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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the London region.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank193159180
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Up+21
Matching contract IT job ads197153320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.761 %0.927 %0.873 %
As % of the Qualifications category6.407 %5.958 %7.038 %
Daily rates quoted12282133
Average daily rate£425£388£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.670 %-3.120 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£250£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£528£545£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£344£400
% change year-on-year
+2.470 %-14.00 %
Hourly rates quoted226
Average hourly rate£170.00£16.75£42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+914.92 %-60.11 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.68£19.00£33.50
% change year-on-year
+8.810 %-43.28 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
307525684547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London11.87 %15.56 %12.41 %
Daily rates quoted15609461598
Average daily rate£400£395£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.260 %+1.930 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£235£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted113145276
Average hourly rate£22.50£22.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.270 %-2.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
PRINCE2 Certification EnglandPRINCE2 Certification
England

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.

PRINCE2 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London PRINCE2 Certification Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

London PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-4457£425+13.33 %
Docklands, LondonUp+412£475+43.39 %
Canary WharfDown-267£483+53.17 %
CroydonNew entry-2£350-
PaddingtonNew entry-1£400-
PRINCE2 Certification EnglandPRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification.

1354 (95.93 %)PRINCE2
2142 (38.48 %)Finance
3139 (37.67 %)Project Management
498 (26.56 %)Banking
555 (14.91 %)ITIL
646 (12.47 %)MS Project
646 (12.47 %)PRINCE
744 (11.92 %)Investment Banking
840 (10.84 %)Government
938 (10.30 %)MS Excel
1034 (9.214 %)Insurance
1133 (8.943 %)Security Cleared
1232 (8.672 %)NHS
1326 (7.046 %)MS Visio
1425 (6.775 %)Degree
1524 (6.504 %)MS Office
1622 (5.962 %)Stakeholder Management
1720 (5.420 %)Financial Institution
1819 (5.149 %)Project Planning
1918 (4.878 %)Derivative
2017 (4.607 %)ITIL Certification
2017 (4.607 %)Windows
2116 (4.336 %)PMI Certification
2116 (4.336 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2215 (4.065 %)Cash Management
2215 (4.065 %)MS PowerPoint
2215 (4.065 %)Retail
2215 (4.065 %)SAP
2314 (3.794 %)Microsoft
2314 (3.794 %)Service Management

