Hertfordshire PRINCE2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Andover Argyll and Bute Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Runcorn Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	14	25
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	125	91
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.167 %	0.092 %
As % of the category below	12.64 %	9.239 %
Daily rates quoted	60	51
Average minimum daily rate	£427	£357
Average daily rate	£448	£379
% change on same period last year	+18.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£470	£402
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£381
% change on same period last year	+3.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	-
Average hourly rate	£18.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.82	£34.58
% change on same period last year	-10.88 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	989	985
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.318 %	0.997 %
Daily rates quoted	387	377
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£354
Average daily rate	£407	£375
% change on same period last year	+8.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	102	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.85	£24.37
Average hourly rate	£29.44	£26.59
% change on same period last year	+10.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.02	£28.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
PRINCE2 East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PRINCE2
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Watford	+11	34	£511	+42.23 %
Rickmansworth	-11	6	-	-
Welwyn Garden City	-	5	£300	-
St Albans	-1	2	-	-
Stevenage	-	1	-	-

PRINCE2 East of England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 137 (53.73 %) Project Management 2 54 (21.18 %) Finance 3 49 (19.22 %) MS Project 4 44 (17.25 %) Telecoms 5 32 (12.55 %) Oracle 6 31 (12.16 %) Stakeholder Management 7 26 (10.20 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 25 (9.804 %) SAP 9 24 (9.412 %) Microsoft 10 22 (8.627 %) MS Excel 11 20 (7.843 %) Supplier Management 12 19 (7.451 %) Project Planning 12 19 (7.451 %) Retail 12 19 (7.451 %) ITIL 12 19 (7.451 %) UNIX

12 19 (7.451 %) PMI 13 18 (7.059 %) Games 13 18 (7.059 %) Time Management 14 17 (6.667 %) Solaris 15 16 (6.275 %) CRM 16 15 (5.882 %) MS Office 16 15 (5.882 %) Banking 17 14 (5.490 %) Java 18 13 (5.098 %) WebLogic 18 13 (5.098 %) Middleware 18 13 (5.098 %) SAP CRM 19 11 (4.314 %) Financial Institution 19 11 (4.314 %) 3G 19 11 (4.314 %) Configuration Management 19 11 (4.314 %) TestDirector

