The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 46 48 56
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 9 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.090% 0.906% 1.159%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.25% 10.87% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £325 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £408 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £468 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -37.14%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
80 92 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.685% 8.333% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 51
Average daily rate £305 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £236 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £444 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 6
Average hourly rate - £32.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +113.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
Scotland

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Edinburgh PRINCE2 Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification.

1 15 (93.75%) PRINCE2
2 8 (50.00%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
6 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
7 1 (6.250%) Six Sigma
7 1 (6.250%) Benchmarking
7 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.250%) EMC
7 1 (6.250%) PMP
7 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
7 1 (6.250%) Lean Six Sigma
7 1 (6.250%) WordPress
7 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.250%) Lync
7 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.250%) Office 365

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) WordPress
1 1 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Office 365
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Release Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Change Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) PRINCE2
2 8 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
6 1 (6.250%) Six Sigma
6 1 (6.250%) Benchmarking
6 1 (6.250%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) PMP
1 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.250%) EMC