The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 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 PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 38 37 43
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 271 326 395
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 4.305% 4.190% 4.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.866% 5.865% 5.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 236 306
Average daily rate £450 £473 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -5.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £304 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £585 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
Average hourly rate £135.00 £41.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+227.27% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.54% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4620 5558 7076
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.39% 71.44% 71.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3487 4000 5250
Average daily rate £450 £462 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.59% -7.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 99 97
Average hourly rate £42.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
PRINCE2
London

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London PRINCE2 Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 269 (51.24%) Project Management
2 212 (40.38%) Finance
3 120 (22.86%) ITIL
4 117 (22.29%) Banking
5 89 (16.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 78 (14.86%) PMI Certification
7 77 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 69 (13.14%) Windows
9 65 (12.38%) Microsoft
10 63 (12.00%) MS Excel
11 61 (11.62%) Migration
12 58 (11.05%) MS Office
12 58 (11.05%) Security Cleared
13 54 (10.29%) Business Analysis
14 51 (9.714%) Degree
14 51 (9.714%) MS Project
15 47 (8.952%) PMI
15 47 (8.952%) SC Cleared
16 46 (8.762%) Windows 7
17 42 (8.000%) PMP
18 40 (7.619%) PRINCE
19 37 (7.048%) Change Management
20 36 (6.857%) Service Management
21 35 (6.667%) Retail
22 34 (6.476%) Project Planning
22 34 (6.476%) Waterfall
23 33 (6.286%) Investment Banking
24 31 (5.905%) Agile Software Development
24 31 (5.905%) Active Directory
24 31 (5.905%) MS Exchange

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 20 (3.810%) .NET
2 19 (3.619%) HTML
3 6 (1.143%) XML
4 5 (0.952%) CSS
5 3 (0.571%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.571%) COM
5 3 (0.571%) Middleware
5 3 (0.571%) Application Packaging
6 2 (0.381%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.381%) Web Services
7 1 (0.190%) XHTML
7 1 (0.190%) SOAP
7 1 (0.190%) HTML5
7 1 (0.190%) Motif
7 1 (0.190%) Ajax
7 1 (0.190%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 31 (5.905%) MS Exchange
2 29 (5.524%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.048%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (2.476%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (1.143%) CMS
6 5 (0.952%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (0.952%) Lync
6 5 (0.952%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.571%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (0.381%) Apache
8 2 (0.381%) MSMQ
8 2 (0.381%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.381%) IIS
8 2 (0.381%) FileNet
8 2 (0.381%) ESB
9 1 (0.190%) Exchange Server 2000
9 1 (0.190%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.190%) Documentum
9 1 (0.190%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 63 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 58 (11.05%) MS Office
3 51 (9.714%) MS Project
4 14 (2.667%) MS Visio
5 13 (2.476%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.381%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (1.143%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.762%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.571%) SAP WM
3 3 (0.571%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.381%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.381%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.381%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.381%) HFM
5 1 (0.190%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.190%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.190%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.190%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.190%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.190%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.190%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.190%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.190%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.190%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.190%) RMDS
5 1 (0.190%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.143%) WAN
2 26 (4.952%) Intranet
2 26 (4.952%) Internet
3 23 (4.381%) LAN
4 15 (2.857%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (2.476%) SAN
6 6 (1.143%) HTTP
7 5 (0.952%) Network Security
7 5 (0.952%) Extranet
8 4 (0.762%) Firewall
9 3 (0.571%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.571%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.571%) DNS
9 3 (0.571%) DHCP
10 2 (0.381%) VoIP
10 2 (0.381%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.381%) 4G
10 2 (0.381%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.190%) Broadband
11 1 (0.190%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.048%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.952%) SQLPlus
3 4 (0.762%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (0.762%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.571%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.571%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (0.571%) Oracle 9i
4 3 (0.571%) PowerCenter
4 3 (0.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.381%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.381%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.381%) DB2
5 2 (0.381%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.381%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.190%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.190%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.190%) MS Access
6 1 (0.190%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.190%) QlikView
6 1 (0.190%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (0.762%) ClearQuest
2 2 (0.381%) JIRA
2 2 (0.381%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.190%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.190%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.190%) Selenium
