The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 20 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 Scotland 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 103 97 84
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -13
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 11 8 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.453% 0.301% 0.981%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.665% 0.467% 1.464%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 13
Average daily rate £331 £444 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.35% +13.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £409 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £479 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £390 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.25% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £41.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-22.89% +22.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1655 1713 1844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.16% 64.52% 67.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 874 956
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 66 49
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -21.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.10 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
PRINCE
UK

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland PRINCE Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE across the Scotland region.

Scotland PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE across the Scotland region.

Scotland PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Edinburgh +4 3 £400 -
Stirling -8 3 £325 -
Glasgow -18 3 £331 -17.18%
PRINCE
UK

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE.

1 10 (58.82%) PRINCE2
2 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (47.06%) Finance
4 5 (29.41%) Banking
4 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
6 3 (17.65%) PMP
6 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
7 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
7 2 (11.76%) Time Management
7 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (11.76%) Front Office
7 2 (11.76%) Retail
8 1 (5.882%) Document Management
8 1 (5.882%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
8 1 (5.882%) Six Sigma
8 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (5.882%) PMI
8 1 (5.882%) Java
8 1 (5.882%) Oracle
8 1 (5.882%) MS Project
8 1 (5.882%) MS Office
8 1 (5.882%) ITIL
8 1 (5.882%) Windows
8 1 (5.882%) SSADM
8 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
8 1 (5.882%) ERP
8 1 (5.882%) Microsoft

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Project
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Business Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
2 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (5.882%) PMO Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.882%) Project Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Junior
3 1 (5.882%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) PRINCE2
2 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
4 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.882%) User Stories
5 1 (5.882%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (5.882%) Wealth Management
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.882%) Document Management
5 1 (5.882%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) SSADM
5 1 (5.882%) ERP
5 1 (5.882%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
3 3 (17.65%) PMP
4 1 (5.882%) ISEB
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.882%) EMC