Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Edinburgh region.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank573251
Rank change year-on-year
Down-25Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh0.224 %1.724 %0.368 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.000 %13.24 %6.383 %
Daily rates quoted100
Average daily rate£450--
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£344£400
% change year-on-year
+2.470 %-14.00 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.68£19.00£33.50
% change year-on-year
+8.810 %-43.28 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
506847
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh5.599 %13.03 %5.760 %
Daily rates quoted11105
Average daily rate£325£308£313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.690 %-1.600 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£265£180£286
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£359£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted652
Average hourly rate£42.50£18.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+136.11 %-18.18 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.60£11.40£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£61.75£19.00£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
PRINCE2 Certification ScotlandPRINCE2 Certification
Scotland

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.

PRINCE2 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

111 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
28 (72.73 %)Finance
33 (27.27 %)Banking
42 (18.18 %)Retail
42 (18.18 %)PKI
42 (18.18 %)Pensions
42 (18.18 %)Retail Banking
42 (18.18 %)Insurance
42 (18.18 %)Stakeholder Management
42 (18.18 %)MS Project
42 (18.18 %)Microsoft
42 (18.18 %)Chip and PIN
42 (18.18 %)Smartcard
42 (18.18 %)Project Management
51 (9.091 %)C
51 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
51 (9.091 %)Programme Office Management
51 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
51 (9.091 %)Marketing
51 (9.091 %)Project Planning
51 (9.091 %)Matrix Management
51 (9.091 %)Change Management
51 (9.091 %)GAP Analysis

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Project
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (72.73 %)Finance
23 (27.27 %)Banking
32 (18.18 %)Retail
32 (18.18 %)Pensions
32 (18.18 %)Retail Banking
32 (18.18 %)Insurance
41 (9.091 %)Marketing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (63.64 %)Project Manager
22 (18.18 %)Programme Manager
22 (18.18 %)Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Senior Project Manager
31 (9.091 %)Programme Office Manager
31 (9.091 %)Project Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Delivery Manager
31 (9.091 %)Business Project Manager
31 (9.091 %)Project Office Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Senior Manager
31 (9.091 %)Delivery Project Manager
31 (9.091 %)Business Manager
31 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)PKI
12 (18.18 %)Chip and PIN
12 (18.18 %)Smartcard
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (18.18 %)Stakeholder Management
22 (18.18 %)Project Management
31 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
31 (9.091 %)Programme Office Management
31 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
31 (9.091 %)Project Planning
31 (9.091 %)Matrix Management
31 (9.091 %)Change Management
31 (9.091 %)GAP Analysis
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)C
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft