South East PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

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 Aberdeen Banstead Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cornwall Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Gerrards Cross Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicestershire Lewes Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rotherham Salford Scotland Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	123
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	113	190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.178 %	0.204 %
As % of the category below	8.646 %	10.62 %
Daily rates quoted	51	90
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 quoted	2	2
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 %
Qualifications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1307	1789
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.059 %	1.917 %
Daily rates quoted	392	579
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 quoted	198	210
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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
Berkshire	-8	33	£376	+6.78 %
Hampshire	+5	20	£348	-19.31 %
Surrey	+35	13	£475	+25.00 %
Oxfordshire	0	8	£368	+5.10 %
Middlesex	-18	7	£370	+0.52 %
East Sussex	-2	4	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+8	4	£525	+20.86 %
Kent	-1	3	£325	+32.65 %
Thames Valley	+16	3	£375	-
Home Counties	+18	3	-	-
Sussex	+13	1	£375	+36.36 %
M4 Corridor	+3	1	£500	+62.60 %

PRINCE2 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.

1 268 (93.38 %) PRINCE2 2 125 (43.55 %) Project Management 3 59 (20.56 %) Finance 4 47 (16.38 %) MS Project 5 44 (15.33 %) Government 6 40 (13.94 %) Telecoms 7 34 (11.85 %) PRINCE 8 33 (11.50 %) Insurance 9 29 (10.10 %) Degree 10 25 (8.711 %) ITIL 11 19 (6.620 %) Windows 11 19 (6.620 %) CRM 12 18 (6.272 %) Microsoft 12 18 (6.272 %) NHS 12 18 (6.272 %) Security Cleared

13 16 (5.575 %) Migration 13 16 (5.575 %) Stakeholder Management 14 15 (5.226 %) Health 14 15 (5.226 %) Management Information System 14 15 (5.226 %) Project Planning 15 14 (4.878 %) MS Excel 16 13 (4.530 %) Billing 17 12 (4.181 %) SQL 18 11 (3.833 %) RAD 18 11 (3.833 %) PMP 18 11 (3.833 %) PMI Certification 18 11 (3.833 %) ISEB 18 11 (3.833 %) Change Management 19 10 (3.484 %) Programme Management 19 10 (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.

