The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 England 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 188 211 201
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 453 453 501
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.086% 0.849% 0.904%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.083% 4.867% 5.719%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 291 321
Average daily rate £400 £405 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23% -4.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £268 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 5
Average hourly rate £43.95 £31.63 £35.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.97% -10.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.41 £23.93 £24.69
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £39.33 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7447 9308 8761
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.86% 17.44% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3950 4937 4263
Average daily rate £375 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 507 603
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.14 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +8 185 £425 -
South East +23 97 £350 -12.50%
North West +32 37 £315 +0.80%
South West +18 36 £420 +8.38%
East of England +14 27 £375 -
West Midlands +11 18 £360 +4.72%
Yorkshire -5 15 £375 -21.05%
North East +25 13 £345 -18.76%
East Midlands -7 12 £351 -6.53%
Midlands +5 4 £425 -22.72%
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 921 (97.46%) PRINCE2
2 400 (42.33%) Project Management
3 339 (35.87%) Finance
4 220 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 143 (15.13%) PRINCE
6 141 (14.92%) MS Project
7 125 (13.23%) Banking
8 122 (12.91%) ITIL
9 113 (11.96%) Microsoft
10 99 (10.48%) MS Excel
11 80 (8.466%) Retail
12 79 (8.360%) Change Management
13 78 (8.254%) Migration
13 78 (8.254%) MS Office
14 64 (6.772%) NHS
15 63 (6.667%) Telecoms
16 56 (5.926%) Project Planning
17 53 (5.608%) PMI Certification
18 50 (5.291%) Risk Management
18 50 (5.291%) Degree
18 50 (5.291%) Change Control
19 47 (4.974%) MS PowerPoint
19 47 (4.974%) Security Cleared
19 47 (4.974%) MS Visio
20 46 (4.868%) Windows
20 46 (4.868%) Oracle
21 37 (3.915%) VMware
22 35 (3.704%) Management Information System
22 35 (3.704%) Retail Banking
23 34 (3.598%) Agile Software Development

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 14 (1.481%) WebSphere
2 11 (1.164%) .NET
3 10 (1.058%) HTML
4 9 (0.952%) CSS
5 6 (0.635%) Middleware
5 6 (0.635%) COM
6 3 (0.317%) WCF
6 3 (0.317%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.317%) Web Services
7 2 (0.212%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.212%) AppFabric
7 2 (0.212%) Application Packaging
7 2 (0.212%) Motif
7 2 (0.212%) LAMP
7 2 (0.212%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.212%) JRules
8 1 (0.106%) J2EE
8 1 (0.106%) XML
8 1 (0.106%) JavaBeans
Application Platforms
1 32 (3.386%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.270%) MS Exchange
2 12 (1.270%) CMS
3 9 (0.952%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (0.847%) Documentum
5 6 (0.635%) Drupal
5 6 (0.635%) Lync
6 4 (0.423%) MS Project Server
7 3 (0.317%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.212%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.212%) SAS
8 2 (0.212%) IIS
8 2 (0.212%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (0.212%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.106%) Adobe CQ
9 1 (0.106%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.106%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.106%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.106%) FileNet
9 1 (0.106%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 141 (14.92%) MS Project
2 99 (10.48%) MS Excel
3 78 (8.254%) MS Office
4 47 (4.974%) MS Visio
4 47 (4.974%) MS PowerPoint
5 8 (0.847%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.423%) Office 365
7 1 (0.106%) Open Workbench
7 1 (0.106%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.481%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.847%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.635%) Maximo
4 5 (0.529%) Agresso
5 3 (0.317%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.317%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.317%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.317%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.212%) Aligne
6 2 (0.212%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.106%) MFGPRO
7 1 (0.106%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.106%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.106%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.106%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.106%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.106%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.106%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.106%) TrackWise
7 1 (0.106%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.280%) WAN
2 27 (2.857%) LAN
3 15 (1.587%) Internet
4 13 (1.376%) Intranet
4 13 (1.376%) VoIP
5 9 (0.952%) SAN
6 8 (0.847%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.741%) Wireless
8 6 (0.635%) MPLS
8 6 (0.635%) Firewall
9 5 (0.529%) HTTP
10 4 (0.423%) VPN
11 3 (0.317%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.317%) Network Security
11 3 (0.317%) 2G
11 3 (0.317%) 3G
11 3 (0.317%) 4G
12 2 (0.212%) Radio Access Network
12 2 (0.212%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.212%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.646%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.011%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.376%) MS Access
4 7 (0.741%) MySQL
5 4 (0.423%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.317%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (0.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.317%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.317%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (0.212%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.212%) SQLPlus
7 2 (0.212%) GIS
7 2 (0.212%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.106%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.106%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.106%) DB2
8 1 (0.106%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.106%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.106%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.106%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (0.212%) Rational Rose
1 2 (0.212%) RequisitePro
2 1 (0.106%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.106%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.106%) LoadRunner
General
1 339 (35.87%) Finance
2 125 (13.23%) Banking
3 80 (8.466%) Retail
4 63 (6.667%) Telecoms
5 35 (3.704%) Retail Banking
6 33 (3.492%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.270%) Marketing
8 10 (1.058%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.058%) Publishing
9 9 (0.952%) Advertising
9 9 (0.952%) Legal
9 9 (0.952%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (0.952%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (0.847%) Front Office
11 7 (0.741%) Back Office
11 7 (0.741%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.741%) Local Government
12 6 (0.635%) German Language
13 5 (0.529%) Law
14 3 (0.317%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 645 (68.25%) Project Manager
2 65 (6.878%) Analyst
3 60 (6.349%) IT Project Manager
4 46 (4.868%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 45 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
6 43 (4.550%) Senior Manager
7 42 (4.444%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 42 (4.444%) Senior Project Manager
8 36 (3.810%) Business Analyst
9 31 (3.280%) Coordinator
10 26 (2.751%) Technical Manager
11 25 (2.646%) Programme Manager
12 24 (2.540%) Technical Project Manager
13 23 (2.434%) Project Officer
14 22 (2.328%) Junior
15 19 (2.011%) Project Support Officer
16 18 (1.905%) Architect
16 18 (1.905%) NHS Project Manager
17 17 (1.799%) Project Coordinator
18 16 (1.693%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.772%) NHS
2 35 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.963%) PMI
4 14 (1.481%) FMCG
5 12 (1.270%) Credit Risk
6 11 (1.164%) Mainframe
7 8 (0.847%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (0.847%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (0.741%) Informatics
8 7 (0.741%) Clustering
9 6 (0.635%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.529%) PACS
10 5 (0.529%) Social Network
10 5 (0.529%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.423%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.423%) Social Media
11 4 (0.423%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.423%) CESG
11 4 (0.423%) LIMS
12 3 (0.317%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.868%) Windows
2 34 (3.598%) UNIX
3 19 (2.011%) Windows 7
4 16 (1.693%) Linux
5 12 (1.270%) AIX
6 7 (0.741%) Solaris
7 6 (0.635%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.423%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.317%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.212%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.106%) Android
11 1 (0.106%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (97.46%) PRINCE2
2 400 (42.33%) Project Management
3 220 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 143 (15.13%) PRINCE
5 122 (12.91%) ITIL
6 79 (8.360%) Change Management
7 78 (8.254%) Migration
8 56 (5.926%) Project Planning
9 50 (5.291%) Change Control
9 50 (5.291%) Risk Management
10 34 (3.598%) Agile Software Development
11 32 (3.386%) Programme Management
12 30 (3.175%) ERP
13 29 (3.069%) Business Transformation
14 28 (2.963%) CRM
14 28 (2.963%) E-Commerce
14 28 (2.963%) Business Analysis
15 26 (2.751%) UML
15 26 (2.751%) Release Management
16 25 (2.646%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (2.751%) Java
2 17 (1.799%) SQL
3 16 (1.693%) C
4 6 (0.635%) PHP
5 5 (0.529%) VBA
6 3 (0.317%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.317%) C#
7 2 (0.212%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.106%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.106%) Perl
8 1 (0.106%) VBScript
8 1 (0.106%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 53 (5.608%) PMI Certification
2 50 (5.291%) Degree
3 47 (4.974%) Security Cleared
4 34 (3.598%) PMP
5 26 (2.751%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.540%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 24 (2.540%) ITIL Certification
6 24 (2.540%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.587%) ISEB
8 14 (1.481%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.481%) CCNA
9 7 (0.741%) CCNP
9 7 (0.741%) MCSE
9 7 (0.741%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.423%) CCIE
11 3 (0.317%) MCP
11 3 (0.317%) CNA
11 3 (0.317%) CNE
11 3 (0.317%) Novell Certification
11 3 (0.317%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.963%) QA
2 9 (0.952%) SLA
3 8 (0.847%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.741%) Basel III
5 5 (0.529%) COBIT
6 4 (0.423%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.317%) Basel II
8 2 (0.212%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.212%) FATCA
9 1 (0.106%) EFQM
9 1 (0.106%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.106%) GxP
System Software
1 17 (1.799%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.587%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.212%) VMware ESX
3 2 (0.212%) XenApp
3 2 (0.212%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.106%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.106%) vSphere
4 1 (0.106%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.106%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (0.423%) SCOM
2 3 (0.317%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.212%) ZENworks
3 2 (0.212%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.106%) SCCM
4 1 (0.106%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.106%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 113 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.868%) Oracle
3 37 (3.915%) VMware
4 29 (3.069%) SAP
5 22 (2.328%) Cisco
6 20 (2.116%) Citrix
7 14 (1.481%) EMC
8 9 (0.952%) IBM
9 6 (0.635%) Avaya
9 6 (0.635%) Salesforce.com
10 5 (0.529%) Remedy
10 5 (0.529%) Informatica
10 5 (0.529%) Fundtech
11 4 (0.423%) BT
11 4 (0.423%) NetApp
11 4 (0.423%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.423%) Adobe
11 4 (0.423%) Dell
12 3 (0.317%) HP
12 3 (0.317%) CheckPoint
West Midlands
This exciting opportunity offers a varied and challenging opportunity to progress your career as a Project Manager.This position is responsible for the implementation and delivery of a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
The ideal candidate will be Prince 2 certified or equivalent and have excellent communication skills - including stakeholder.The role will also require:Be accountable for project utilisation of...
