisco
5 2 (2.817%) TIBCO
5 2 (2.817%) IBM
5 2 (2.817%) Oracle
6 1 (1.408%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.408%) HP
6 1 (1.408%) EMC
6 1 (1.408%) Apple
6 1 (1.408%) VMware
6 1 (1.408%) Avaloq
6 1 (1.408%) Google
6 1 (1.408%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.408%) Orchard