The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 23 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 Merseyside 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 23 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 11 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.340% 3.788% 1.181%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.914% 6.211% 1.923%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 2
Average daily rate £353 £307 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.92% -25.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £256 £403
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £413 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.36 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+45.44% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
139 161 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 67.48% 60.98% 61.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 76
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £255 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £494 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 15
Average hourly rate - £17.51 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside PRINCE2 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Merseyside PRINCE2 Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 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
Liverpool +10 11 £353 +17.50%
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 6 (25.00%) PRINCE
6 4 (16.67%) MS Project
6 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (16.67%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
7 3 (12.50%) Validation
7 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (8.333%) NHS
8 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
8 2 (8.333%) PMI
8 2 (8.333%) MS Office
8 2 (8.333%) MS Visio
8 2 (8.333%) Scrum
8 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (8.333%) Retail
8 2 (8.333%) Project Planning
8 2 (8.333%) Data Migration
8 2 (8.333%) Change Control
9 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (4.167%) Data Protection
9 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (4.167%) vSphere
9 1 (4.167%) APMP
9 1 (4.167%) Resource Management

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
1 1 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Project
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
2 2 (8.333%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Project Planner
3 4 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 4 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Coordinator
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (8.333%) Software Manager
4 2 (8.333%) NHS Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Software Development Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Software Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) NHS
1 2 (8.333%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 6 (25.00%) PRINCE
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 3 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
6 2 (8.333%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (8.333%) Project Planning
6 2 (8.333%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.333%) Change Control
7 1 (4.167%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.167%) Resource Management
7 1 (4.167%) Matrix Management
7 1 (4.167%) Service Management
7 1 (4.167%) Change Management
7 1 (4.167%) Data Security
7 1 (4.167%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) Java
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.167%) APMP
5 1 (4.167%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) VMware