The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Practitioner
Rank 102 123 119
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -4
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 17 12 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.720% 0.380% 0.365%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.696% 1.788% 2.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 5
Average daily rate £425 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +9.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £100.00 £23.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+325.53% -14.54%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
460 671 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.48% 21.27% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 331 209
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £517 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 44
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PRINCE2 Practitioner
England

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West PRINCE2 Practitioner Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West PRINCE2 Practitioner Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +25 15 £425 +71.71%
Cheshire 0 1 £500 +11.73%
Lancashire - 1 £338 -
PRINCE2 Practitioner
England

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner.

1 25 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (72.00%) Project Management
3 11 (44.00%) ITIL
4 10 (40.00%) Finance
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (32.00%) MS Project
6 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
7 6 (24.00%) MS Excel
8 5 (20.00%) UNIX
8 5 (20.00%) NHS
8 5 (20.00%) ERP
8 5 (20.00%) Planview
9 4 (16.00%) Windows
9 4 (16.00%) MS Office
9 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
9 4 (16.00%) Banking
9 4 (16.00%) Local Government
10 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
10 3 (12.00%) Degree
10 3 (12.00%) Critical Path Analysis
10 3 (12.00%) Change Management
10 3 (12.00%) Mainframe
11 2 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
11 2 (8.000%) Web Services
11 2 (8.000%) .NET
11 2 (8.000%) CRM
11 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
11 2 (8.000%) Financial Institution

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) Web Services
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.000%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MS Project
2 6 (24.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (16.00%) MS Office
4 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.000%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) LAN
1 1 (4.000%) WAN
1 1 (4.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
2 4 (16.00%) Local Government
3 2 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (8.000%) Financial Institution
3 2 (8.000%) Advertising
3 2 (8.000%) Retail
3 2 (8.000%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (20.00%) PMO Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Head of Service Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) NHS Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Manager
5 2 (8.000%) ICT Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Development Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Development Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Development Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Basis Manager
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Manager
6 1 (4.000%) CRM Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) NetWeaver Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) NHS
2 3 (12.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) UNIX
2 4 (16.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (72.00%) Project Management
3 11 (44.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) ERP
5 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (12.00%) Critical Path Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Change Management
7 2 (8.000%) CRM
7 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
7 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (4.000%) TOGAF
8 1 (4.000%) Service Management
8 1 (4.000%) Migration
8 1 (4.000%) Data Security
8 1 (4.000%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (4.000%) Change Control
8 1 (4.000%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) Java
1 1 (4.000%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Planview
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle
3 1 (4.000%) SAP
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