The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE 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 Manchester 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
Rank 66 80 59
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -21
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 9 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.955% 0.609% 0.977%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.347% 0.957% 1.495%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
Average daily rate £450 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £268 £366
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £382 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £390 £400
% change year-on-year
-4.48% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £41.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-18.67% +22.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
668 836 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.91% 63.67% 65.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 421 308
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 40 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
PRINCE
North West

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester PRINCE Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the Manchester 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
Wigan - 2 - -
PRINCE
North West

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 12 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 10 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (53.33%) Project Management
4 7 (46.67%) ITIL
5 5 (33.33%) Change Management
5 5 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (20.00%) MS Project
6 3 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
7 2 (13.33%) Banking
7 2 (13.33%) Security Management
7 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
7 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
7 2 (13.33%) NHS
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.667%) CCNP
8 1 (6.667%) CCNA
8 1 (6.667%) HP
8 1 (6.667%) EMC
8 1 (6.667%) Citrix
8 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (6.667%) PMI
8 1 (6.667%) PMP
8 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (6.667%) 3G
8 1 (6.667%) SAN

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (6.667%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Project
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) 3G
1 1 (6.667%) SAN
1 1 (6.667%) GSM
1 1 (6.667%) UMTS
1 1 (6.667%) LTE
1 1 (6.667%) 2G
1 1 (6.667%) 4G
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Retail Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Programme Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Head of IT
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) PMO Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Information Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
2 1 (6.667%) PMI
2 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.667%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.667%) AIX
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 10 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (53.33%) Project Management
4 7 (46.67%) ITIL
5 5 (33.33%) Change Management
6 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
7 2 (13.33%) Security Management
8 1 (6.667%) Supplier Management
8 1 (6.667%) Project Planning
8 1 (6.667%) Migration
8 1 (6.667%) Web Design
8 1 (6.667%) Information Security
8 1 (6.667%) Content Management
8 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.667%) CCNP
2 1 (6.667%) CCNA
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.667%) PMP
2 1 (6.667%) MCSE
2 1 (6.667%) MCSA
2 1 (6.667%) MCP
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Server
1 1 (6.667%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) HP
2 1 (6.667%) EMC
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco
2 1 (6.667%) SAP
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Brocade
2 1 (6.667%) VMware