South West PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 Certification
Location Aldershot Andover Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Conwy Corsham Coventry Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	115
Rank change on same period last year	+59
Matching contract IT job ads	88	43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.116 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	19.09 %	7.804 %
Daily rates quoted	43	20
Average minimum daily rate	£399	£347
Average daily rate	£424	£361
% change on same period last year	+17.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£449	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£403
% change on same period last year	+1.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.00	-
Average hourly rate	£30.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.35	£33.24
% change on same period last year	-5.68 %
Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	461	551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.608 %	0.584 %
Daily rates quoted	157	165
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£305
Average daily rate	£350	£322
% change on same period last year	+8.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	92
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.96	£22.38
Average hourly rate	£24.62	£23.76
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.29	£25.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
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 West 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 West 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 West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 West region.

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PRINCE2 Certification within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Gloucestershire	+19	19	£364	+12.00 %
Wiltshire	+15	18	£424	+9.46 %
Bristol	+12	17	£370	-5.51 %
Dorset	+11	9	£468	+16.05 %
Somerset	-	8	£469	-
Devon	+4	1	£450	+40.84 %

PRINCE2 Certification England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 168 (97.11 %) PRINCE2 2 61 (35.26 %) Project Management 3 51 (29.48 %) Security Cleared 4 39 (22.54 %) Finance 5 27 (15.61 %) DV Cleared 6 23 (13.29 %) Government 7 20 (11.56 %) Banking 7 20 (11.56 %) SC Cleared 8 18 (10.40 %) MS Project 9 16 (9.249 %) Pensions 10 15 (8.671 %) ITIL 10 15 (8.671 %) Migration 11 14 (8.092 %) Quality Management 11 14 (8.092 %) PRINCE 12 13 (7.514 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner

13 12 (6.936 %) Oracle 14 11 (6.358 %) Stakeholder Management 15 9 (5.202 %) Change Management 15 9 (5.202 %) MS Visio 16 8 (4.624 %) CRM 16 8 (4.624 %) Risk Management 17 7 (4.046 %) Telecoms 17 7 (4.046 %) Insurance 17 7 (4.046 %) Unix 17 7 (4.046 %) C 17 7 (4.046 %) SAP 17 7 (4.046 %) Agile Software Development 17 7 (4.046 %) User Acceptance Testing 18 6 (3.468 %) Project Planning 18 6 (3.468 %) Web Development

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (2.312 %) .NET 1 4 (2.312 %) J2EE 2 2 (1.156 %) ASP 2 2 (1.156 %) HTML 2 2 (1.156 %) Middleware 3 1 (0.578 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 5 (2.890 %) CMS 2 3 (1.734 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.578 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (0.578 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 18 (10.40 %) MS Project 2 9 (5.202 %) MS Visio 3 5 (2.890 %) MS Office 4 4 (2.312 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 3 (1.734 %) Oracle Financials 2 2 (1.156 %) SAP ERP 3 1 (0.578 %) Cerner Millennium 3 1 (0.578 %) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking 1 5 (2.890 %) WAN 2 3 (1.734 %) Broadband 2 3 (1.734 %) MPLS 3 2 (1.156 %) LAN 3 2 (1.156 %) SAN 3 2 (1.156 %) Intranet 4 1 (0.578 %) Internet 4 1 (0.578 %) VoIP 4 1 (0.578 %) DSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (2.312 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (1.734 %) BusinessObjects 2 3 (1.734 %) Data Cleansing 3 2 (1.156 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 4 (2.312 %) TestDirector 2 2 (1.156 %) Visual Studio	General 1 39 (22.54 %) Finance 2 23 (13.29 %) Government 3 20 (11.56 %) Banking 4 16 (9.249 %) Pensions 5 7 (4.046 %) Insurance 5 7 (4.046 %) Telecoms 6 5 (2.890 %) Retail 7 4 (2.312 %) Financial Institution 7 4 (2.312 %) Investment Banking 8 3 (1.734 %) Corporate Banking 8 3 (1.734 %) Billing 9 2 (1.156 %) Military 10 1 (0.578 %) Retail Banking 10 1 (0.578 %) Marketing 10 1 (0.578 %) Health 10 1 (0.578 %) Legal 10 1 (0.578 %) Police
Job Titles 1 129 (74.57 %) Project Manager 2 14 (8.092 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 3 9 (5.202 %) IT Manager 3 9 (5.202 %) IT Project Manager 4 7 (4.046 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 4 7 (4.046 %) Infrastructure Manager 4 7 (4.046 %) Programme Manager 5 6 (3.468 %) Senior Manager 6 5 (2.890 %) Technical Manager 6 5 (2.890 %) Implementation Manager 6 5 (2.890 %) Senior Project Manager 6 5 (2.890 %) Project Support Officer 6 5 (2.890 %) Project Officer 7 4 (2.312 %) Analyst 7 4 (2.312 %) Test Manager 8 3 (1.734 %) Project Planner 8 3 (1.734 %) Junior 8 3 (1.734 %) Technical Project Manager 8 3 (1.734 %) Junior Project Manager 8 3 (1.734 %) Applications Manager	Miscellaneous 1 3 (1.734 %) PMI 1 3 (1.734 %) NHS 2 2 (1.156 %) NPfIT 3 1 (0.578 %) AS400 3 1 (0.578 %) Informatics
Operating Systems 1 7 (4.046 %) Unix 2 5 (2.890 %) Windows 3 1 (0.578 %) Solaris 3 1 (0.578 %) Linux 3 1 (0.578 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 168 (97.11 %) PRINCE2 2 61 (35.26 %) Project Management 3 51 (29.48 %) Security Cleared 4 27 (15.61 %) DV Cleared 5 20 (11.56 %) SC Cleared 6 15 (8.671 %) ITIL 6 15 (8.671 %) Migration 7 14 (8.092 %) Quality Management 7 14 (8.092 %) PRINCE 8 11 (6.358 %) Stakeholder Management 9 9 (5.202 %) Change Management 10 8 (4.624 %) CRM 10 8 (4.624 %) Risk Management 11 7 (4.046 %) Agile Software Development 11 7 (4.046 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 6 (3.468 %) Project Planning 12 6 (3.468 %) Web Development 12 6 (3.468 %) Programme Management 12 6 (3.468 %) Service Delivery 13 5 (2.890 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (4.046 %) C 2 4 (2.312 %) Java 3 2 (1.156 %) VB 3 2 (1.156 %) C++ 3 2 (1.156 %) VBA 4 1 (0.578 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 13 (7.514 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 6 (3.468 %) ISEB 3 3 (1.734 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.578 %) PMP 4 1 (0.578 %) PMI Certification 4 1 (0.578 %) MBA 4 1 (0.578 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.156 %) SLA 2 1 (0.578 %) QA 2 1 (0.578 %) JSP 440	Vendors 1 12 (6.936 %) Oracle 2 7 (4.046 %) SAP 3 4 (2.312 %) Microsoft 4 3 (1.734 %) Sybase 4 3 (1.734 %) Business Objects 4 3 (1.734 %) MicroStrategy 5 1 (0.578 %) Novell 5 1 (0.578 %) TIBCO 5 1 (0.578 %) ESRI 5 1 (0.578 %) VMware 5 1 (0.578 %) Northgate 5 1 (0.578 %) PeopleSoft 5 1 (0.578 %) Interwoven 5 1 (0.578 %) Cerner 5 1 (0.578 %) i2