City of London PRINCE2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Andover Argyll and Bute Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Runcorn Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	42	68
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	320	157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.425 %	0.161 %
As % of the category below	6.807 %	4.668 %
Daily rates quoted	156	62
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£418
Average daily rate	£428	£436
% change on same period last year	-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£456	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£395	£379
% change on same period last year	+4.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£41.25	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£43.50	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-13.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.75	£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.99	£37.20
% change on same period last year	-19.38 %
Processes & Methodologies City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	4701	3363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.243 %	3.451 %
Daily rates quoted	2632	1566
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£450
Average daily rate	£466	£487
% change on same period last year	-4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£506	£523
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	107	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.46	£26.50
Average hourly rate	£30.87	£28.77
% change on same period last year	+7.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.28	£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.43	£30.35
% change on same period last year	-3.02 %
PRINCE2 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
Demand Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 18 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 18 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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.

1 252 (37.33 %) Project Management 2 230 (34.07 %) Finance 3 165 (24.44 %) Banking 4 164 (24.30 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 106 (15.70 %) ITIL 6 100 (14.81 %) Investment Banking 7 96 (14.22 %) MS Project 8 71 (10.52 %) Change Management 8 71 (10.52 %) Government 8 71 (10.52 %) PRINCE 9 69 (10.22 %) Microsoft 10 65 (9.630 %) MS Office 11 52 (7.704 %) Windows 12 50 (7.407 %) MS Excel 12 50 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner

13 48 (7.111 %) Security Cleared 14 45 (6.667 %) Stakeholder Management 14 45 (6.667 %) Fixed Income 15 43 (6.370 %) Migration 15 43 (6.370 %) Insurance 16 42 (6.222 %) UML 17 40 (5.926 %) Project Planning 18 38 (5.630 %) MS Visio 18 38 (5.630 %) PMI Certification 19 37 (5.481 %) Business Analysis 20 36 (5.333 %) PMI 21 34 (5.037 %) PMP 21 34 (5.037 %) Degree 22 32 (4.741 %) Derivative 22 32 (4.741 %) Oracle

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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 (2.963 %) .NET 2 11 (1.630 %) XML 3 10 (1.481 %) .NET Framework 4 9 (1.333 %) J2EE 4 9 (1.333 %) WebServices 5 7 (1.037 %) XSLT 6 3 (0.444 %) ASP.NET 6 3 (0.444 %) COM+ 6 3 (0.444 %) DCOM 6 3 (0.444 %) WebSphere 7 2 (0.296 %) CSS 7 2 (0.296 %) HTML 7 2 (0.296 %) ASP 7 2 (0.296 %) Middleware 7 2 (0.296 %) XSD 8 1 (0.148 %) Drupal 8 1 (0.148 %) SAP Basis 8 1 (0.148 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 20 (2.963 %) SharePoint 2 16 (2.370 %) MS Exchange 3 12 (1.778 %) CMS 3 12 (1.778 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 12 (1.778 %) Office Project Server 4 11 (1.630 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 7 (1.037 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 6 (0.889 %) IIS 7 4 (0.593 %) BizTalk Server 8 3 (0.444 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 2 (0.296 %) Lotus Notes 9 2 (0.296 %) NetWeaver 10 1 (0.148 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 1 (0.148 %) LiveLink 10 1 (0.148 %) Apache 10 1 (0.148 %) SAS 10 1 (0.148 %) Oracle BPEL 10 1 (0.148 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 96 (14.22 %) MS Project 2 65 (9.630 %) MS Office 3 50 (7.407 %) MS Excel 4 38 (5.630 %) MS Visio 5 22 (3.259 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.296 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.148 %) Shockwave	Business Applications 1 4 (0.593 %) RMDS 2 3 (0.444 %) Oracle ERP 3 2 (0.296 %) Oracle EBS 3 2 (0.296 %) Oracle Financials 3 2 (0.296 %) SAP CRM 4 1 (0.148 %) SAP FI/CO 4 1 (0.148 %) MAXIMO 4 1 (0.148 %) SAP CO 4 1 (0.148 %) Microsoft CRM 4 1 (0.148 %) Great Plains 4 1 (0.148 %) SAP FI 4 1 (0.148 %) HiPortfolio 4 1 (0.148 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.148 %) SunGard Vivista 4 1 (0.148 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 26 (3.852 %) Firewall 2 24 (3.556 %) WAN 3 22 (3.259 %) LAN 3 22 (3.259 %) SAN 4 20 (2.963 %) Internet 5 13 (1.926 %) SMTP 6 12 (1.778 %) Network Security 7 10 (1.481 %) Intranet 8 9 (1.333 %) TCP/IP 8 9 (1.333 %) DNS 9 8 (1.185 %) DHCP 10 5 (0.741 %) VoIP 10 5 (0.741 %) WLAN 10 5 (0.741 %) Cisco PIX 11 4 (0.593 %) MPLS 12 3 (0.444 %) NetScreen 12 3 (0.444 %) Softphone 12 3 (0.444 %) SSL 12 3 (0.444 %) DEFINITY 12 3 (0.444 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (2.815 %) SQL Server 2 7 (1.037 %) Datawarehouse 3 5 (0.741 %) RDBMS 3 5 (0.741 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (0.741 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (0.593 %) Oracle 9i 4 4 (0.593 %) MS Access 5 3 (0.444 %) Ingres 5 3 (0.444 %) Crystal Reports 5 3 (0.444 %) BusinessObjects 5 3 (0.444 %) SQL Server 7 6 2 (0.296 %) EDRMS 6 2 (0.296 %) GIS 6 2 (0.296 %) PowerCenter 6 2 (0.296 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.148 %) Oracle 11g 7 1 (0.148 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 1 (0.148 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (0.148 %) Data Cleansing 7 1 (0.148 %) Reference Data
Development Applications 1 14 (2.074 %) TestDirector 2 3 (0.444 %) Synon 2 3 (0.444 %) COOL2E 3 2 (0.296 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (0.296 %) Oracle Forms 3 2 (0.296 %) ClearQuest 3 2 (0.296 %) JIRA 4 1 (0.148 %) Ant 4 1 (0.148 %) Telelogic DOORS 4 1 (0.148 %) NUnit 4 1 (0.148 %) StarTeam 4 1 (0.148 %) Flash 4 1 (0.148 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (0.148 %) RequisitePro 4 1 (0.148 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 230 (34.07 %) Finance 2 165 (24.44 %) Banking 3 100 (14.81 %) Investment Banking 4 71 (10.52 %) Government 5 43 (6.370 %) Insurance 6 22 (3.259 %) Telecoms 7 21 (3.111 %) Retail 8 20 (2.963 %) Financial Institution 9 17 (2.519 %) Legal 10 16 (2.370 %) Publishing 11 14 (2.074 %) Law 12 13 (1.926 %) Back Office 13 12 (1.778 %) Pensions 14 10 (1.481 %) Health 15 8 (1.185 %) Education 15 8 (1.185 %) General Ledger 16 7 (1.037 %) Front Office 17 6 (0.889 %) Marketing 18 5 (0.741 %) Music 19 4 (0.593 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 357 (52.89 %) Project Manager 2 109 (16.15 %) Analyst 3 67 (9.926 %) Business Analyst 4 32 (4.741 %) Programme Manager 5 30 (4.444 %) Senior Manager 6 29 (4.296 %) Technical Manager 7 27 (4.000 %) Infrastructure Manager 7 27 (4.000 %) Technical Project Manager 7 27 (4.000 %) Senior Project Manager 8 26 (3.852 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 9 24 (3.556 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 10 21 (3.111 %) Project Analyst 11 20 (2.963 %) Coordinator 12 18 (2.667 %) Consultant 13 16 (2.370 %) IT Manager 13 16 (2.370 %) IT Project Manager 14 13 (1.926 %) Change Manager 14 13 (1.926 %) Banking Business Analyst 14 13 (1.926 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 15 12 (1.778 %) Test Manager	Miscellaneous 1 45 (6.667 %) Fixed Income 2 36 (5.333 %) PMI 3 32 (4.741 %) Derivative 4 24 (3.556 %) Equities 5 19 (2.815 %) Asset Management 6 8 (1.185 %) NHS 7 7 (1.037 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 7 (1.037 %) Management Information System 8 6 (0.889 %) Clustering 8 6 (0.889 %) Credit Derivative 8 6 (0.889 %) Credit Risk 9 5 (0.741 %) Market Risk 10 4 (0.593 %) Computer Science 11 3 (0.444 %) IBM Mainframe 11 3 (0.444 %) Fund Management 11 3 (0.444 %) Energy Derivatives 11 3 (0.444 %) AS400 11 3 (0.444 %) Mainframe 12 2 (0.296 %) Blackberry 12 2 (0.296 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 52 (7.704 %) Windows 2 29 (4.296 %) UNIX 3 13 (1.926 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (1.630 %) Linux 5 7 (1.037 %) Windows XP 5 7 (1.037 %) Solaris 6 4 (0.593 %) VMS 6 4 (0.593 %) Windows 2000 7 3 (0.444 %) Windows NT 8 2 (0.296 %) AIX 8 2 (0.296 %) HPUX 8 2 (0.296 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.148 %) pSOS 9 1 (0.148 %) OpenVMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 252 (37.33 %) Project Management 2 106 (15.70 %) ITIL 3 71 (10.52 %) PRINCE 3 71 (10.52 %) Change Management 4 48 (7.111 %) Security Cleared 5 45 (6.667 %) Stakeholder Management 6 43 (6.370 %) Migration 7 42 (6.222 %) UML 8 40 (5.926 %) Project Planning 9 37 (5.481 %) Business Analysis 10 27 (4.000 %) Programme Management 10 27 (4.000 %) Six Sigma 11 26 (3.852 %) Risk Management 12 20 (2.963 %) RUP 13 19 (2.815 %) Service Management 13 19 (2.815 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 17 (2.519 %) BPR 15 15 (2.222 %) Service Delivery 16 13 (1.926 %) E-Commerce 16 13 (1.926 %) Matrix Management
Programming Languages 1 22 (3.259 %) SQL 2 10 (1.481 %) C 3 8 (1.185 %) Java 4 5 (0.741 %) JavaScript 4 5 (0.741 %) C# 4 5 (0.741 %) PL/SQL 5 3 (0.444 %) C++ 6 2 (0.296 %) VB 6 2 (0.296 %) VBA 6 2 (0.296 %) JCL 7 1 (0.148 %) VB.NET 7 1 (0.148 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 164 (24.30 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 50 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 38 (5.630 %) PMI Certification 4 34 (5.037 %) PMP 4 34 (5.037 %) Degree 5 28 (4.148 %) ITIL Certification 6 24 (3.556 %) ISEB 6 24 (3.556 %) Microsoft Certification 7 22 (3.259 %) MCSE 8 17 (2.519 %) Cisco Certification 9 10 (1.481 %) CCNA 10 8 (1.185 %) CCNP 11 7 (1.037 %) CCIE 11 7 (1.037 %) MCP 12 3 (0.444 %) CNE 12 3 (0.444 %) Novell Certification 12 3 (0.444 %) MAPM 12 3 (0.444 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 13 2 (0.296 %) CIPD 13 2 (0.296 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (1.333 %) SLA 2 8 (1.185 %) Basel II 2 8 (1.185 %) QA 3 1 (0.148 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.148 %) MiFID	System Software 1 18 (2.667 %) Active Directory 2 6 (0.889 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (0.444 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 3 (0.444 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.296 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (0.296 %) VMware Workstation 4 2 (0.296 %) Oracle RAC 5 1 (0.148 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.148 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 2 (0.296 %) ServiceCenter 1 2 (0.296 %) SCCM 1 2 (0.296 %) OpenView 1 2 (0.296 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (0.148 %) ZENworks 2 1 (0.148 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (0.148 %) SCOM 2 1 (0.148 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 69 (10.22 %) Microsoft 2 32 (4.741 %) Oracle 3 29 (4.296 %) Cisco 4 14 (2.074 %) HP 5 13 (1.926 %) Citrix 6 12 (1.778 %) SAP 6 12 (1.778 %) VMware 7 8 (1.185 %) IBM 8 7 (1.037 %) Stellent 9 6 (0.889 %) Siebel 10 5 (0.741 %) Informatica 10 5 (0.741 %) Reuters 11 4 (0.593 %) Bloomberg 12 3 (0.444 %) TIBCO 12 3 (0.444 %) Avaya 12 3 (0.444 %) Siemens 12 3 (0.444 %) Red Hat 12 3 (0.444 %) Sybase 12 3 (0.444 %) Business Objects 13 2 (0.296 %) Fidessa