East Midlands PRINCE2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the East Midlands 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 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Andover Argyll and Bute Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bootle 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 Hayes Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport 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 Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian 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 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	14	24
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	115	78
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.152 %	0.083 %
As % of the category below	12.13 %	8.955 %
Daily rates quoted	44	34
Average minimum daily rate	£368	£381
Average daily rate	£385	£401
% change on same period last year	-3.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£421
UK excluding London average daily rate	£399	£381
% change on same period last year	+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.75	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£32.75	£30.17
% change on same period last year	+8.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.75	£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.65	£36.63
% change on same period last year	-19.05 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	948	871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.250 %	0.924 %
Daily rates quoted	271	231
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£346
Average daily rate	£400	£365
% change on same period last year	+9.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	92
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.59	£24.87
Average hourly rate	£22.87	£25.94
% change on same period last year	-11.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.16	£27.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
PRINCE2 England

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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 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 East Midlands region.

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PRINCE2 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	-5	25	£418	+19.90 %
Northamptonshire	-5	23	£362	-21.81 %
Leicestershire	+8	17	£374	-1.43 %
Lincolnshire	0	7	£290	-
Derbyshire	+16	7	£373	-19.45 %

PRINCE2 England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 66 (28.09 %) Project Management 2 54 (22.98 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 47 (20.00 %) Finance 4 41 (17.45 %) Stakeholder Management 5 35 (14.89 %) NHS 6 29 (12.34 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 24 (10.21 %) Change Management 8 23 (9.787 %) Health 9 22 (9.362 %) Government 10 18 (7.660 %) NPfIT 10 18 (7.660 %) PRINCE 10 18 (7.660 %) Project Planning 11 17 (7.234 %) Local Government 11 17 (7.234 %) Banking 11 17 (7.234 %) ITIL

12 16 (6.809 %) Windows 13 15 (6.383 %) MS Project 14 13 (5.532 %) Retail 15 10 (4.255 %) Service Delivery 15 10 (4.255 %) Information Management 16 9 (3.830 %) Retail Banking 16 9 (3.830 %) Active Directory 16 9 (3.830 %) PMI 17 8 (3.404 %) SAN 17 8 (3.404 %) Microsoft 17 8 (3.404 %) MS Office 17 8 (3.404 %) Windows 2000 17 8 (3.404 %) Migration 17 8 (3.404 %) Resource Management 18 7 (2.979 %) Content Management

