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The table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank139147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads6746
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.046 %
As % of the category below9.490 %6.745 %
Daily rates quoted4420
Average minimum daily rate£355£398
Average daily rate£382£430
% change on same period last year-11.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£382
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00-
Average hourly rate£19.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.85£29.43
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads706682
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.994 %0.689 %
Daily rates quoted364258
Average minimum daily rate£367£375
Average daily rate£392£393
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted3933
Average minimum hourly rate£20.72£22.25
Average hourly rate£22.31£23.66
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.89£25.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
PRINCE2 Certification LondonPRINCE2 Certification
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PRINCE2 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London PRINCE2 Certification Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the City of London region.

City of London PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the City of London region.

City of London PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification.

1162 (97.01 %)PRINCE2
268 (40.72 %)Finance
361 (36.53 %)Project Management
442 (25.15 %)Banking
527 (16.17 %)ITIL
626 (15.57 %)Change Management
626 (15.57 %)Investment Banking
724 (14.37 %)Microsoft
823 (13.77 %)MS Office
823 (13.77 %)PRINCE
922 (13.17 %)MS Project
1017 (10.18 %)ITIL Certification
1017 (10.18 %)Degree
1115 (8.982 %)Migration
1115 (8.982 %)Stakeholder Management
1212 (7.186 %)Telecoms
1212 (7.186 %)MS Excel
1212 (7.186 %)Insurance
1311 (6.587 %)Project Planning
1410 (5.988 %)Programme Management
1410 (5.988 %)Government
159 (5.389 %)Risk Management
159 (5.389 %)Publishing
159 (5.389 %)Fixed Income
159 (5.389 %)Security Cleared
168 (4.790 %)Pensions
168 (4.790 %)Oracle
177 (4.192 %)Financial Institution
177 (4.192 %)Derivative
186 (3.593 %)Business Continuity

