The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 91 77 85
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +8
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 27 33 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.107% 1.241% 0.941%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.634% 9.821% 7.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 8
Average daily rate £338 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £211 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £460 £502
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
407 336 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.69% 12.63% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 163 136
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £212 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £37.50 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow -17 14 £338 +6.71%
Edinburgh +5 9 £325 -25.71%
Stirling - 3 £386 -
West Lothian - 1 - -
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 44 (97.78%) PRINCE2
2 22 (48.89%) Project Management
3 18 (40.00%) Finance
4 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.00%) MS Project
6 8 (17.78%) MS Excel
7 7 (15.56%) Banking
8 6 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
8 6 (13.33%) PMP
8 6 (13.33%) PMI Certification
9 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 5 (11.11%) PRINCE
10 4 (8.889%) Windows
10 4 (8.889%) Time Management
10 4 (8.889%) Windows 7
11 3 (6.667%) QA
11 3 (6.667%) Migration
11 3 (6.667%) Investment Banking
11 3 (6.667%) Change Management
11 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
12 2 (4.444%) Six Sigma
12 2 (4.444%) Degree
12 2 (4.444%) Lync
12 2 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (4.444%) Office 365
12 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
13 1 (2.222%) Business Transformation
13 1 (2.222%) CBAP
13 1 (2.222%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 1 (2.222%) Waterfall

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.444%) Lync
3 1 (2.222%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) MS Project
2 8 (17.78%) MS Excel
3 6 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (4.444%) Office 365
5 1 (2.222%) MS Office
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (15.56%) Banking
3 3 (6.667%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.222%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 35 (77.78%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (8.889%) Programme Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Manager
4 3 (6.667%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Resource Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) SharePoint Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Data Centre Manager
6 1 (2.222%) PMO Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Portfolio Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Network Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (2.222%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.222%) VLE
1 1 (2.222%) LIMS
1 1 (2.222%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.889%) Windows
1 4 (8.889%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.222%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (97.78%) PRINCE2
2 22 (48.89%) Project Management
3 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.11%) PRINCE
5 4 (8.889%) Time Management
6 3 (6.667%) Migration
6 3 (6.667%) Change Management
7 2 (4.444%) Six Sigma
7 2 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.222%) Business Transformation
8 1 (2.222%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.222%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.222%) Resource Management
8 1 (2.222%) Requirements Management
8 1 (2.222%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (2.222%) Project Planning
8 1 (2.222%) Business Development
8 1 (2.222%) Lean Six Sigma
8 1 (2.222%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) PMP
1 6 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.444%) Degree
3 1 (2.222%) CBAP
3 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.222%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.222%) iSOFT
2 1 (2.222%) EMC
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle