Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank132123
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads113190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.204 %
As % of the category below8.646 %10.62 %
Daily rates quoted5190
Average minimum daily rate£357£362
Average daily rate£381£382
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£392
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£21.48£30.00
Average hourly rate£21.98£33.20
% change on same period last year-33.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.48£36.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.14£33.33
% change on same period last year-36.58 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads13071789
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.059 %1.917 %
Daily rates quoted392579
Average minimum daily rate£323£329
Average daily rate£342£346
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£325
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted198210
Average minimum hourly rate£27.82£21.92
Average hourly rate£29.44£23.42
% change on same period last year+25.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.07£24.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.56£25.68
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
PRINCE2 Certification EnglandPRINCE2 Certification
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South East PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-833£376+6.78 %
HampshireUp+520£348-19.31 %
SurreyUp+3513£475+25.00 %
OxfordshireNo change08£368+5.10 %
MiddlesexDown-187£370+0.52 %
East SussexDown-24--
BuckinghamshireUp+84£525+20.86 %
KentDown-13£325+32.65 %
Thames ValleyUp+163£375-
Home CountiesUp+183--
SussexUp+131£375+36.36 %
M4 CorridorUp+31£500+62.60 %
PRINCE2 Certification EnglandPRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1268 (93.38 %)PRINCE2
2125 (43.55 %)Project Management
359 (20.56 %)Finance
447 (16.38 %)MS Project
544 (15.33 %)Government
640 (13.94 %)Telecoms
734 (11.85 %)PRINCE
833 (11.50 %)Insurance
929 (10.10 %)Degree
1025 (8.711 %)ITIL
1119 (6.620 %)Windows
1119 (6.620 %)CRM
1218 (6.272 %)Microsoft
1218 (6.272 %)NHS
1218 (6.272 %)Security Cleared
1316 (5.575 %)Migration
1316 (5.575 %)Stakeholder Management
1415 (5.226 %)Health
1415 (5.226 %)Management Information System
1415 (5.226 %)Project Planning
1514 (4.878 %)MS Excel
1613 (4.530 %)Billing
1712 (4.181 %)SQL
1811 (3.833 %)RAD
1811 (3.833 %)PMP
1811 (3.833 %)PMI Certification
1811 (3.833 %)ISEB
1811 (3.833 %)Change Management
1910 (3.484 %)Programme Management
1910 (3.484 %)Matrix Management

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (2.439 %)SOAP
25 (1.742 %).NET
34 (1.394 %)XML
43 (1.045 %)J2EE
43 (1.045 %)WebSphere
52 (0.697 %)Hibernate
52 (0.697 %)Spring
52 (0.697 %)Struts
61 (0.348 %)XSL
61 (0.348 %)XHTML
61 (0.348 %)ASP
61 (0.348 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.348 %).NET Framework
61 (0.348 %)HTML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.045 %)MS Exchange
22 (0.697 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (0.348 %)IIS
31 (0.348 %)Apache
31 (0.348 %)Tomcat
31 (0.348 %)SharePoint
31 (0.348 %)Oracle Workflow
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (16.38 %)MS Project
214 (4.878 %)MS Excel
39 (3.136 %)CA Clarity
47 (2.439 %)MS Office
55 (1.742 %)MS Visio
64 (1.394 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (1.045 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.697 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.348 %)SAP R/3
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.742 %)LAN
15 (1.742 %)SDH
15 (1.742 %)WAN
24 (1.394 %)SAN
33 (1.045 %)LDAP
42 (0.697 %)HTTP
42 (0.697 %)Intranet
42 (0.697 %)Internet
42 (0.697 %)3G
51 (0.348 %)Firewall
51 (0.348 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.348 %)LLU
