The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 24 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 Milton Keynes 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 28 30 18
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 27 32 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.085% 4.585% 7.309%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.031% 6.957% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 18
Average daily rate £350 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £245 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £403 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
384 460 338
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.32% 65.90% 56.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 208 150
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £222 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 31
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.64% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
PRINCE2
Buckinghamshire

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 47 (68.12%) Security Cleared
2 45 (65.22%) SC Cleared
3 36 (52.17%) MS Project
4 32 (46.38%) Project Management
5 29 (42.03%) Finance
5 29 (42.03%) DV Cleared
6 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
7 15 (21.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (17.39%) MS Excel
9 11 (15.94%) ITIL
10 10 (14.49%) HNC
10 10 (14.49%) HND
10 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 10 (14.49%) Project Planning
11 9 (13.04%) Oracle
11 9 (13.04%) Scrum
12 7 (10.14%) MS Office
12 7 (10.14%) MS Visio
13 6 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (8.696%) Retail
14 5 (7.246%) ISEB
14 5 (7.246%) PMI Certification
15 4 (5.797%) Programme Management
15 4 (5.797%) Service Delivery
15 4 (5.797%) PMI
15 4 (5.797%) PMP
15 4 (5.797%) UML
15 4 (5.797%) GSAE
15 4 (5.797%) Business Analysis
15 4 (5.797%) Requirements Engineering

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (1.449%) COM
1 1 (1.449%) SOAP
1 1 (1.449%) .NET
1 1 (1.449%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.449%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (52.17%) MS Project
2 12 (17.39%) MS Excel
3 7 (10.14%) MS Office
3 7 (10.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.899%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.449%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.449%) WAN
General
1 29 (42.03%) Finance
2 6 (8.696%) Retail
3 3 (4.348%) Banking
4 1 (1.449%) Back Office
4 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (46.38%) Project Manager
2 13 (18.84%) Project Support Officer
2 13 (18.84%) Project Officer
3 8 (11.59%) Analyst
4 4 (5.797%) Business Analyst
5 3 (4.348%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (4.348%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (4.348%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.348%) Support Analyst
6 2 (2.899%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.899%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (2.899%) Development Manager
6 2 (2.899%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 2 (2.899%) Security Manager
6 2 (2.899%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (2.899%) Programme Analyst
6 2 (2.899%) Programme Support Analyst
7 1 (1.449%) Agile Coach
7 1 (1.449%) Project Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.797%) PMI
2 1 (1.449%) EPoS
2 1 (1.449%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.449%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (46.38%) Project Management
2 11 (15.94%) ITIL
3 10 (14.49%) Project Planning
4 9 (13.04%) Scrum
5 6 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.797%) Programme Management
6 4 (5.797%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.797%) UML
6 4 (5.797%) Business Analysis
6 4 (5.797%) Requirements Engineering
7 3 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (4.348%) PRINCE
7 3 (4.348%) Change Management
7 3 (4.348%) CMMI
7 3 (4.348%) Migration
8 2 (2.899%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (2.899%) Business Development
8 2 (2.899%) Release Management
8 2 (2.899%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.449%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 47 (68.12%) Security Cleared
2 45 (65.22%) SC Cleared
3 29 (42.03%) DV Cleared
4 15 (21.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 10 (14.49%) HNC
5 10 (14.49%) HND
5 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (7.246%) ISEB
6 5 (7.246%) PMI Certification
7 4 (5.797%) PMP
7 4 (5.797%) GSAE
8 2 (2.899%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.899%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) OVSD
1 1 (1.449%) OpenView
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Oracle
3 2 (2.899%) HP
3 2 (2.899%) Cisco
3 2 (2.899%) SAP
4 1 (1.449%) Retalix
4 1 (1.449%) Remedy