The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification 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 PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 151 165 163
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 52 52 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.809% 0.661% 0.764%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.400% 4.878% 6.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 38 68
Average daily rate £475 £450 £493
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -8.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £357 £326 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £614 £578 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 £41.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
963 1066 1188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.99% 13.56% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 638 756
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £253 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £564 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 50 51
Average hourly rate £41.50 £17.93 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.42% -14.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £14.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
London

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 21 May 2013.

City of London PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 21 May 2013, 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.

1 91 (97.85%) PRINCE2
2 42 (45.16%) Project Management
3 41 (44.09%) Finance
4 30 (32.26%) Banking
5 21 (22.58%) MS Project
6 18 (19.35%) MS Excel
7 16 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (13.98%) MS Office
9 12 (12.90%) ITIL
10 11 (11.83%) Retail
10 11 (11.83%) Microsoft
11 9 (9.677%) Windows
11 9 (9.677%) Investment Banking
12 8 (8.602%) Risk Management
12 8 (8.602%) Service Management
12 8 (8.602%) Oracle
12 8 (8.602%) Retail Banking
12 8 (8.602%) Security Cleared
13 7 (7.527%) Degree
13 7 (7.527%) Service Delivery
13 7 (7.527%) Change Management
14 6 (6.452%) Migration
14 6 (6.452%) WAN
14 6 (6.452%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (5.376%) FMCG
15 5 (5.376%) SC Cleared
15 5 (5.376%) Windows 7
15 5 (5.376%) LAN
15 5 (5.376%) Cisco
15 5 (5.376%) SAN

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (4.301%) Middleware
2 2 (2.151%) .NET
2 2 (2.151%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.151%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.075%) Motif
3 1 (1.075%) LAMP
3 1 (1.075%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.075%) FileNet
1 1 (1.075%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (1.075%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (22.58%) MS Project
2 18 (19.35%) MS Excel
3 13 (13.98%) MS Office
4 5 (5.376%) MS Visio
5 3 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.075%) Endur
1 1 (1.075%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.075%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.452%) WAN
2 5 (5.376%) LAN
2 5 (5.376%) SAN
3 2 (2.151%) Firewall
4 1 (1.075%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.075%) 4G
4 1 (1.075%) FTP
4 1 (1.075%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.226%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.151%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (2.151%) SQLPlus
2 2 (2.151%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.075%) MS Access
General
1 41 (44.09%) Finance
2 30 (32.26%) Banking
3 11 (11.83%) Retail
4 9 (9.677%) Investment Banking
5 8 (8.602%) Retail Banking
6 2 (2.151%) Publishing
6 2 (2.151%) Front Office
6 2 (2.151%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.151%) Legal
6 2 (2.151%) Marketing
7 1 (1.075%) Advertising
7 1 (1.075%) Back Office
7 1 (1.075%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (67.74%) Project Manager
2 12 (12.90%) Analyst
3 8 (8.602%) Business Analyst
4 7 (7.527%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 7 (7.527%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (4.301%) Security Specialist
6 3 (3.226%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (2.151%) Project Analyst
7 2 (2.151%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.151%) Report Analyst
7 2 (2.151%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.151%) Junior
7 2 (2.151%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 2 (2.151%) MI Analyst
7 2 (2.151%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (1.075%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 1 (1.075%) NHS Project Manager
8 1 (1.075%) PMO Manager
8 1 (1.075%) PMO Consultant
8 1 (1.075%) Credit Risk Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.376%) FMCG
2 3 (3.226%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.226%) CESG
3 2 (2.151%) PMI
3 2 (2.151%) NHS
3 2 (2.151%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.151%) CCTV
3 2 (2.151%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.075%) RMADS
4 1 (1.075%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.075%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.075%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (1.075%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.075%) Equities
4 1 (1.075%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.075%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (1.075%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.677%) Windows
2 5 (5.376%) Windows 7
3 4 (4.301%) UNIX
4 3 (3.226%) Solaris
5 2 (2.151%) Linux
5 2 (2.151%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.075%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.075%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (97.85%) PRINCE2
2 42 (45.16%) Project Management
3 16 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (12.90%) ITIL
5 8 (8.602%) Risk Management
5 8 (8.602%) Service Management
6 7 (7.527%) Service Delivery
6 7 (7.527%) Change Management
7 6 (6.452%) Migration
8 5 (5.376%) PRINCE
9 4 (4.301%) Information Security
9 4 (4.301%) Scrum
9 4 (4.301%) ITSM
9 4 (4.301%) Project Planning
9 4 (4.301%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (4.301%) Business Analysis
10 3 (3.226%) Supplier Management
11 2 (2.151%) E-Commerce
11 2 (2.151%) CRM
11 2 (2.151%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.301%) Java
1 4 (4.301%) SQL
2 2 (2.151%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.075%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (8.602%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.527%) Degree
3 6 (6.452%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (5.376%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.301%) ISEB
6 3 (3.226%) APMP
6 3 (3.226%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.151%) PMP
7 2 (2.151%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.151%) CCNA
8 1 (1.075%) MAPM
8 1 (1.075%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.075%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.301%) QA
2 3 (3.226%) SLA
3 1 (1.075%) COBIT
3 1 (1.075%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.075%) FATCA
System Software
1 2 (2.151%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.075%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.602%) Oracle
3 5 (5.376%) Cisco
4 3 (3.226%) SAP
5 2 (2.151%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (2.151%) Remedy
5 2 (2.151%) Dell
5 2 (2.151%) VMware
5 2 (2.151%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.075%) IBM
6 1 (1.075%) Citrix
6 1 (1.075%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.075%) Lotus
6 1 (1.075%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.075%) Avaya
City, London
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Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills and Experience required:- - Product Control - SDLC -Investment banking - Prince 2 qualified - Agile - Scrum - Sprint - Waterfall This role is for an experienced IT PROJECT MANAGER within investment banking.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £600 - £650 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013