London PRINCE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE
Location Amersham Andover Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Cumbria Denbighshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harlow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Huddersfield Ipswich Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weymouth Wiltshire Windsor Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	190	264
Rank change on same period last year	+74
Matching contract IT job ads	256	241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.337 %	0.252 %
As % of the category below	1.439 %	1.061 %
Daily rates quoted	112	85
Average minimum daily rate	£455	£414
Average daily rate	£490	£438
% change on same period last year	+11.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£524	£462
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£389
% change on same period last year	+1.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.00	£27.00
Average hourly rate	£37.50	£29.05
% change on same period last year	+29.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.00	£31.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.65	£29.47
% change on same period last year	+7.39 %
Processes & Methodologies London
Matching contract IT job ads	17784	22721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	23.45 %	23.76 %
Daily rates quoted	7968	8969
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£422
Average daily rate	£441	£450
% change on same period last year	-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£472	£478
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	584	784
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.65	£29.57
Average hourly rate	£28.60	£31.71
% change on same period last year	-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.56	£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
PRINCE 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.

PRINCE
Demand Trend

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

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

PRINCE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PRINCE within the London region over the 3 months to 8 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
City of London	-3	47	£526	+0.23 %
Docklands, London	+21	8	£650	+54.76 %
Canary Wharf	+8	6	£472	+1.98 %
Hayes	-	4	-	-
Surbiton	-	3	£462	-
Luton	-	2	-	-
Uxbridge	-11	2	£450	+33.33 %
Lewisham	-	1	£450	-
Bromley	-	1	-	-
Brentford	-	1	-	-
Beckenham	-	1	-	-

PRINCE England

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 333 (66.33 %) PRINCE2 2 230 (45.82 %) Project Management 3 144 (28.69 %) Finance 4 115 (22.91 %) Banking 5 104 (20.72 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 72 (14.34 %) Change Management 7 70 (13.94 %) ITIL 8 62 (12.35 %) MS Project 9 52 (10.36 %) Stakeholder Management 10 47 (9.363 %) Investment Banking 11 46 (9.163 %) Programme Management 12 39 (7.769 %) Government 12 39 (7.769 %) MS Excel 12 39 (7.769 %) Microsoft 13 36 (7.171 %) PMI

14 32 (6.375 %) MS Office 14 32 (6.375 %) Retail 14 32 (6.375 %) Business Analysis 15 30 (5.976 %) Security Cleared 16 29 (5.777 %) Six Sigma 17 25 (4.980 %) Degree 18 24 (4.781 %) Windows 18 24 (4.781 %) Back Office 19 23 (4.582 %) Asset Management 20 21 (4.183 %) Retail Banking 20 21 (4.183 %) Health 21 20 (3.984 %) Telecoms 22 19 (3.785 %) Risk Management 23 18 (3.586 %) Front Office 23 18 (3.586 %) RUP

