South West PRINCE2 Practitioner Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 jobs that have cited PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Location Aberdeen Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Exeter Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	95	115
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	40	48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	8.791 %	7.754 %
Daily rates quoted	16	9
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£369
Average daily rate	£383	£406
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£442
UK excluding London average daily rate	£415	£409
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£16.00	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-36.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.00	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.84	£39.10
% change on same period last year	-26.24 %
Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	455	619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.717 %	0.663 %
Daily rates quoted	135	169
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£332
Average daily rate	£368	£351
% change on same period last year	+4.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	107
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£25.14
Average hourly rate	£22.45	£26.42
% change on same period last year	-15.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.90	£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the South West 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
Wiltshire	+7	15	£580	+40.60 %
Bristol	+2	9	£314	-12.39 %
Dorset	-	4	£285	-
Somerset	-28	4	£479	+9.52 %
Devon	-	1	£350	-
Cornwall	-	1	£425	-

PRINCE2 Practitioner England

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner.

1 70 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 30 (42.86 %) Project Management 3 17 (24.29 %) Security Cleared 4 15 (21.43 %) Government 5 14 (20.00 %) Finance 6 11 (15.71 %) MS Project 7 10 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 8 9 (12.86 %) Risk Management 8 9 (12.86 %) Change Management 9 8 (11.43 %) Microsoft 9 8 (11.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 7 (10.00 %) ISEB 10 7 (10.00 %) MS Office 11 6 (8.571 %) MS Visio 11 6 (8.571 %) Stakeholder Management

11 6 (8.571 %) DV Cleared 12 5 (7.143 %) Configuration Management 12 5 (7.143 %) NHS 13 4 (5.714 %) SAP 13 4 (5.714 %) C 13 4 (5.714 %) XML 13 4 (5.714 %) ITIL 13 4 (5.714 %) CMS 13 4 (5.714 %) Migration 13 4 (5.714 %) Project Planning 13 4 (5.714 %) Programme Management 13 4 (5.714 %) Content Management 13 4 (5.714 %) Logistics 13 4 (5.714 %) Google 13 4 (5.714 %) Web Development

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (5.714 %) XML 2 2 (2.857 %) .NET 3 1 (1.429 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 4 (5.714 %) CMS 2 3 (4.286 %) SharePoint 3 1 (1.429 %) IIS
Applications 1 11 (15.71 %) MS Project 2 7 (10.00 %) MS Office 3 6 (8.571 %) MS Visio 4 3 (4.286 %) MS Excel 5 2 (2.857 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.857 %) SAN 1 2 (2.857 %) Internet 2 1 (1.429 %) Extranet 2 1 (1.429 %) MPLS 2 1 (1.429 %) LAN 2 1 (1.429 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (4.286 %) GIS 1 3 (4.286 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.857 %) SAP BW 3 1 (1.429 %) Crystal Reports	General 1 15 (21.43 %) Government 2 14 (20.00 %) Finance 3 3 (4.286 %) Insurance 3 3 (4.286 %) Health 3 3 (4.286 %) Financial Institution 4 2 (2.857 %) Front Office 4 2 (2.857 %) Back Office 4 2 (2.857 %) Military 4 2 (2.857 %) Banking 4 2 (2.857 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.429 %) Local Government 5 1 (1.429 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.429 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 47 (67.14 %) Project Manager 2 5 (7.143 %) Web Project Manager 2 5 (7.143 %) Web Manager 2 5 (7.143 %) Programme Manager 3 4 (5.714 %) Junior 3 4 (5.714 %) Junior Project Manager 4 3 (4.286 %) NHS Project Manager 4 3 (4.286 %) Infrastructure Manager 4 3 (4.286 %) Technical Manager 4 3 (4.286 %) Security Manager 4 3 (4.286 %) Technical Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) Project Leader 5 2 (2.857 %) Analyst 5 2 (2.857 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) SAP Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) Programme Office Analyst 5 2 (2.857 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) Security Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) Migration Project Manager 5 2 (2.857 %) Procurement Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (7.143 %) NHS 2 2 (2.857 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 3 (4.286 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 70 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 30 (42.86 %) Project Management 3 17 (24.29 %) Security Cleared 4 10 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 5 9 (12.86 %) Risk Management 5 9 (12.86 %) Change Management 6 6 (8.571 %) Stakeholder Management 6 6 (8.571 %) DV Cleared 7 5 (7.143 %) Configuration Management 8 4 (5.714 %) ITIL 8 4 (5.714 %) Migration 8 4 (5.714 %) Project Planning 8 4 (5.714 %) Programme Management 8 4 (5.714 %) Content Management 8 4 (5.714 %) Logistics 8 4 (5.714 %) Web Development 9 3 (4.286 %) Integration Testing 9 3 (4.286 %) Business Continuity 9 3 (4.286 %) Technical Architecture 10 2 (2.857 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 4 (5.714 %) C 2 1 (1.429 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 8 (11.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 7 (10.00 %) ISEB 3 3 (4.286 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.857 %) JSP 440 2 1 (1.429 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (2.857 %) NetBackup
Vendors 1 8 (11.43 %) Microsoft 2 4 (5.714 %) SAP 2 4 (5.714 %) Google 3 2 (2.857 %) HP 3 2 (2.857 %) Oracle 4 1 (1.429 %) Niku 4 1 (1.429 %) Cisco