The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 23 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 South West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 86 115 103
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -12
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 25 26 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.244% 0.801% 0.836%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.874% 1.174% 1.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 16
Average daily rate £420 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £318 £413
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £471 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £41.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-18.67% +22.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1334 2214 1871
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.37% 68.23% 65.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 1369 966
Average daily rate £375 £390 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +2.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 111 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
PRINCE
England

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wiltshire +2 10 £429 -6.28%
Dorset +3 6 £350 -10.60%
Bristol +10 4 £288 -28.00%
Devon +2 2 - -
Gloucestershire +29 1 £425 +6.25%
Somerset - 1 - -
PRINCE
England

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 27 (67.50%) PRINCE2
2 22 (55.00%) Finance
3 17 (42.50%) Project Management
4 15 (37.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 14 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (32.50%) Banking
7 12 (30.00%) Change Management
8 10 (25.00%) Retail
9 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
9 9 (22.50%) Business Transformation
10 8 (20.00%) Retail Banking
11 7 (17.50%) MS Project
11 7 (17.50%) Programme Management
12 6 (15.00%) ITIL
13 5 (12.50%) ERP
13 5 (12.50%) Agresso
13 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
14 4 (10.00%) Migration
14 4 (10.00%) BPR
14 4 (10.00%) Marketing
14 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
14 4 (10.00%) APMP
15 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
15 3 (7.500%) DV Cleared
15 3 (7.500%) SAN
15 3 (7.500%) CCNA
15 3 (7.500%) HP
15 3 (7.500%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.500%) eRoom
Applications
1 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (17.50%) MS Project
3 2 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Agresso
2 1 (2.500%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.500%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 13 (32.50%) Banking
3 10 (25.00%) Retail
4 8 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Marketing
6 3 (7.500%) Law
6 3 (7.500%) Military
7 2 (5.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.00%) Change Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
4 4 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Business Manager
5 3 (7.500%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (7.500%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Performance Manager
6 2 (5.000%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Senior Change Manager
7 1 (2.500%) SharePoint Project Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Software Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Agile Project Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Assistant Project Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Junior
7 1 (2.500%) Development Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.500%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (7.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (67.50%) PRINCE2
2 17 (42.50%) Project Management
3 14 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (30.00%) Change Management
5 9 (22.50%) Business Transformation
6 7 (17.50%) Programme Management
7 6 (15.00%) ITIL
8 5 (12.50%) ERP
8 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 4 (10.00%) Migration
9 4 (10.00%) BPR
10 2 (5.000%) Service Management
10 2 (5.000%) Workflow
10 2 (5.000%) Business Analysis
10 2 (5.000%) Data Migration
10 2 (5.000%) Use Case
10 2 (5.000%) Performance Management
10 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (2.500%) Customer Insight
11 1 (2.500%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.500%) C
2 1 (2.500%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) APMP
3 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.500%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.500%) CCNA
3 3 (7.500%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.500%) MCSE
4 2 (5.000%) Degree
5 1 (2.500%) PMP
5 1 (2.500%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (7.500%) HP
1 3 (7.500%) Cisco
1 3 (7.500%) VMware
2 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.000%) Unisys
3 1 (2.500%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (2.500%) SAP
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle
Wiltshire, South West
The role will be fairly hands on, so they are looking for someone who is prepared to get their hands dirty with the project. They will be looking...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Ideally Prince II certified... With a strong Financial services background, you MUST have Release Management, etc and exceptional stakeholder management and 3rd party relationship management... Ideally you'll...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Peoplesoft Financials essential... Prince II certified, APM advantageous... You must have experience of Peoplesoft Financials projects along with experience of business process outsourcing, business process transformation or business...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £425 - £501 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013