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development 1 7 (1.394 %) .NET 2 6 (1.195 %) WebSphere 3 5 (0.996 %) Middleware 4 2 (0.398 %) ASP 4 2 (0.398 %) COM+ 4 2 (0.398 %) DCOM 4 2 (0.398 %) XML 5 1 (0.199 %) JNDI 5 1 (0.199 %) CORBA 5 1 (0.199 %) HTML 5 1 (0.199 %) EJB 5 1 (0.199 %) JSP 5 1 (0.199 %) STL 5 1 (0.199 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.199 %) EDI 5 1 (0.199 %) JAAS 5 1 (0.199 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 14 (2.789 %) CMS 1 14 (2.789 %) SharePoint 2 6 (1.195 %) Tomcat 3 3 (0.598 %) Apache 3 3 (0.598 %) IIS 4 2 (0.398 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (0.398 %) GroupWise 4 2 (0.398 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.199 %) ESB 5 1 (0.199 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (0.199 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (0.199 %) Documentum 5 1 (0.199 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 62 (12.35 %) MS Project 2 39 (7.769 %) MS Excel 3 32 (6.375 %) MS Office 4 12 (2.390 %) MS PowerPoint 5 10 (1.992 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.398 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 1 (0.199 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 4 (0.797 %) RMDS 1 4 (0.797 %) Temenos Globus 2 3 (0.598 %) Microsoft CRM 3 1 (0.199 %) Hyperion Enterprise 3 1 (0.199 %) SAP Oil and Gas 3 1 (0.199 %) Changepoint 3 1 (0.199 %) SAP ERP 3 1 (0.199 %) Great Plains 3 1 (0.199 %) HiPortfolio
Communications & Networking 1 11 (2.191 %) Internet 2 10 (1.992 %) Intranet 3 7 (1.394 %) LAN 3 7 (1.394 %) WAN 4 5 (0.996 %) VoIP 4 5 (0.996 %) Firewall 5 4 (0.797 %) SAN 5 4 (0.797 %) Network Security 6 3 (0.598 %) SSL 6 3 (0.598 %) VPN 7 2 (0.398 %) Wireless 7 2 (0.398 %) BGP 7 2 (0.398 %) NetScreen 7 2 (0.398 %) PBX 7 2 (0.398 %) ISDN 7 2 (0.398 %) POP3 7 2 (0.398 %) SMTP 7 2 (0.398 %) OSPF 7 2 (0.398 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (0.398 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (3.187 %) MS Access 2 11 (2.191 %) BusinessObjects 3 8 (1.594 %) Datawarehouse 4 5 (0.996 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 3 (0.598 %) EDRMS 5 3 (0.598 %) SQL Server 6 2 (0.398 %) ETL 6 2 (0.398 %) SAP BW 7 1 (0.199 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (0.199 %) QualityStage 7 1 (0.199 %) DB2 7 1 (0.199 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 5 (0.996 %) RequisitePro 2 3 (0.598 %) ClearQuest 3 2 (0.398 %) WinRunner 3 2 (0.398 %) TestDirector 3 2 (0.398 %) LoadRunner 3 2 (0.398 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (0.199 %) Oracle APEX 4 1 (0.199 %) JIRA 4 1 (0.199 %) Ant 4 1 (0.199 %) Flash	General 1 144 (28.69 %) Finance 2 115 (22.91 %) Banking 3 47 (9.363 %) Investment Banking 4 39 (7.769 %) Government 5 32 (6.375 %) Retail 6 24 (4.781 %) Back Office 7 21 (4.183 %) Retail Banking 7 21 (4.183 %) Health 8 20 (3.984 %) Telecoms 9 18 (3.586 %) Front Office 10 11 (2.191 %) Marketing 10 11 (2.191 %) Insurance 11 7 (1.394 %) Education 12 6 (1.195 %) Local Government 13 5 (0.996 %) Financial Institution 14 4 (0.797 %) Home Office 14 4 (0.797 %) Pensions 14 4 (0.797 %) Billing 15 3 (0.598 %) General Ledger 15 3 (0.598 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 278 (55.38 %) Project Manager 2 82 (16.33 %) Analyst 3 46 (9.163 %) Business Analyst 4 39 (7.769 %) Programme Manager 5 20 (3.984 %) Project Analyst 6 17 (3.386 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 7 15 (2.988 %) Technical Manager 