51 (0.348 %)GGSN
51 (0.348 %)SGSN
51 (0.348 %)VoIP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (2.439 %)Datawarehouse
24 (1.394 %)RDBMS
32 (0.697 %)SAP BI
32 (0.697 %)SQL Server
41 (0.348 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.348 %)MS Access
41 (0.348 %)EDRMS
41 (0.348 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.348 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (0.348 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.348 %)BusinessObjects
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.348 %)TestDirector
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
159 (20.56 %)Finance
244 (15.33 %)Government
340 (13.94 %)Telecoms
433 (11.50 %)Insurance
515 (5.226 %)Health
613 (4.530 %)Billing
77 (2.439 %)Pensions
86 (2.091 %)Local Government
86 (2.091 %)Banking
94 (1.394 %)Law
94 (1.394 %)Legal
94 (1.394 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (1.045 %)Electric
112 (0.697 %)Retail
112 (0.697 %)Automotive
112 (0.697 %)Education
121 (0.348 %)Marketing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1190 (66.20 %)Project Manager
223 (8.014 %)Programme Manager
315 (5.226 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
413 (4.530 %)Analyst
512 (4.181 %)Coordinator
611 (3.833 %)Senior Manager
611 (3.833 %)Project Coordinator
611 (3.833 %)Project Support Officer
611 (3.833 %)Project Officer
710 (3.484 %)Infrastructure Manager
710 (3.484 %)Implementation Manager
710 (3.484 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
710 (3.484 %)Business Analyst
710 (3.484 %)Test Manager
89 (3.136 %)Senior Project Manager
89 (3.136 %)NHS Project Manager
98 (2.787 %)IT Project Manager
107 (2.439 %)Development Manager
107 (2.439 %)Technical Manager
116 (2.091 %)Development Project Manager
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (6.272 %)NHS
215 (5.226 %)Management Information System
310 (3.484 %)PMI
43 (1.045 %)Economics
43 (1.045 %)Mainframe
51 (0.348 %)Informatics
51 (0.348 %)Computer Science
51 (0.348 %)IVR
51 (0.348 %)EPoS
51 (0.348 %)DTV
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (6.620 %)Windows
25 (1.742 %)UNIX
34 (1.394 %)Linux
42 (0.697 %)HPUX
42 (0.697 %)Solaris
51 (0.348 %)AIX
51 (0.348 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1268 (93.38 %)PRINCE2
2125 (43.55 %)Project Management
334 (11.85 %)PRINCE
425 (8.711 %)ITIL
519 (6.620 %)CRM
618 (6.272 %)Security Cleared
716 (5.575 %)Migration
716 (5.575 %)Stakeholder Management
815 (5.226 %)Project Planning
911 (3.833 %)Change Management
911 (3.833 %)RAD
1010 (3.484 %)Programme Management
1010 (3.484 %)Matrix Management
119 (3.136 %)Business Analysis
128 (2.787 %)Supplier Management
128 (2.787 %)SOA
137 (2.439 %)ERP
137 (2.439 %)Agile Software Development
137 (2.439 %)Service Delivery
146 (2.091 %)Software Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (4.181 %)SQL
27 (2.439 %)C
27 (2.439 %)Java
32 (0.697 %)VB
41 (0.348 %)DHTML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (10.10 %)Degree
211 (3.833 %)ISEB
211 (3.833 %)PMP
211 (3.833 %)PMI Certification
39 (3.136 %)ISTQB
48 (2.787 %)ISEB Practitioner
53 (1.045 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (0.697 %)MAPM
71 (0.348 %)ITIL Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.091 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
24 (1.394 %)QA
24 (1.394 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.742 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.394 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (1.045 %)MIIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (6.272 %)Microsoft
28 (2.787 %)SAP
36 (2.091 %)Niku
45 (1.742 %)Nortel
45 (1.742 %)Cognos
45 (1.742 %)Siebel
45 (1.742 %)Sun
54 (1.394 %)HP
54 (1.394 %)Oracle
63 (1.045 %)Symantec
72 (0.697 %)IBM
81 (0.348 %)Business Objects
81 (0.348 %)McAfee Security
81 (0.348 %)VMware