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (2.994 %).NET
15 (2.994 %)J2EE
23 (1.796 %)ASP.NET
32 (1.198 %)CSS
32 (1.198 %)XHTML
32 (1.198 %)WebSphere
32 (1.198 %)HTML
41 (0.599 %).NET Framework
41 (0.599 %)Drupal
41 (0.599 %)AJAX
41 (0.599 %)XML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (3.593 %)SharePoint
22 (1.198 %)WebLogic
22 (1.198 %)Office Project Server
31 (0.599 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (0.599 %)SAS
31 (0.599 %)CMS
31 (0.599 %)LiveLink
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (13.77 %)MS Office
222 (13.17 %)MS Project
312 (7.186 %)MS Excel
43 (1.796 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (1.198 %)MS Visio
61 (0.599 %)Shockwave
61 (0.599 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.599 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.599 %)Oracle Financials
11 (0.599 %)Great Plains
11 (0.599 %)SAP CRM
11 (0.599 %)SAP ERP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.994 %)LAN
24 (2.395 %)WAN
32 (1.198 %)PSTN
32 (1.198 %)SDH
32 (1.198 %)UMTS
32 (1.198 %)VoIP
32 (1.198 %)WLAN
32 (1.198 %)MPLS
32 (1.198 %)DVB
32 (1.198 %)MGCP
32 (1.198 %)SS7
32 (1.198 %)Megaco
32 (1.198 %)GPRS
32 (1.198 %)GSM
32 (1.198 %)ISDN
41 (0.599 %)TETRA
41 (0.599 %)Intranet
41 (0.599 %)Internet
41 (0.599 %)Extranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.198 %)SQL Server
21 (0.599 %)Oracle Reports
21 (0.599 %)Oracle 9i
21 (0.599 %)Datawarehouse
21 (0.599 %)Oracle 10g
21 (0.599 %)BusinessObjects
21 (0.599 %)PowerCenter
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.599 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.599 %)Flash
11 (0.599 %)PowerBuilder
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
168 (40.72 %)Finance
242 (25.15 %)Banking
326 (15.57 %)Investment Banking
412 (7.186 %)Insurance
412 (7.186 %)Telecoms
510 (5.988 %)Government
69 (5.389 %)Publishing
78 (4.790 %)Pensions
87 (4.192 %)Financial Institution
96 (3.593 %)Law
105 (2.994 %)Legal
105 (2.994 %)Education
113 (1.796 %)Retail
113 (1.796 %)Marketing
122 (1.198 %)General Ledger
122 (1.198 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.599 %)Advertising
131 (0.599 %)Criminal Justice
131 (0.599 %)Music
131 (0.599 %)Music Industry
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1108 (64.67 %)Project Manager
212 (7.186 %)Analyst
38 (4.790 %)Consultant
38 (4.790 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
38 (4.790 %)Infrastructure Manager
38 (4.790 %)PMO Manager
47 (4.192 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
47 (4.192 %)Technical Manager
47 (4.192 %)Business Manager
47 (4.192 %)Technical Project Manager
47 (4.192 %)Business Analyst
56 (3.593 %)Programme Manager
56 (3.593 %)Coordinator
56 (3.593 %)Business Project Manager
65 (2.994 %)Project Consultant
65 (2.994 %)Junior
65 (2.994 %)Project Coordinator
65 (2.994 %)Project Analyst
74 (2.395 %)Junior Project Manager
74 (2.395 %)Change Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (5.389 %)Fixed Income
27 (4.192 %)Derivative
36 (3.593 %)PMI
36 (3.593 %)NHS
45 (2.994 %)Credit Risk
45 (2.994 %)Market Risk
54 (2.395 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
63 (1.796 %)Equities
72 (1.198 %)Management Information System
72 (1.198 %)Contract for Difference
72 (1.198 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.599 %)French Language
81 (0.599 %)AS400
81 (0.599 %)e-Health
81 (0.599 %)Mainframe
81 (0.599 %)NPfIT
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (1.796 %)UNIX
21 (0.599 %)Linux
21 (0.599 %)pSOS
21 (0.599 %)Red Hat Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1162 (97.01 %)PRINCE2
261 (36.53 %)Project Management
327 (16.17 %)ITIL
426 (15.57 %)Change Management
523 (13.77 %)PRINCE
615 (8.982 %)Migration
615 (8.982 %)Stakeholder Management
711 (6.587 %)Project Planning
810 (5.988 %)Programme Management
99 (5.389 %)Risk Management
99 (5.389 %)Security Cleared
106 (3.593 %)ETRM
106 (3.593 %)Time Management
106 (3.593 %)Business Continuity
114 (2.395 %)Asset Management
114 (2.395 %)Scrum
114 (2.395 %)Document Management
114 (2.395 %)User Acceptance Testing
123 (1.796 %)SAP Implementation
123 (1.796 %)Matrix Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (2.994 %)Java
23 (1.796 %)JavaScript
23 (1.796 %)C#
31 (0.599 %)C
31 (0.599 %)RPG
31 (0.599 %)VB
31 (0.599 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (10.18 %)ITIL Certification
117 (10.18 %)Degree
25 (2.994 %)PMP
25 (2.994 %)PMI Certification
33 (1.796 %)MAPM
42 (1.198 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.198 %)CCNA
42 (1.198 %)ISEB
51 (0.599 %)CISSP
51 (0.599 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.599 %)CISA
51 (0.599 %)CISM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.198 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.599 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (14.37 %)Microsoft
28 (4.790 %)Oracle
36 (3.593 %)SAP
44 (2.395 %)Cisco
53 (1.796 %)Sybase
62 (1.198 %)Siebel
62 (1.198 %)HP
62 (1.198 %)Nortel
62 (1.198 %)Mitel
62 (1.198 %)Agresso
62 (1.198 %)Reuters
71 (0.599 %)Bloomberg
71 (0.599 %)Radianz
71 (0.599 %)Accenture
71 (0.599 %)i-GRasp
71 (0.599 %)Adobe
71 (0.599 %)Macromedia
71 (0.599 %)Informatica
71 (0.599 %)Red Hat
71 (0.599 %)Business Objects