Merseyside PRINCE2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the Merseyside 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 PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Andover Argyll and Bute Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hayes Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	15	24
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	27	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	12.11 %	8.411 %
Daily rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£600
Average daily rate	£328	£750
% change on same period last year	-56.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£900
UK excluding London average daily rate	£399	£380
% change on same period last year	+4.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.50	-
Average hourly rate	£13.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.59	£37.10
% change on same period last year	-20.23 %
Processes & Methodologies Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	223	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.294 %	0.112 %
Daily rates quoted	64	29
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£310
Average daily rate	£386	£334
% change on same period last year	+15.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.22	£17.23
Average hourly rate	£19.26	£19.50
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.30	£21.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
PRINCE2 North West

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.

PRINCE2
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PRINCE2 within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool	+7	23	£328	-
Southport	-5	1	-	-
Bootle	-	1	-	-

PRINCE2 North West

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 19 (47.50 %) Project Management 2 12 (30.00 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 12 (30.00 %) Government 3 7 (17.50 %) Pensions 4 6 (15.00 %) MS Project 5 5 (12.50 %) ITIL 5 5 (12.50 %) Finance 5 5 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 6 4 (10.00 %) Retail 6 4 (10.00 %) Marketing 6 4 (10.00 %) Risk Analysis 6 4 (10.00 %) Stakeholder Management 6 4 (10.00 %) E-Commerce 6 4 (10.00 %) Java 6 4 (10.00 %) Oracle

7 3 (7.500 %) NHS 7 3 (7.500 %) ITIL Certification 7 3 (7.500 %) Microsoft 7 3 (7.500 %) MS Office 7 3 (7.500 %) WebServices 7 3 (7.500 %) Health 7 3 (7.500 %) Change Management 7 3 (7.500 %) Insurance 7 3 (7.500 %) Local Government 8 2 (5.000 %) Service Delivery 8 2 (5.000 %) Project Planning 8 2 (5.000 %) Logistics 8 2 (5.000 %) Education 8 2 (5.000 %) Identity Management 8 2 (5.000 %) Home Office

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (7.500 %) WebServices 2 1 (2.500 %) ActiveX 2 1 (2.500 %) .NET 2 1 (2.500 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 2 (5.000 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (2.500 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (2.500 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (2.500 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 6 (15.00 %) MS Project 2 3 (7.500 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.500 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (5.000 %) SQL Server 2 1 (2.500 %) TOAD 2 1 (2.500 %) MS Access 2 1 (2.500 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 1 (2.500 %) Flash
General 1 12 (30.00 %) Government 2 7 (17.50 %) Pensions 3 5 (12.50 %) Finance 4 4 (10.00 %) Retail 4 4 (10.00 %) Marketing 5 3 (7.500 %) Health 5 3 (7.500 %) Insurance 5 3 (7.500 %) Local Government 6 2 (5.000 %) Education 6 2 (5.000 %) Home Office 7 1 (2.500 %) Law 7 1 (2.500 %) Online Banking 7 1 (2.500 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 17 (42.50 %) Project Manager 2 7 (17.50 %) Analyst 2 7 (17.50 %) Coordinator 2 7 (17.50 %) Project Coordinator 3 5 (12.50 %) Administrator 3 5 (12.50 %) Project Administrator 4 4 (10.00 %) Business Analyst 4 4 (10.00 %) Programme Manager 5 3 (7.500 %) Business Manager 5 3 (7.500 %) Programme Office Manager 5 3 (7.500 %) Business Project Manager 6 2 (5.000 %) Service Manager 6 2 (5.000 %) Senior Project Manager 6 2 (5.000 %) Senior Manager 6 2 (5.000 %) Systems Analyst 6 2 (5.000 %) Senior Analyst 6 2 (5.000 %) Project Planner 7 1 (2.500 %) Integration Manager 7 1 (2.500 %) Services Delivery Manager 7 1 (2.500 %) Team Leader
Miscellaneous 1 3 (7.500 %) NHS 2 1 (2.500 %) Management Information System 2 1 (2.500 %) Blog	Operating Systems 1 1 (2.500 %) Windows XP 1 1 (2.500 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (47.50 %) Project Management 2 5 (12.50 %) ITIL 2 5 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 3 4 (10.00 %) Risk Analysis 3 4 (10.00 %) Stakeholder Management 3 4 (10.00 %) E-Commerce 4 3 (7.500 %) Change Management 5 2 (5.000 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (5.000 %) Project Planning 5 2 (5.000 %) Logistics 5 2 (5.000 %) Identity Management 5 2 (5.000 %) PRINCE 6 1 (2.500 %) OO 6 1 (2.500 %) CRM 6 1 (2.500 %) Migration 6 1 (2.500 %) Quality Management 6 1 (2.500 %) E-Procurement 6 1 (2.500 %) Workflow 6 1 (2.500 %) Resource Management 6 1 (2.500 %) Matrix Management	Programming Languages 1 4 (10.00 %) Java 2 1 (2.500 %) SQL 2 1 (2.500 %) C#
Qualifications 1 12 (30.00 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (7.500 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (2.500 %) PMP 3 1 (2.500 %) PMI Certification 3 1 (2.500 %) Degree 3 1 (2.500 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 1 (2.500 %) MAPM	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.500 %) QA
Vendors 1 4 (10.00 %) Oracle 2 3 (7.500 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.500 %) Dell 3 1 (2.500 %) EMC 3 1 (2.500 %) Citrix 3 1 (2.500 %) Cisco