The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Essex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 20 30 33
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 32 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 7.494% 4.054% 4.199%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.74% 6.316% 6.751%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 12
Average daily rate £315 £330 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% -18.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
Average hourly rate £41.00 £38.98 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £23.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+57.89% -24.60%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 285 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 69.79% 64.19% 62.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 134 106
Average daily rate £325 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £130 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 39 36
Average hourly rate £34.67 £27.50 £27.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.05% -0.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE2
East of England

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Essex PRINCE2 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex PRINCE2 Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Basildon +8 11 £313 - 1
Southend-on-Sea - - - -
Thurrock - - - -
PRINCE2
East of England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 51 (68.92%) Project Management
2 37 (50.00%) Finance
3 27 (36.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 23 (31.08%) MS Project
5 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
6 17 (22.97%) Configuration Management
7 14 (18.92%) PMI Certification
8 12 (16.22%) Time Management
8 12 (16.22%) Change Control
9 11 (14.86%) Waterfall
9 11 (14.86%) PMP
9 11 (14.86%) J2EE
9 11 (14.86%) SQL
9 11 (14.86%) ITIL
9 11 (14.86%) Scrum
10 10 (13.51%) NHS
11 9 (12.16%) AccuRev
12 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (9.459%) Telecoms
13 7 (9.459%) SQL Server
14 6 (8.108%) C++
14 6 (8.108%) PL/SQL
14 6 (8.108%) Oracle
14 6 (8.108%) Project Planning
14 6 (8.108%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (6.757%) MS PowerPoint
15 5 (6.757%) QA
15 5 (6.757%) Wealth Management
15 5 (6.757%) Document Management
15 5 (6.757%) MS Office

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 11 (14.86%) J2EE
Applications
1 23 (31.08%) MS Project
2 5 (6.757%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (6.757%) MS Office
3 4 (5.405%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.703%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.351%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.757%) LAN
1 5 (6.757%) WAN
1 5 (6.757%) MPLS
2 3 (4.054%) Network Security
2 3 (4.054%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (4.054%) BIG-IP
3 2 (2.703%) Internet
4 1 (1.351%) Wireless
4 1 (1.351%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.459%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
General
1 37 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (9.459%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.405%) Automotive
4 2 (2.703%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.351%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (72.97%) Project Manager
2 8 (10.81%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 7 (9.459%) Technical Manager
3 7 (9.459%) Technical Project Manager
4 4 (5.405%) Project Leader
4 4 (5.405%) Network Manager
4 4 (5.405%) Network Project Manager
4 4 (5.405%) Technical Project Leader
4 4 (5.405%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 3 (4.054%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (4.054%) Technical Leader
5 3 (4.054%) Applications Manager
5 3 (4.054%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (4.054%) Developer
6 2 (2.703%) Development Manager
6 2 (2.703%) Programmer
6 2 (2.703%) Lead Developer
6 2 (2.703%) Programme Manager
6 2 (2.703%) Team Leader
6 2 (2.703%) Resource Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) NHS
2 5 (6.757%) PMI
3 2 (2.703%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.054%) Windows 8
1 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (4.054%) Windows 7
1 3 (4.054%) Windows
1 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (68.92%) Project Management
2 17 (22.97%) Configuration Management
3 12 (16.22%) Time Management
3 12 (16.22%) Change Control
4 11 (14.86%) Waterfall
4 11 (14.86%) ITIL
4 11 (14.86%) Scrum
5 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (8.108%) Project Planning
7 5 (6.757%) Wealth Management
7 5 (6.757%) Document Management
8 4 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.054%) Business Analysis
9 3 (4.054%) Systems Analysis
9 3 (4.054%) Migration
9 3 (4.054%) Change Management
9 3 (4.054%) E-Commerce
10 2 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (2.703%) ERP
10 2 (2.703%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.86%) SQL
2 6 (8.108%) C++
2 6 (8.108%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.054%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.054%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 14 (18.92%) PMI Certification
3 11 (14.86%) PMP
4 6 (8.108%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (4.054%) Degree
5 3 (4.054%) CCSE
6 1 (1.351%) APMP
6 1 (1.351%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.757%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.054%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.703%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (4.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.16%) AccuRev
3 6 (8.108%) Oracle
4 4 (5.405%) Cisco
5 3 (4.054%) F5
5 3 (4.054%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.703%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.351%) Pega
7 1 (1.351%) Siemens
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