| PRINCE2 Certification |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 58 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.031 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.00 % | 6.612 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £407 | £386 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.51 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £62.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £65.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.95 | £40.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.47 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 150 | 121 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.192 % | 0.136 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 38 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.81 | £33.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.19 | £35.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.57 | £37.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.84 | £25.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