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (2.128 %) .NET 2 3 (1.277 %) Middleware 3 1 (0.426 %) WebSphere 3 1 (0.426 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.277 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (0.426 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.426 %) CICS 2 1 (0.426 %) CMS
Applications 1 15 (6.383 %) MS Project 2 8 (3.404 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.702 %) MS Excel 4 2 (0.851 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.851 %) CA Clarity 5 1 (0.426 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.426 %) SAP HR 1 1 (0.426 %) SAP MM 1 1 (0.426 %) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking 1 8 (3.404 %) SAN 2 7 (2.979 %) Internet 3 6 (2.553 %) Intranet 4 4 (1.702 %) LAN 4 4 (1.702 %) WAN 5 1 (0.426 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (1.277 %) EDRMS 1 3 (1.277 %) GIS 2 2 (0.851 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.426 %) RDBMS 3 1 (0.426 %) SQL Server 3 1 (0.426 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (0.426 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.426 %) Reference Data
General 1 47 (20.00 %) Finance 2 23 (9.787 %) Health 3 22 (9.362 %) Government 4 17 (7.234 %) Banking 4 17 (7.234 %) Local Government 5 13 (5.532 %) Retail 6 9 (3.830 %) Retail Banking 7 7 (2.979 %) Education 8 3 (1.277 %) Electronics 8 3 (1.277 %) Telecoms 8 3 (1.277 %) Insurance 8 3 (1.277 %) Marketing 9 1 (0.426 %) International Banking 9 1 (0.426 %) Investment Banking 9 1 (0.426 %) Pensions 9 1 (0.426 %) Electric 9 1 (0.426 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.426 %) Home Office 9 1 (0.426 %) Military	Job Titles 1 162 (68.94 %) Project Manager 2 23 (9.787 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 16 (6.809 %) Analyst 3 16 (6.809 %) NHS Project Manager 4 15 (6.383 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 5 14 (5.957 %) Business Analyst 6 11 (4.681 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 7 7 (2.979 %) Architect 7 7 (2.979 %) Information Architect 7 7 (2.979 %) Project Support Officer 7 7 (2.979 %) Technical Manager 7 7 (2.979 %) Implementation Manager 7 7 (2.979 %) Implementation Project Manager 7 7 (2.979 %) Project Officer 8 6 (2.553 %) Web Architect 8 6 (2.553 %) Technical Project Manager 9 5 (2.128 %) Senior Manager 9 5 (2.128 %) Junior 9 5 (2.128 %) Junior Project Manager 9 5 (2.128 %) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 35 (14.89 %) NHS 2 18 (7.660 %) NPfIT 3 9 (3.830 %) PMI 4 7 (2.979 %) PACS 5 6 (2.553 %) Taxonomies 6 4 (1.702 %) Web 2.0 6 4 (1.702 %) VLE 7 3 (1.277 %) Clustering 7 3 (1.277 %) ASIC 8 2 (0.851 %) E-Learning 8 2 (0.851 %) Smartcard 8 2 (0.851 %) Asset Management 9 1 (0.426 %) Speech Recognition 9 1 (0.426 %) Freedom of Information 9 1 (0.426 %) LLPG 9 1 (0.426 %) Mainframe 9 1 (0.426 %) Replication 9 1 (0.426 %) Client/Server 9 1 (0.426 %) W3C 9 1 (0.426 %) Data Protection Act	Operating Systems 1 16 (6.809 %) Windows 2 8 (3.404 %) Windows 2000 3 4 (1.702 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.426 %) Unix
Processes & Methodologies 1 66 (28.09 %) Project Management 2 41 (17.45 %) Stakeholder Management 3 24 (10.21 %) Change Management 4 18 (7.660 %) PRINCE 4 18 (7.660 %) Project Planning 5 17 (7.234 %) ITIL 6 10 (4.255 %) Service Delivery 6 10 (4.255 %) Information Management 7 8 (3.404 %) Migration 7 8 (3.404 %) Resource Management 8 7 (2.979 %) Content Management 9 6 (2.553 %) Programme Management 10 5 (2.128 %) Business Analysis 11 4 (1.702 %) Risk Management 11 4 (1.702 %) Logistics 12 3 (1.277 %) IC Design 12 3 (1.277 %) Document Management 12 3 (1.277 %) Data Analysis 12 3 (1.277 %) Configuration Management 12 3 (1.277 %) Quality Management	Programming Languages 1 2 (0.851 %) C# 1 2 (0.851 %) C++ 1 2 (0.851 %) VB 2 1 (0.426 %) COBOL 2 1 (0.426 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 54 (22.98 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 29 (12.34 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 7 (2.979 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (2.979 %) MCSE 4 6 (2.553 %) ISEB 4 6 (2.553 %) Cisco Certification 5 5 (2.128 %) MCSA 5 5 (2.128 %) CCNA 6 4 (1.702 %) Degree 7 3 (1.277 %) PMI Certification 8 2 (0.851 %) ITIL Certification 8 2 (0.851 %) PMP 9 1 (0.426 %) CCNP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.277 %) SLA 1 3 (1.277 %) QA 2 2 (0.851 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.426 %) BS7666 3 1 (0.426 %) JSP 440
System Software 1 9 (3.830 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 8 (3.404 %) Microsoft 2 7 (2.979 %) Cisco 3 5 (2.128 %) Oracle 3 5 (2.128 %) SAP 4 3 (1.277 %) Citrix 5 2 (0.851 %) CheckPoint 5 2 (0.851 %) VMware 6 1 (0.426 %) Symantec 6 1 (0.426 %) Juniper 6 1 (0.426 %) NetApp 6 1 (0.426 %) Lotus 6 1 (0.426 %) Chordiant 6 1 (0.426 %) IBM