The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 41 49 50
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 12 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.570% 0.859% 0.413%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.273% 5.376% 1.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £425 £363 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +8.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £363 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £363 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -37.14%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
165 93 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 35.33% 15.98% 24.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 31 50
Average daily rate £365 £330 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.60% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 17
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.06 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% +21.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.05 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
PRINCE2 Certification
South East

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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PRINCE2 Certification
South East

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 27 (96.43%) PRINCE2
2 18 (64.29%) PRINCE
3 17 (60.71%) Project Management
4 11 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (32.14%) Migration
5 9 (32.14%) Change Management
5 9 (32.14%) Finance
6 8 (28.57%) Banking
6 8 (28.57%) Retail
6 8 (28.57%) Retail Banking
6 8 (28.57%) Business Transformation
7 7 (25.00%) Drupal
7 7 (25.00%) Content Management
7 7 (25.00%) Intranet
7 7 (25.00%) PHP
7 7 (25.00%) MySQL
8 4 (14.29%) Publishing
8 4 (14.29%) Degree
8 4 (14.29%) Release Management
9 3 (10.71%) CRM
10 2 (7.143%) Oracle
10 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
10 2 (7.143%) Windows
10 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (7.143%) Web Application Development
11 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
11 1 (3.571%) Open Source
11 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (3.571%) MS Project Server
11 1 (3.571%) Network Security

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) Drupal
2 1 (3.571%) CMS
2 1 (3.571%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Project
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Intranet
2 1 (3.571%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) MySQL
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Banking
2 8 (28.57%) Retail
2 8 (28.57%) Retail Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (82.14%) Project Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Intranet Manager
3 2 (7.143%) Drupal Developer
3 2 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.143%) Developer
4 1 (3.571%) Analyst
4 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.571%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Systems Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.571%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) PMI
1 1 (3.571%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) PRINCE2
2 18 (64.29%) PRINCE
3 17 (60.71%) Project Management
4 11 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (32.14%) Change Management
5 9 (32.14%) Migration
6 8 (28.57%) Business Transformation
7 7 (25.00%) Content Management
8 4 (14.29%) Release Management
9 3 (10.71%) CRM
10 2 (7.143%) Web Application Development
11 1 (3.571%) ITIL
11 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
11 1 (3.571%) ERP
11 1 (3.571%) Data Modelling
11 1 (3.571%) Service Management
11 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
11 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
11 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
11 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.571%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle
2 1 (3.571%) HP
2 1 (3.571%) Symantec