East of England PRINCE2 Practitioner Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Practitioner in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Amersham Avon Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	120	154
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	18	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	3.965 %	1.284 %
Daily rates quoted	11	3
Average minimum daily rate	£414	£340
Average daily rate	£441	£357
% change on same period last year	+23.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£469	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£418	£401
% change on same period last year	+4.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£45.00
Average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£55.00	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+57.14 %
Qualifications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	454	545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.599 %	0.543 %
Daily rates quoted	173	183
Average minimum daily rate	£277	£287
Average daily rate	£295	£305
% change on same period last year	-3.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£313	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£329
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	102
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.56	£25.34
Average hourly rate	£23.76	£26.79
% change on same period last year	-11.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.97	£28.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.31	£25.67
% change on same period last year	-5.30 %
PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Norfolk	-	7	£424	-
Essex	+4	4	£393	+78.78 %
Hertfordshire	-	3	£567	-
Cambridgeshire	+11	2	£275	-35.29 %
Bedfordshire	+16	1	-	-
East Anglia	-	1	-	-

PRINCE2 Practitioner England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner.

1 27 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 16 (59.26 %) Project Management 3 7 (25.93 %) MS Project 4 6 (22.22 %) Finance 5 4 (14.81 %) Stakeholder Management 6 2 (7.407 %) Government 6 2 (7.407 %) Publishing 6 2 (7.407 %) PRINCE 6 2 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 1 (3.704 %) Insurance 7 1 (3.704 %) Supplier Management 7 1 (3.704 %) Local Government 7 1 (3.704 %) Pensions 7 1 (3.704 %) WebSphere 7 1 (3.704 %) QA

7 1 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (3.704 %) Matrix Management 7 1 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 7 1 (3.704 %) BC Cleared 7 1 (3.704 %) CTC Cleared 7 1 (3.704 %) Security Cleared 7 1 (3.704 %) PMP 7 1 (3.704 %) PMI Certification 7 1 (3.704 %) SAN 7 1 (3.704 %) NHS 7 1 (3.704 %) MS Office 7 1 (3.704 %) Java 7 1 (3.704 %) J2EE 7 1 (3.704 %) RUP 7 1 (3.704 %) DSDM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (3.704 %) WebSphere 1 1 (3.704 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 1 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2007 1 1 (3.704 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 7 (25.93 %) MS Project 2 1 (3.704 %) MS Office 2 1 (3.704 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (3.704 %) SAN
General 1 6 (22.22 %) Finance 2 2 (7.407 %) Government 2 2 (7.407 %) Publishing 3 1 (3.704 %) Insurance 3 1 (3.704 %) Local Government 3 1 (3.704 %) Pensions 3 1 (3.704 %) Games	Job Titles 1 23 (85.19 %) Project Manager 2 2 (7.407 %) Change Manager 2 2 (7.407 %) Project Planner 2 2 (7.407 %) Senior Manager 2 2 (7.407 %) Data Manager 2 2 (7.407 %) Senior Project Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) Team Leader 3 1 (3.704 %) Technical Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) NHS Project Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.704 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 16 (59.26 %) Project Management 3 4 (14.81 %) Stakeholder Management 4 2 (7.407 %) PRINCE 5 1 (3.704 %) Supplier Management 5 1 (3.704 %) Matrix Management 5 1 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (3.704 %) BC Cleared 5 1 (3.704 %) CTC Cleared 5 1 (3.704 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (3.704 %) RUP 5 1 (3.704 %) DSDM 5 1 (3.704 %) CMMI 5 1 (3.704 %) Change Management 5 1 (3.704 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (3.704 %) Programme Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (3.704 %) Java	Qualifications 1 2 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (3.704 %) PMP 2 1 (3.704 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (3.704 %) QA 1 1 (3.704 %) ISO9001	Vendors 1 1 (3.704 %) Microsoft 1 1 (3.704 %) Dell