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (1.084 %)XML
22 (0.542 %)WebSphere
22 (0.542 %)Django
22 (0.542 %)Symfony
31 (0.271 %)CSS
31 (0.271 %)Web Services
31 (0.271 %).NET
31 (0.271 %)J2EE
31 (0.271 %)HTML
31 (0.271 %)Application Packaging
31 (0.271 %)Windows SharePoint Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (3.523 %)SharePoint
24 (1.084 %)CMS
33 (0.813 %)Office Project Server
33 (0.813 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (0.542 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (0.542 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.542 %)IIS
42 (0.542 %)Apache
42 (0.542 %)Tomcat
51 (0.271 %)ArcGIS
51 (0.271 %)WebLogic
51 (0.271 %)Oracle 9iAS
51 (0.271 %)SharePoint Portal Server
51 (0.271 %)Oracle Spatial
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
146 (12.47 %)MS Project
238 (10.30 %)MS Excel
326 (7.046 %)MS Visio
424 (6.504 %)MS Office
515 (4.065 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.271 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.813 %)Maximo
13 (0.813 %)Remedy ITSM
21 (0.271 %)SAP CO
21 (0.271 %)Summit
21 (0.271 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (0.271 %)Findur
21 (0.271 %)SAP FI
21 (0.271 %)3000 Xtra
21 (0.271 %)Cognos Planning
21 (0.271 %)SunGard AvantGard
21 (0.271 %)SAP CFM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (3.523 %)SAN
210 (2.710 %)LAN
210 (2.710 %)WAN
38 (2.168 %)Firewall
45 (1.355 %)VoIP
54 (1.084 %)Internet
63 (0.813 %)VPN
63 (0.813 %)NAS
72 (0.542 %)VLAN
72 (0.542 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.542 %)IP Telephony
81 (0.271 %)Wireless
81 (0.271 %)MD110
81 (0.271 %)DWDM
81 (0.271 %)MPLS
81 (0.271 %)Extranet
81 (0.271 %)Intranet
81 (0.271 %)DMZ
81 (0.271 %)ATM
81 (0.271 %)WLAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (1.626 %)Datawarehouse
23 (0.813 %)ETL
32 (0.542 %)SQL Server
32 (0.542 %)MySQL
41 (0.271 %)GIS
41 (0.271 %)EDRMS
41 (0.271 %)DataStage
41 (0.271 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.271 %)DB2
41 (0.271 %)MS Access
41 (0.271 %)RDBMS
41 (0.271 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.271 %)Data Cleansing
41 (0.271 %)NonStop SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.271 %)TestDirector
11 (0.271 %)ClearCase
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1142 (38.48 %)Finance
298 (26.56 %)Banking
344 (11.92 %)Investment Banking
440 (10.84 %)Government
534 (9.214 %)Insurance
620 (5.420 %)Financial Institution
715 (4.065 %)Retail
814 (3.794 %)Retail Banking
913 (3.523 %)Telecoms
106 (1.626 %)Health
115 (1.355 %)Front Office
124 (1.084 %)Back Office
124 (1.084 %)Law
133 (0.813 %)Legal
133 (0.813 %)Education
142 (0.542 %)Police
142 (0.542 %)Billing
151 (0.271 %)Electric
151 (0.271 %)Criminal Justice
151 (0.271 %)Advertising
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1216 (58.54 %)Project Manager
236 (9.756 %)Analyst
322 (5.962 %)Infrastructure Manager
421 (5.691 %)Business Analyst
520 (5.420 %)Programme Manager
520 (5.420 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
520 (5.420 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
616 (4.336 %)Senior Manager
715 (4.065 %)Technical Manager
813 (3.523 %)NHS Project Manager
813 (3.523 %)Project Planner
813 (3.523 %)Service Manager
911 (2.981 %)Senior Project Manager
911 (2.981 %)Administrator
1010 (2.710 %)Technical Project Manager
1010 (2.710 %)Delivery Manager
119 (2.439 %)Web Manager
119 (2.439 %)Web Project Manager
119 (2.439 %)PMO Manager
128 (2.168 %)Business Manager
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (8.672 %)NHS
218 (4.878 %)Derivative
311 (2.981 %)Fixed Income
47 (1.897 %)Management Information System
54 (1.084 %)German Language
54 (1.084 %)PMI
63 (0.813 %)PACS
63 (0.813 %)Equities
63 (0.813 %)Market Risk
72 (0.542 %)Web 2.0
72 (0.542 %)iSeries
72 (0.542 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.542 %)Client/Server
81 (0.271 %)Credit Derivative
81 (0.271 %)Tandem
81 (0.271 %)E-Learning
81 (0.271 %)Mainframe
81 (0.271 %)HACMP
81 (0.271 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.271 %)Video Conferencing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (4.607 %)Windows
28 (2.168 %)Linux
37 (1.897 %)UNIX
45 (1.355 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.813 %)Solaris
61 (0.271 %)zOS
61 (0.271 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.271 %)Windows 7
61 (0.271 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.271 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.271 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (0.271 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1354 (95.93 %)PRINCE2
2139 (37.67 %)Project Management
355 (14.91 %)ITIL
446 (12.47 %)PRINCE
522 (5.962 %)Stakeholder Management
619 (5.149 %)Project Planning
715 (4.065 %)Cash Management
814 (3.794 %)Service Management
814 (3.794 %)Change Management
912 (3.252 %)Agile Software Development
1011 (2.981 %)Risk Management
1011 (2.981 %)Migration
1011 (2.981 %)Resource Management
1110 (2.710 %)Programme Management
128 (2.168 %)Matrix Management
128 (2.168 %)Time Management
128 (2.168 %)Configuration Management
128 (2.168 %)Service Delivery
128 (2.168 %)GAP Analysis
137 (1.897 %)Strategic Planning
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (1.897 %)SQL
26 (1.626 %)PHP
33 (0.813 %)Java
33 (0.813 %)C
41 (0.271 %)Python
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (8.943 %)Security Cleared
225 (6.775 %)Degree
317 (4.607 %)ITIL Certification
416 (4.336 %)PMI Certification
416 (4.336 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
513 (3.523 %)SC Cleared
612 (3.252 %)PMP
79 (2.439 %)DV Cleared
85 (1.355 %)ISEB
94 (1.084 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.813 %)CCNA
103 (0.813 %)CTC Cleared
112 (0.542 %)CIPD
112 (0.542 %)APMP
121 (0.271 %)CCVP
121 (0.271 %)CIPFA
121 (0.271 %)CIMA
121 (0.271 %)CCAB
121 (0.271 %)ACCA
121 (0.271 %)CCDA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.439 %)Basel II
26 (1.626 %)SLA
33 (0.813 %)ISO27001
42 (0.542 %)COBIT
42 (0.542 %)QA
42 (0.542 %)ISO/IEC 20000
42 (0.542 %)ISO9000
42 (0.542 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.355 %)Active Directory
23 (0.813 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.813 %)ServiceCenter
22 (0.542 %)Unicenter
22 (0.542 %)Tivoli
22 (0.542 %)NetBackup
31 (0.271 %)SCCM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (4.065 %)SAP
214 (3.794 %)Microsoft
313 (3.523 %)VMware
411 (2.981 %)Citrix
411 (2.981 %)Cisco
59 (2.439 %)Oracle
68 (2.168 %)HP
75 (1.355 %)Remedy
75 (1.355 %)IBM
83 (0.813 %)BMC
83 (0.813 %)CA
92 (0.542 %)Siebel
92 (0.542 %)PeopleSoft
92 (0.542 %)Sage
92 (0.542 %)Dell
92 (0.542 %)TIBCO
92 (0.542 %)Thunderhead
101 (0.271 %)Teradata
101 (0.271 %)Anite
101 (0.271 %)Maconomy