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced project manager with Lamp Development. Required Skills: Prince 2 certified Agile certified Lamp Development UX Experience with end to end project...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
IT Project Manager based in Cheshire
Skills and Experience: - Prince2 qualified - Ability to manage multiple complex IT projects - Possess a broad knowledge of the business and its core business functions - Candidates must have a...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £30,000 to £35,000 (plus excellent company benefits)
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
I am looking for a Prince 2 certified Project Manager with excellent previous Wholesale Banking / Commercial Banking environment experience, ideally within Online ChannelsOur client are looking to deliver...
Church International
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
They must be able to provide subject matter expertise for the testing and trialing aspects of the maritime domain... Sand Resources is an equal opportunity employer committed to...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Skills and Experience required:- - Product Control - SDLC -Investment banking - Prince 2 qualified - Agile - Scrum - Sprint - Waterfall This role is for an experienced IT PROJECT MANAGER within investment banking.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Knowledge of Information Governance would help to deliver the projects.You will need to be Prince 2 qualified and have previous experience of working Projects in the NHS.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £260.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City, London
My client, atop tier energy trading company requires an experienced Project Manager with Openlink ENDUR experience to work closely with the business on an implementation project... Prince 2...
Aston Carter
Rate: £600 - £650 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Senior Project Manager / Prince2 / MSP / Airline / Stakeholder Management / MS Project / Risk Management / Crawley - £375 - £400 per day to be responsiblefor delivering Business and IT change in line with...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £375 - £400 per day + Potential to extend
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Cisco Project Manager required - ideally PMP and/or Prince 2 certified - the ideal candidate will have previous experience of managing multiple Cisco / networking based projects including; unified communications,...
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, North West
HR Project Manager - (HR/Retail Banking/Financial Services) - Up to £250.00 per day - Manchester My global financial services client has an urgent requirement for a HR Project...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
HR Project Manager - (HR/Retail Banking/Financial Services) - Up to £250.00 per day - Manchester My global financial services client has an urgent requirement for a HR Project...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
My Client is a leading investment bank, they are looking for a project manager to plan and manage a portfolio of projects in the MOTIF area:- Skills:- - Experience...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Education; Educated to degree level or equivalent. Prince 2 accreditation. Desirable; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation. Working knowledge of ITIL and/or SFIA. Working knowledge of SOx...
Leading Resolutions
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
You will have previous Project Management experience, ideally within the financial services industry, Prince 2 certification and excellent communication/stakeholder management/engagement skills... Demonstrable experience with MS Project...
Hudson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day + dep on experience
Posted: 1 May 2013
Surrey, South East
The role will involve CRM implementation, migration and enhancements and a good understanding of the functional modules of CRM is essential.Senior Project Manager Responsibilities:*Manage CRM based...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Crawley, South East
Support the preparation and validation of the MTP, budgets and forecasts for Property Services and provide appropriate reporting against these... Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills Proven experience of analysis...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Support the preparation and validation of the MTP, budgets and forecasts for Property Services and provide appropriate reporting against these... Proven experience of stakeholder management involving internal and...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Extensive experience of consulting with Oracle ERP Management of third party suppliers and vendors Oracle R12 experience Appreciation of ITIL Standards and Practices Extensive PMO experience Desirable Skills:...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Dorset
Tags: Business Change Manager, Business Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager, PM, Project, MS Project, Project Plans, Prince, Prince 2, Prince II, Change, Implementation, ERP, Agresso, Systems, Processes, Stakeholder,...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Extensive experience of consulting with Oracle ERP - Management of third party suppliers and vendors - Oracle R12 experience - Appreciation of ITIL Standards and Practices - Extensive PMO experience Desirable Skills: -...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013