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 13 (5.098 %) Middleware 2 8 (3.137 %) .NET 3 4 (1.569 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.784 %) ASP 4 2 (0.784 %) WebSphere 4 2 (0.784 %) HTML 5 1 (0.392 %) .NET Framework 5 1 (0.392 %) MVC 5 1 (0.392 %) Web Dynpro 5 1 (0.392 %) SAP Smart Forms 5 1 (0.392 %) SAP XI 5 1 (0.392 %) SAP BSP 5 1 (0.392 %) SAP ALE 5 1 (0.392 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.392 %) COM 5 1 (0.392 %) CSS 5 1 (0.392 %) XSLT 5 1 (0.392 %) CORBA	Application Platforms 1 13 (5.098 %) WebLogic 2 6 (2.353 %) Office Project Server 3 5 (1.961 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (1.176 %) BizTalk Server 4 3 (1.176 %) SharePoint 5 2 (0.784 %) IIS 5 2 (0.784 %) WebSphere MQ 6 1 (0.392 %) CMS 6 1 (0.392 %) Tuxedo
Applications 1 49 (19.22 %) MS Project 2 22 (8.627 %) MS Excel 3 15 (5.882 %) MS Office 4 3 (1.176 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 13 (5.098 %) SAP CRM 2 1 (0.392 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 11 (4.314 %) GPRS 1 11 (4.314 %) 3G 2 4 (1.569 %) SAN 3 3 (1.176 %) Internet 3 3 (1.176 %) LDAP 3 3 (1.176 %) GGSN 4 2 (0.784 %) VoIP 5 1 (0.392 %) SMTP 5 1 (0.392 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.392 %) BGP 5 1 (0.392 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.392 %) LLU	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (1.961 %) Datawarehouse 2 4 (1.569 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.176 %) DB2 3 3 (1.176 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.392 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (0.392 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 11 (4.314 %) TestDirector 1 11 (4.314 %) LoadRunner 2 8 (3.137 %) ClearQuest 2 8 (3.137 %) eCATT 3 7 (2.745 %) ClearCase 4 2 (0.784 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.392 %) LSMW	General 1 54 (21.18 %) Finance 2 44 (17.25 %) Telecoms 3 19 (7.451 %) Retail 4 18 (7.059 %) Games 5 15 (5.882 %) Banking 6 11 (4.314 %) Financial Institution 7 10 (3.922 %) Pensions 8 8 (3.137 %) Billing 9 6 (2.353 %) Education 10 5 (1.961 %) Health 10 5 (1.961 %) Marketing 11 4 (1.569 %) Pharmaceutical 12 3 (1.176 %) Online Games 13 2 (0.784 %) FMCG 13 2 (0.784 %) Local Government 13 2 (0.784 %) Government 14 1 (0.392 %) Electric 14 1 (0.392 %) Automotive 14 1 (0.392 %) Legal 14 1 (0.392 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 162 (63.53 %) Project Manager 2 37 (14.51 %) Senior Manager 3 35 (13.73 %) Analyst 4 33 (12.94 %) Senior Project Manager 5 19 (7.451 %) Delivery Manager 6 18 (7.059 %) Infrastructure Manager 7 17 (6.667 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 8 15 (5.882 %) IT Manager 9 14 (5.490 %) IT Project Manager 10 13 (5.098 %) Test Analyst 11 12 (4.706 %) Business Analyst 12 10 (3.922 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 13 7 (2.745 %) SAP Test Analyst 13 7 (2.745 %) SAP Analyst 14 6 (2.353 %) Business Manager 14 6 (2.353 %) Change Manager 14 6 (2.353 %) Consultant 14 6 (2.353 %) Support Analyst 15 5 (1.961 %) Senior Analyst 15 5 (1.961 %) Junior	Miscellaneous 1 19 (7.451 %) PMI 2 11 (4.314 %) German Language 3 5 (1.961 %) EPoS 4 3 (1.176 %) iDTV 4 3 (1.176 %) CMDB 5 2 (0.784 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.784 %) Replication 5 2 (0.784 %) CLARiiON 6 1 (0.392 %) Fixed Income 6 1 (0.392 %) E-Learning 6 1 (0.392 %) Credit Derivative 6 1 (0.392 %) IPTV 6 1 (0.392 %) Derivative 6 1 (0.392 %) Polish Language 6 1 (0.392 %) Chip and PIN 6 1 (0.392 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.392 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 19 (7.451 %) UNIX 2 17 (6.667 %) Solaris 3 8 (3.137 %) Windows 4 3 (1.176 %) Linux 5 2 (0.784 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.392 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.392 %) AIX 6 1 (0.392 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 137 (53.73 %) Project Management 2 31 (12.16 %) Stakeholder Management 3 20 (7.843 %) Supplier Management 4 19 (7.451 %) ITIL 4 19 (7.451 %) Project Planning 5 18 (7.059 %) Time Management 6 16 (6.275 %) CRM 7 11 (4.314 %) Configuration Management 8 10 (3.922 %) CMMI 8 10 (3.922 %) Test Scripting 9 9 (3.529 %) Change Management 10 8 (3.137 %) PRINCE 10 8 (3.137 %) Web Development 11 7 (2.745 %) Matrix Management 11 7 (2.745 %) Performance Management 11 7 (2.745 %) QMS 11 7 (2.745 %) Risk Management 11 7 (2.745 %) Programme Management 12 6 (2.353 %) Service Delivery 12 6 (2.353 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 14 (5.490 %) Java 2 11 (4.314 %) SQL 3 3 (1.176 %) C# 4 1 (0.392 %) C++ 4 1 (0.392 %) ABAP 4 1 (0.392 %) SAPscript	Qualifications 1 26 (10.20 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 11 (4.314 %) Degree 3 10 (3.922 %) ISEB 4 8 (3.137 %) PMP 4 8 (3.137 %) PMI Certification 5 7 (2.745 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 5 (1.961 %) ITIL Certification 7 4 (1.569 %) Microsoft Certification 8 3 (1.176 %) MCSE 9 2 (0.784 %) CCNA 9 2 (0.784 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (3.922 %) QA 2 5 (1.961 %) ISO9001 2 5 (1.961 %) SLA 3 3 (1.176 %) GMP 4 2 (0.784 %) ISO9000 5 1 (0.392 %) COBIT 5 1 (0.392 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 2 (0.784 %) Active Directory 1 2 (0.784 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.392 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (0.392 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 4 (1.569 %) SCOM 2 2 (0.784 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 32 (12.55 %) Oracle 2 25 (9.804 %) SAP 3 24 (9.412 %) Microsoft 4 5 (1.961 %) Cisco 4 5 (1.961 %) IBM 4 5 (1.961 %) EMC 5 4 (1.569 %) HP 5 4 (1.569 %) Novell 5 4 (1.569 %) Ab Initio 5 4 (1.569 %) VMware 6 3 (1.176 %) BMC 7 2 (0.784 %) Planview 7 2 (0.784 %) Dell 7 2 (0.784 %) Citrix 8 1 (0.392 %) Avaya 8 1 (0.392 %) ADIC 8 1 (0.392 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.392 %) PeopleSoft 8 1 (0.392 %) CheckPoint 8 1 (0.392 %) Accenture