The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 135 143 160
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +17
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 90 97 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.155% 0.956% 0.896%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.611% 4.437% 4.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 58 52
Average daily rate £364 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.06% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £300 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1952 2186 2219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.04% 21.55% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 977 912
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 134 203
Average hourly rate £21.88 £22.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.56% -6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 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 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
Berkshire +14 23 £375 -5.66%
Surrey +23 20 £298 -38.22%
Hampshire -20 15 £370 -1.33%
Oxfordshire +13 12 £415 +14.48%
Buckinghamshire +7 8 £300 -25.00%
West Sussex +16 6 £388 -
Middlesex +5 1 - -
Home Counties - 1 - -
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 202 (94.84%) PRINCE2
2 89 (41.78%) Project Management
3 56 (26.29%) Finance
4 50 (23.47%) PRINCE
5 44 (20.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (17.84%) Telecoms
7 31 (14.55%) MS Project
8 24 (11.27%) Retail
9 22 (10.33%) MS Office
10 21 (9.859%) Migration
11 19 (8.920%) Microsoft
12 18 (8.451%) Project Planning
13 17 (7.981%) PMI Certification
14 15 (7.042%) Degree
15 14 (6.573%) NHS
15 14 (6.573%) MS Excel
15 14 (6.573%) MS Visio
16 13 (6.103%) PMP
16 13 (6.103%) Change Management
16 13 (6.103%) Business Transformation
17 12 (5.634%) Banking
17 12 (5.634%) SC Cleared
17 12 (5.634%) Security Cleared
18 11 (5.164%) SQL Server
19 10 (4.695%) Oracle
19 10 (4.695%) CRM
19 10 (4.695%) Change Control
20 9 (4.225%) DV Cleared
20 9 (4.225%) Retail Banking
20 9 (4.225%) Programme Management

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (2.817%) WebSphere
2 4 (1.878%) .NET
3 1 (0.469%) J2EE
3 1 (0.469%) COM
3 1 (0.469%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.286%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.817%) Drupal
3 3 (1.408%) CMS
3 3 (1.408%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.939%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.469%) Lync
5 1 (0.469%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (14.55%) MS Project
2 22 (10.33%) MS Office
3 14 (6.573%) MS Excel
3 14 (6.573%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.756%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (2.817%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.469%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.347%) Maximo
2 1 (0.469%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.469%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.469%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.756%) Internet
1 8 (3.756%) VoIP
2 7 (3.286%) LAN
2 7 (3.286%) WAN
2 7 (3.286%) Intranet
3 4 (1.878%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.408%) 3G
4 3 (1.408%) 2G
5 2 (0.939%) 4G
5 2 (0.939%) Network Security
5 2 (0.939%) Firewall
5 2 (0.939%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.939%) VPN
5 2 (0.939%) SAN
5 2 (0.939%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.469%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.469%) ADSL
6 1 (0.469%) ATM
6 1 (0.469%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.469%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.164%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.817%) MySQL
3 3 (1.408%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.469%) Oracle Reports
General
1 56 (26.29%) Finance
2 38 (17.84%) Telecoms
3 24 (11.27%) Retail
4 12 (5.634%) Banking
5 9 (4.225%) Retail Banking
6 4 (1.878%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.878%) Publishing
7 1 (0.469%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.469%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 149 (69.95%) Project Manager
2 22 (10.33%) IT Project Manager
3 15 (7.042%) Analyst
4 14 (6.573%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 13 (6.103%) Senior Manager
5 13 (6.103%) Senior Project Manager
6 11 (5.164%) Business Analyst
7 9 (4.225%) Coordinator
8 8 (3.756%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (3.756%) Project Officer
8 8 (3.756%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 6 (2.817%) Project Coordinator
9 6 (2.817%) Project Support Officer
10 5 (2.347%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (2.347%) Implementation Manager
10 5 (2.347%) SharePoint Project Manager
11 4 (1.878%) Technical Manager
11 4 (1.878%) Telecoms Project Manager
11 4 (1.878%) Service Manager
11 4 (1.878%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.573%) NHS
2 7 (3.286%) PMI
2 7 (3.286%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.347%) LIMS
4 4 (1.878%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.408%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.939%) FMCG
6 2 (0.939%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.939%) Social Network
6 2 (0.939%) EPoS
6 2 (0.939%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.469%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.469%) Open Source
7 1 (0.469%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.756%) Windows
2 4 (1.878%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.469%) UNIX
3 1 (0.469%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (94.84%) PRINCE2
2 89 (41.78%) Project Management
3 50 (23.47%) PRINCE
4 44 (20.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (9.859%) Migration
6 18 (8.451%) Project Planning
7 13 (6.103%) Change Management
7 13 (6.103%) Business Transformation
8 10 (4.695%) CRM
8 10 (4.695%) Change Control
9 9 (4.225%) Programme Management
10 8 (3.756%) Risk Management
10 8 (3.756%) Scrum
10 8 (3.756%) ITIL
10 8 (3.756%) E-Commerce
11 7 (3.286%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.286%) Content Management
12 6 (2.817%) Agile Software Development
12 6 (2.817%) Business Analysis
12 6 (2.817%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.817%) PHP
2 4 (1.878%) Java
2 4 (1.878%) SQL
3 3 (1.408%) VBA
4 1 (0.469%) C
4 1 (0.469%) C#
4 1 (0.469%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (7.981%) PMI Certification
2 15 (7.042%) Degree
3 13 (6.103%) PMP
4 12 (5.634%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.634%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.225%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.286%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (2.347%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.347%) CCNA
8 4 (1.878%) CCNP
8 4 (1.878%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.408%) CCIE
10 2 (0.939%) ISEB
11 1 (0.469%) MCSE
11 1 (0.469%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.469%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.469%) MCITP
11 1 (0.469%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.817%) QA
2 1 (0.469%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.878%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.408%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.939%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.469%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.469%) XenApp
4 1 (0.469%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.469%) NetBackup
1 1 (0.469%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (8.920%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.695%) Oracle
3 7 (3.286%) Cisco
3 7 (3.286%) VMware
4 4 (1.878%) Citrix
4 4 (1.878%) NetApp
4 4 (1.878%) SAP
5 3 (1.408%) Avaya
5 3 (1.408%) Adobe
5 3 (1.408%) IBM
6 2 (0.939%) Symantec
7 1 (0.469%) Siebel
7 1 (0.469%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.469%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.469%) Novell
7 1 (0.469%) Veritas
7 1 (0.469%) Sage
7 1 (0.469%) HP
7 1 (0.469%) EMC
7 1 (0.469%) ATG
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