The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 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 PRINCE2 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 23 43 29
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 44 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 6.759% 3.275% 4.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.483% 4.977% 6.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 24 20
Average daily rate £450 £413 £406
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £273 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £471 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.11 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -23.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
464 643 528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.27% 65.81% 61.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 290 228
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 £265 £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 56 76
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 £12.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
St Albans - 9 - -
Watford +8 5 £513 +32.25%
Stevenage - 1 £450 -
PRINCE2
East of England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 33 (43.42%) Project Management
2 23 (30.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 19 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 19 (25.00%) ITIL
4 18 (23.68%) Finance
5 17 (22.37%) Service Management
5 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
6 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (19.74%) MS Excel
8 12 (15.79%) ISEB
8 12 (15.79%) Retail
9 11 (14.47%) Migration
10 10 (13.16%) Change Management
10 10 (13.16%) PMI Certification
11 9 (11.84%) Remedy
11 9 (11.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 8 (10.53%) PRINCE
13 7 (9.211%) VoIP
13 7 (9.211%) E-Commerce
13 7 (9.211%) MS Project
13 7 (9.211%) MS Office
13 7 (9.211%) Degree
14 6 (7.895%) Business Analysis
14 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (7.895%) PMP
14 6 (7.895%) Big Data
15 5 (6.579%) Firewall
15 5 (6.579%) Service Delivery
15 5 (6.579%) Legal
15 5 (6.579%) SAN

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 2 (2.632%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.579%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.316%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 15 (19.74%) MS Excel
2 7 (9.211%) MS Project
2 7 (9.211%) MS Office
3 3 (3.947%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.632%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.211%) VoIP
2 5 (6.579%) Firewall
2 5 (6.579%) SAN
2 5 (6.579%) VPN
3 3 (3.947%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.632%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.316%) Internet
5 1 (1.316%) SMS
5 1 (1.316%) WAN
5 1 (1.316%) HTTP
5 1 (1.316%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.895%) Big Data
2 5 (6.579%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.316%) OLTP
General
1 18 (23.68%) Finance
2 12 (15.79%) Retail
3 5 (6.579%) Legal
4 4 (5.263%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.632%) Spanish Language
5 2 (2.632%) Marketing
6 1 (1.316%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 54 (71.05%) Project Manager
2 8 (10.53%) Analyst
3 7 (9.211%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 6 (7.895%) Technical Manager
4 6 (7.895%) Technical Project Manager
5 5 (6.579%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (6.579%) Head of IT
6 4 (5.263%) Software Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Software Project Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Development Project Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Development Manager
6 4 (5.263%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.947%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Software Development Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Implementation Manager
7 3 (3.947%) Software Development Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.579%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (5.263%) PMI
3 2 (2.632%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.632%) RIA
3 2 (2.632%) NHS
4 1 (1.316%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.947%) Linux
2 2 (2.632%) Windows 7
2 2 (2.632%) Windows
3 1 (1.316%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (43.42%) Project Management
2 19 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 19 (25.00%) ITIL
3 17 (22.37%) Service Management
4 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (14.47%) Migration
6 10 (13.16%) Change Management
7 8 (10.53%) PRINCE
8 7 (9.211%) E-Commerce
9 6 (7.895%) Business Analysis
9 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.579%) Service Delivery
10 5 (6.579%) ITIL V3
10 5 (6.579%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (5.263%) Waterfall
11 4 (5.263%) Project Planning
11 4 (5.263%) Programme Management
11 4 (5.263%) Data Modelling
11 4 (5.263%) ETL
11 4 (5.263%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.947%) Java
2 1 (1.316%) C
2 1 (1.316%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (30.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 12 (15.79%) ISEB
3 10 (13.16%) PMI Certification
4 9 (11.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 7 (9.211%) Degree
6 6 (7.895%) PMP
7 2 (2.632%) CISSP
7 2 (2.632%) CISM
8 1 (1.316%) APMP
8 1 (1.316%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (1.316%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.579%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.316%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.263%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.84%) Remedy
3 4 (5.263%) Teradata
4 3 (3.947%) Oracle
5 2 (2.632%) Tableau
5 2 (2.632%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.632%) Cisco
5 2 (2.632%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.316%) Lotus
6 1 (1.316%) HP
6 1 (1.316%) SAP