The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon 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 Croydon 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 12 13 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +20
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 2 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 4.000% 8.955% 2.463%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.061% 11.76% 4.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 4
Average daily rate £500 £463 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -11.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.54% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33 102 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 66.00% 76.12% 61.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 73 69
Average daily rate £400 £463 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.51% +2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £323 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £638 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £20.50
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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
4 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
4 3 (37.50%) EFQM
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (12.50%) MS Office
6 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
6 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
6 1 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (12.50%) Lync
6 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
1 3 (37.50%) EFQM