8 14 (2.789 %) Change Manager 9 13 (2.590 %) Consultant 9 13 (2.590 %) Senior Manager 10 12 (2.390 %) Technical Project Manager 10 12 (2.390 %) Senior Project Manager 10 12 (2.390 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 12 (2.390 %) Business Manager 11 11 (2.191 %) Data Analyst 11 11 (2.191 %) Coordinator 12 10 (1.992 %) IT Manager 12 10 (1.992 %) Business Project Manager 13 9 (1.793 %) Delivery Manager 13 9 (1.793 %) Project Coordinator	Miscellaneous 1 36 (7.171 %) PMI 2 23 (4.582 %) Asset Management 3 12 (2.390 %) Equities 3 12 (2.390 %) NHS 4 11 (2.191 %) Fixed Income 4 11 (2.191 %) Management Information System 5 8 (1.594 %) Derivative 6 5 (0.996 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 5 (0.996 %) Chip and PIN 6 5 (0.996 %) EFT 6 5 (0.996 %) EFTPOS 6 5 (0.996 %) Smartcard 7 3 (0.598 %) German Language 7 3 (0.598 %) Fund Management 8 2 (0.398 %) IVR 8 2 (0.398 %) Swedish Language 9 1 (0.199 %) Tandem 9 1 (0.199 %) Economics 9 1 (0.199 %) Equity Derivative 9 1 (0.199 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 24 (4.781 %) Windows 2 13 (2.590 %) Unix 3 5 (0.996 %) Linux 4 3 (0.598 %) AIX 4 3 (0.598 %) Solaris 5 2 (0.398 %) Windows NT 5 2 (0.398 %) Windows XP 5 2 (0.398 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 333 (66.33 %) PRINCE2 2 230 (45.82 %) Project Management 3 72 (14.34 %) Change Management 4 70 (13.94 %) ITIL 5 52 (10.36 %) Stakeholder Management 6 46 (9.163 %) Programme Management 7 32 (6.375 %) Business Analysis 8 30 (5.976 %) Security Cleared 9 29 (5.777 %) Six Sigma 10 19 (3.785 %) Risk Management 11 18 (3.586 %) RUP 12 17 (3.386 %) BPR 13 14 (2.789 %) Migration 14 13 (2.590 %) Service Delivery 15 11 (2.191 %) Service Management 16 10 (1.992 %) Content Management 17 9 (1.793 %) Data Analysis 17 9 (1.793 %) Project Planning 17 9 (1.793 %) QMS 17 9 (1.793 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 8 (1.594 %) SQL 2 6 (1.195 %) C 3 5 (0.996 %) C++ 3 5 (0.996 %) VB 3 5 (0.996 %) Java 4 3 (0.598 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.199 %) Lingo	Qualifications 1 104 (20.72 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 25 (4.980 %) Degree 3 17 (3.386 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 16 (3.187 %) PMI Certification 5 13 (2.590 %) PMP 6 7 (1.394 %) Microsoft Certification 6 7 (1.394 %) MCSE 7 6 (1.195 %) ITIL Certification 7 6 (1.195 %) ISEB 8 3 (0.598 %) CISA 9 2 (0.398 %) MBA 9 2 (0.398 %) CIMA 9 2 (0.398 %) ACCA 9 2 (0.398 %) HND 9 2 (0.398 %) Cisco Certification 9 2 (0.398 %) CCNA 9 2 (0.398 %) CAPM 9 2 (0.398 %) ISEB Practitioner 10 1 (0.199 %) MAPM 10 1 (0.199 %) CNE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (2.988 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 11 (2.191 %) QA 3 7 (1.394 %) SLA 3 7 (1.394 %) Basel II 4 6 (1.195 %) ISO9001 5 5 (0.996 %) COBIT 5 5 (0.996 %) ISO8583 6 1 (0.199 %) MiFID 6 1 (0.199 %) PCI DSS 6 1 (0.199 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 1 (0.199 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (0.199 %) AssetCenter	Vendors 1 39 (7.769 %) Microsoft 2 11 (2.191 %) Oracle 2 11 (2.191 %) Business Objects 2 11 (2.191 %) SAP 3 10 (1.992 %) Citrix 4 9 (1.793 %) Cisco 5 8 (1.594 %) Nokia 6 7 (1.394 %) HP 6 7 (1.394 %) Remedy 7 5 (0.996 %) TIBCO 8 4 (0.797 %) Accenture 8 4 (0.797 %) Nortel 8 4 (0.797 %) jBASE 9 3 (0.598 %) ProClarity 9 3 (0.598 %) IBM 9 3 (0.598 %) BMC 9 3 (0.598 %) Avaya 9 3 (0.598 %) Peregrine 10 2 (0.398 %) VMware 10 2 (0.398 %) Siebel