The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 85 111 103
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -8
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 32 23 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.341% 0.757% 0.728%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.765% 3.698% 5.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 17
Average daily rate £333 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £183 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £455 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £48.15 £19.42 £22.51
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+147.91% -13.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -37.14%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
473 622 415
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.82% 20.47% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 308 209
Average daily rate £350 £375 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +26.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £528 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 29 43
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.85 £12.40 £15.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £22.75 £38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West PRINCE2 Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +14 16 - - 2
Manchester -1 9 £330 -0.75% 6
Merseyside +8 2 £333 -11.33%
Lancashire - - - -
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification.

1 66 (97.06%) PRINCE2
2 35 (51.47%) Project Management
3 21 (30.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (16.18%) Finance
5 10 (14.71%) UNIX
5 10 (14.71%) ITIL
6 9 (13.24%) AIX
6 9 (13.24%) MS Project
6 9 (13.24%) Linux
6 9 (13.24%) Citrix
6 9 (13.24%) VMware
7 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 7 (10.29%) NHS
8 7 (10.29%) Change Management
8 7 (10.29%) WAN
8 7 (10.29%) Retail
9 6 (8.824%) Migration
9 6 (8.824%) SAP
10 5 (7.353%) MS Office
10 5 (7.353%) MS Visio
10 5 (7.353%) Degree
11 4 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (5.882%) Project Planning
11 4 (5.882%) Banking
11 4 (5.882%) Management Information System
11 4 (5.882%) Service Management
11 4 (5.882%) PRINCE
11 4 (5.882%) MS Exchange
11 4 (5.882%) MS Excel
11 4 (5.882%) E-Commerce

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PRINCE2 Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.471%) COM
1 1 (1.471%) Middleware
1 1 (1.471%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.412%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.941%) CMS
4 1 (1.471%) Documentum
4 1 (1.471%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.471%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (13.24%) MS Project
2 5 (7.353%) MS Office
2 5 (7.353%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.882%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.471%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.471%) TrackWise
2 1 (1.471%) SAP QM
2 1 (1.471%) Maximo
2 1 (1.471%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (1.471%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.471%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.471%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) WAN
2 4 (5.882%) LAN
3 2 (2.941%) Internet
4 1 (1.471%) FTP
4 1 (1.471%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.471%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.471%) DB2
1 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.471%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.471%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (16.18%) Finance
2 7 (10.29%) Retail
3 4 (5.882%) Banking
4 3 (4.412%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.412%) Local Government
4 3 (4.412%) German Language
5 2 (2.941%) Marketing
5 2 (2.941%) Back Office
5 2 (2.941%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.471%) Billing
6 1 (1.471%) Law
6 1 (1.471%) Legal
6 1 (1.471%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (64.71%) Project Manager
2 12 (17.65%) Infrastructure Manager
2 12 (17.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 7 (10.29%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 5 (7.353%) Programme Manager
4 5 (7.353%) NHS Project Manager
5 4 (5.882%) Technical Manager
5 4 (5.882%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (5.882%) Coordinator
5 4 (5.882%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (4.412%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.412%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.412%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (4.412%) SAP Manager
7 2 (2.941%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (2.941%) Telecoms Project Manager
7 2 (2.941%) PMO Manager
7 2 (2.941%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (2.941%) Services Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.941%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) NHS
2 4 (5.882%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.941%) Social Media
3 2 (2.941%) PMI
4 1 (1.471%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.471%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.471%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.71%) UNIX
2 9 (13.24%) AIX
2 9 (13.24%) Linux
3 2 (2.941%) Windows
4 1 (1.471%) Solaris
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.471%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.471%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (97.06%) PRINCE2
2 35 (51.47%) Project Management
3 21 (30.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (14.71%) ITIL
5 7 (10.29%) Change Management
6 6 (8.824%) Migration
7 4 (5.882%) Project Planning
7 4 (5.882%) Service Management
7 4 (5.882%) PRINCE
7 4 (5.882%) E-Commerce
8 3 (4.412%) CRM
8 3 (4.412%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.412%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.412%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (4.412%) Change Control
9 2 (2.941%) Marketing Strategy
9 2 (2.941%) ITIL V3
9 2 (2.941%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (2.941%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (2.941%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.941%) SQL
2 1 (1.471%) ABAP
2 1 (1.471%) Java
2 1 (1.471%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.353%) Degree
2 3 (4.412%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.941%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.941%) HNC
3 2 (2.941%) HND
4 1 (1.471%) PMP
4 1 (1.471%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.471%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.941%) SLA
2 1 (1.471%) GxP
2 1 (1.471%) QA
2 1 (1.471%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.471%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.471%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.471%) SCCM
1 1 (1.471%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Citrix
1 9 (13.24%) VMware
2 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.824%) SAP
4 3 (4.412%) Oracle
5 2 (2.941%) Facebook
5 2 (2.941%) Twitter
5 2 (2.941%) Google
6 1 (1.471%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.471%) Remedy
6 1 (1.471%) Ariba
6 1 (1.471%) Dell
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