Application Development 1 7 (2.439 %) SOAP 2 5 (1.742 %) .NET 3 4 (1.394 %) XML 4 3 (1.045 %) J2EE 4 3 (1.045 %) WebSphere 5 2 (0.697 %) Hibernate 5 2 (0.697 %) Spring 5 2 (0.697 %) Struts 6 1 (0.348 %) XSL 6 1 (0.348 %) XHTML 6 1 (0.348 %) ASP 6 1 (0.348 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.348 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.348 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.045 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (0.697 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 1 (0.348 %) IIS 3 1 (0.348 %) Apache 3 1 (0.348 %) Tomcat 3 1 (0.348 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.348 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 47 (16.38 %) MS Project 2 14 (4.878 %) MS Excel 3 9 (3.136 %) CA Clarity 4 7 (2.439 %) MS Office 5 5 (1.742 %) MS Visio 6 4 (1.394 %) MS PowerPoint 7 3 (1.045 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (0.697 %) Oracle ERP 2 1 (0.348 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 5 (1.742 %) LAN 1 5 (1.742 %) SDH 1 5 (1.742 %) WAN 2 4 (1.394 %) SAN 3 3 (1.045 %) LDAP 4 2 (0.697 %) HTTP 4 2 (0.697 %) Intranet 4 2 (0.697 %) Internet 4 2 (0.697 %) 3G 5 1 (0.348 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.348 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (0.348 %) LLU 5 1 (0.348 %) GGSN 5 1 (0.348 %) SGSN 5 1 (0.348 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (2.439 %) Datawarehouse 2 4 (1.394 %) RDBMS 3 2 (0.697 %) SAP BI 3 2 (0.697 %) SQL Server 4 1 (0.348 %) Oracle 9i 4 1 (0.348 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.348 %) EDRMS 4 1 (0.348 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.348 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 1 (0.348 %) Oracle 10g 4 1 (0.348 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 1 (0.348 %) TestDirector	General 1 59 (20.56 %) Finance 2 44 (15.33 %) Government 3 40 (13.94 %) Telecoms 4 33 (11.50 %) Insurance 5 15 (5.226 %) Health 6 13 (4.530 %) Billing 7 7 (2.439 %) Pensions 8 6 (2.091 %) Local Government 8 6 (2.091 %) Banking 9 4 (1.394 %) Law 9 4 (1.394 %) Legal 9 4 (1.394 %) Pharmaceutical 10 3 (1.045 %) Electric 11 2 (0.697 %) Retail 11 2 (0.697 %) Automotive 11 2 (0.697 %) Education 12 1 (0.348 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 190 (66.20 %) Project Manager 2 23 (8.014 %) Programme Manager 3 15 (5.226 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 4 13 (4.530 %) Analyst 5 12 (4.181 %) Coordinator 6 11 (3.833 %) Senior Manager 6 11 (3.833 %) Project Coordinator 6 11 (3.833 %) Project Support Officer 6 11 (3.833 %) Project Officer 7 10 (3.484 %) Infrastructure Manager 7 10 (3.484 %) Implementation Manager 7 10 (3.484 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 7 10 (3.484 %) Business Analyst 7 10 (3.484 %) Test Manager 8 9 (3.136 %) Senior Project Manager 8 9 (3.136 %) NHS Project Manager 9 8 (2.787 %) IT Project Manager 10 7 (2.439 %) Development Manager 10 7 (2.439 %) Technical Manager 11 6 (2.091 %) Development Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 18 (6.272 %) NHS 2 15 (5.226 %) Management Information System 3 10 (3.484 %) PMI 4 3 (1.045 %) Economics 4 3 (1.045 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.348 %) Informatics 5 1 (0.348 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.348 %) IVR 5 1 (0.348 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.348 %) DTV
Operating Systems 1 19 (6.620 %) Windows 2 5 (1.742 %) UNIX 3 4 (1.394 %) Linux 4 2 (0.697 %) HPUX 4 2 (0.697 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.348 %) AIX 5 1 (0.348 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 268 (93.38 %) PRINCE2 2 125 (43.55 %) Project Management 3 34 (11.85 %) PRINCE 4 25 (8.711 %) ITIL 5 19 (6.620 %) CRM 6 18 (6.272 %) Security Cleared 7 16 (5.575 %) Migration 7 16 (5.575 %) Stakeholder Management 8 15 (5.226 %) Project Planning 9 11 (3.833 %) Change Management 9 11 (3.833 %) RAD 10 10 (3.484 %) Programme Management 10 10 (3.484 %) Matrix Management 11 9 (3.136 %) Business Analysis 12 8 (2.787 %) Supplier Management 12 8 (2.787 %) SOA 13 7 (2.439 %) ERP 13 7 (2.439 %) Agile Software Development 13 7 (2.439 %) Service Delivery 14 6 (2.091 %) Software Testing
Programming Languages 1 12 (4.181 %) SQL 2 7 (2.439 %) C 2 7 (2.439 %) Java 3 2 (0.697 %) VB 4 1 (0.348 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 29 (10.10 %) Degree 2 11 (3.833 %) ISEB 2 11 (3.833 %) PMP 2 11 (3.833 %) PMI Certification 3 9 (3.136 %) ISTQB 4 8 (2.787 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 3 (1.045 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 2 (0.697 %) MAPM 7 1 (0.348 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.091 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 4 (1.394 %) QA 2 4 (1.394 %) SLA	System Software 1 5 (1.742 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 4 (1.394 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 3 (1.045 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 18 (6.272 %) Microsoft 2 8 (2.787 %) SAP 3 6 (2.091 %) Niku 4 5 (1.742 %) Nortel 4 5 (1.742 %) Cognos 4 5 (1.742 %) Siebel 4 5 (1.742 %) Sun 5 4 (1.394 %) HP 5 4 (1.394 %) Oracle 6 3 (1.045 %) Symantec 7 2 (0.697 %) IBM 8 1 (0.348 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.348 %) McAfee Security 8 1 (0.348 %) VMware