The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 27 18 25
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +7
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 4 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.905% 3.756% 5.150%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.920% 6.349% 7.792%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
Average daily rate £438 - £438
90% offered a daily rate of more than £428 - £368
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 - £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.54% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
137 126 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 65.24% 59.15% 66.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 41 50
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £205 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £24.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.35 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
PRINCE2
East Midlands

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hinckley -2 1 £425 -
Leicester -11 1 - -
PRINCE2
East Midlands

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (21.43%) C#
4 3 (21.43%) .NET
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
4 3 (21.43%) PBX
4 3 (21.43%) VoIP
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) IP Telephony
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Lync
4 3 (21.43%) Unified Communications
5 2 (14.29%) CSS3
5 2 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
5 2 (14.29%) jQuery
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 2 (14.29%) Web Development
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) MVC
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE
5 2 (14.29%) CSS
5 2 (14.29%) HTML
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) CSS
2 2 (14.29%) XHTML
2 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 2 (14.29%) jQuery
2 2 (14.29%) CSS3
2 2 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) PBX
1 3 (21.43%) VoIP
1 3 (21.43%) IP Telephony
1 3 (21.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Telephony Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (7.143%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) SAP Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Software Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) ERP Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) EPoS
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.143%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE
4 2 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (7.143%) Service Management
5 1 (7.143%) ITSM
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL
5 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.143%) ERP
5 1 (7.143%) B2B
5 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) APMP
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Siemens
4 1 (7.143%) SAP