3 1 (0.190%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 212 (40.38%) Finance
2 117 (22.29%) Banking
3 35 (6.667%) Retail
4 33 (6.286%) Investment Banking
5 25 (4.762%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.429%) Legal
7 13 (2.476%) Back Office
8 12 (2.286%) Retail Banking
8 12 (2.286%) Marketing
9 8 (1.524%) Law
9 8 (1.524%) Billing
10 7 (1.333%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.333%) Front Office
11 6 (1.143%) Advertising
12 5 (0.952%) Publishing
12 5 (0.952%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.571%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.381%) Games
14 2 (0.381%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.381%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 289 (55.05%) Project Manager
2 86 (16.38%) Analyst
3 48 (9.143%) Business Analyst
4 25 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
5 24 (4.571%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 20 (3.810%) Programme Manager
7 19 (3.619%) Senior Manager
8 18 (3.429%) Senior Project Manager
8 18 (3.429%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (3.429%) Technical Manager
9 17 (3.238%) Technical Project Manager
10 14 (2.667%) Administrator
10 14 (2.667%) PMO Analyst
11 13 (2.476%) Systems Administrator
11 13 (2.476%) Delivery Manager
11 13 (2.476%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
12 10 (1.905%) Consultant
12 10 (1.905%) Agile Project Manager
13 9 (1.714%) PMO Manager
14 8 (1.524%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.952%) PMI
2 19 (3.619%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.238%) Blackberry
4 11 (2.095%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.905%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.524%) NHS
7 7 (1.333%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.143%) SaaS
9 5 (0.952%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.952%) FMCG
9 5 (0.952%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.952%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.762%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.762%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.762%) CESG
11 3 (0.571%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (0.571%) Freedom of Information Act
11 3 (0.571%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.381%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.381%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.14%) Windows
2 46 (8.762%) Windows 7
3 27 (5.143%) Windows XP
4 20 (3.810%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (3.619%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (1.524%) UNIX
7 5 (0.952%) Solaris
7 5 (0.952%) Linux
8 3 (0.571%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.381%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.190%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.190%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.190%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.190%) SUSE
10 1 (0.190%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (51.24%) Project Management
2 120 (22.86%) ITIL
3 77 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (11.62%) Migration
5 54 (10.29%) Business Analysis
6 40 (7.619%) PRINCE
7 37 (7.048%) Change Management
8 36 (6.857%) Service Management
9 34 (6.476%) Project Planning
9 34 (6.476%) Waterfall
10 31 (5.905%) Agile Software Development
11 28 (5.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (4.952%) Programme Management
13 22 (4.190%) Service Delivery
13 22 (4.190%) Risk Management
13 22 (4.190%) UML
14 21 (4.000%) E-Commerce
14 21 (4.000%) Scrum
15 17 (3.238%) Change Control
16 15 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.524%) SQL
2 10 (1.905%) Java
3 7 (1.333%) C
4 5 (0.952%) C#
4 5 (0.952%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.571%) VBA
5 3 (0.571%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.571%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.381%) VBScript
7 1 (0.190%) VB
7 1 (0.190%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.190%) PHP
7 1 (0.190%) C++
7 1 (0.190%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (16.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 78 (14.86%) PMI Certification
3 58 (11.05%) Security Cleared
4 51 (9.714%) Degree
5 47 (8.952%) SC Cleared
6 42 (8.000%) PMP
7 24 (4.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 20 (3.810%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (3.619%) MCSE
9 19 (3.619%) ISEB
10 18 (3.429%) ITIL Certification
10 18 (3.429%) BC Cleared
11 16 (3.048%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (3.048%) CCNA
12 8 (1.524%) APMP
13 5 (0.952%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.952%) CIMA
13 5 (0.952%) ACCA
14 3 (0.571%) CISSP
14 3 (0.571%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.571%) SLA
2 19 (3.619%) QA
3 8 (1.524%) COBIT
4 3 (0.571%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.571%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.381%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.381%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.190%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.190%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.190%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.190%) FATCA
6 1 (0.190%) Solvency II
System Software
1 31 (5.905%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.381%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.190%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.190%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (0.952%) SCCM
2 2 (0.381%) CA SiteMinder
3 1 (0.190%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.190%) SCOM
3 1 (0.190%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (0.190%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 65 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.762%) Citrix
3 23 (4.381%) SAP
4 22 (4.190%) Oracle
5 21 (4.000%) Cisco
6 8 (1.524%) IBM
7 7 (1.333%) Business Objects
8 6 (1.143%) Avaya
8 6 (1.143%) Primavera
8 6 (1.143%) VMware
9 5 (0.952%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.762%) Salesforce.com
11 3 (0.571%) Informatica
11 3 (0.571%) NetApp
11 3 (0.571%) Lotus
11 3 (0.571%) Remedy
11 3 (0.571%) StatPro
12 2 (0.381%) JD Edwards
12 2 (0.381%) TIBCO
12 2 (0.381%) webMethods
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City of London
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Huxley Associates
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