Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Northamptonshire region.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank262739
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+12
Matching contract IT job ads622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire2.479 %0.995 %0.478 %
As % of the Qualifications category22.22 %7.692 %4.762 %
Daily rates quoted511
Average daily rate£450£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£344£400
% change year-on-year
+2.470 %-14.00 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.68£19.00£33.50
% change year-on-year
+8.810 %-43.28 %
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
272642
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire11.16 %12.94 %10.05 %
Daily rates quoted17716
Average daily rate£450£400£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50 %+18.51 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£240£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£610£450£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted067
Average hourly rate-£14.40£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--10.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
PRINCE2 Certification East MidlandsPRINCE2 Certification
East Midlands

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.

PRINCE2 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Northamptonshire PRINCE2 Certification Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire PRINCE2 Certification Daily 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NorthamptonNo change06£450-
PRINCE2 Certification East MidlandsPRINCE2 Certification
East Midlands

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

17 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
17 (100.00 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Stakeholder Management
23 (42.86 %)Project Management
32 (28.57 %)Change Management
41 (14.29 %)IVR
41 (14.29 %)UNIX
41 (14.29 %)PRINCE
41 (14.29 %)Banking
41 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
41 (14.29 %)Degree

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Banking
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Change Manager
23 (42.86 %)Project Manager
32 (28.57 %)Business Analyst
32 (28.57 %)Analyst
41 (14.29 %)Systems Analyst
41 (14.29 %)Business Change Manager
41 (14.29 %)Credit Analyst
41 (14.29 %)Business Project Manager
41 (14.29 %)Business Manager
41 (14.29 %)Business Change Project Manager
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)IVR
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
23 (42.86 %)Stakeholder Management
23 (42.86 %)Project Management
32 (28.57 %)Change Management
41 (14.29 %)PRINCE
41 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree