Milton Keynes PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts within the Milton Keynes region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 Certification
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Rank	61	48
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	16	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	9.639 %	10.28 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£440	£360
Average daily rate	£483	£380
% change on same period last year	+26.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£525	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£386
% change on same period last year	+6.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£55.00
Average hourly rate	-	£55.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.95	£40.17
% change on same period last year	-20.47 %
Qualifications Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	166	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.213 %	0.120 %
Daily rates quoted	68	20
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£293
Average daily rate	£356	£311
% change on same period last year	+14.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.31	£18.51
Average hourly rate	£33.93	£19.65
% change on same period last year	+72.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.54	£20.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.74	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-4.19 %
PRINCE2 Certification Buckinghamshire

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 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Milton Keynes region over the past 3 months.

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Milton Keynes region.

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing PRINCE2 Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PRINCE2 Certification.

1 23 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 9 (39.13 %) Government 2 9 (39.13 %) Project Management 3 7 (30.43 %) Migration 4 5 (21.74 %) Finance 5 4 (17.39 %) Business Analysis 5 4 (17.39 %) Systems Analysis 5 4 (17.39 %) Project Planning 6 3 (13.04 %) Business Development 6 3 (13.04 %) Stakeholder Management 6 3 (13.04 %) Unified Process 6 3 (13.04 %) PRINCE 6 3 (13.04 %) Java 6 3 (13.04 %) MS Project 6 3 (13.04 %) RUP

7 2 (8.696 %) Windows 7 2 (8.696 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (8.696 %) Microsoft 7 2 (8.696 %) Banking 7 2 (8.696 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (4.348 %) Resource Management 8 1 (4.348 %) Change Management 8 1 (4.348 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (4.348 %) Management Information System 8 1 (4.348 %) Telecoms 8 1 (4.348 %) Automotive 8 1 (4.348 %) Criminal Justice 8 1 (4.348 %) C 8 1 (4.348 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (4.348 %) MS Excel

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing PRINCE2 Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PRINCE2 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.348 %) .NET	Applications 1 3 (13.04 %) MS Project 2 1 (4.348 %) MS Office 2 1 (4.348 %) MS Excel
General 1 9 (39.13 %) Government 2 5 (21.74 %) Finance 3 2 (8.696 %) Banking 4 1 (4.348 %) Criminal Justice 4 1 (4.348 %) Automotive 4 1 (4.348 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (4.348 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 19 (82.61 %) Project Manager 2 3 (13.04 %) IT Manager 2 3 (13.04 %) IT Project Manager 3 2 (8.696 %) Project Support Officer 3 2 (8.696 %) Project Officer 4 1 (4.348 %) Web Project Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Web Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Chief Information Officer 4 1 (4.348 %) Deployment Project Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Deployment Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.348 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 2 (8.696 %) Windows 1 2 (8.696 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (4.348 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 9 (39.13 %) Project Management 3 7 (30.43 %) Migration 4 4 (17.39 %) Systems Analysis 4 4 (17.39 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (17.39 %) Project Planning 5 3 (13.04 %) Business Development 5 3 (13.04 %) Stakeholder Management 5 3 (13.04 %) Unified Process 5 3 (13.04 %) RUP 5 3 (13.04 %) PRINCE 6 1 (4.348 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (4.348 %) CRM 6 1 (4.348 %) Change Management 6 1 (4.348 %) Resource Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (13.04 %) Java 2 1 (4.348 %) C
Qualifications 1 2 (8.696 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Vendors 1 2 (8.696 %) Microsoft