The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 58 63 63
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 5 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.785% 0.716% 0.114%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.094% 1.082% 0.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £450 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £41.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-18.67% +22.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 647 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.22% 62.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 289 238
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 55 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.75 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
PRINCE
East of England

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire PRINCE Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE.

1 8 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) CISM
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL V3
5 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
5 2 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) CISSP
5 2 (22.22%) SAN
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) VoIP
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) MS Office
5 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 1 (11.11%) SLA

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
1 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Rollout Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL V3
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) Logistics
6 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP