South West PRINCE2 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Andover Avon Banstead Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fleetwood Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Thurrock Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	19
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	250	334
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.394 %	0.358 %
As % of the category below	9.019 %	10.66 %
Daily rates quoted	88	115
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£355
Average daily rate	£376	£385
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£414
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£386
% change on same period last year	-1.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.10	£31.43
Average hourly rate	£26.50	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-18.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.90	£33.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.75	£31.15
% change on same period last year	-10.91 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2772	3132
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.366 %	3.356 %
Daily rates quoted	840	952
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£353
Average daily rate	£397	£375
% change on same period last year	+5.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	393	362
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.85	£30.53
Average hourly rate	£29.71	£32.29
% change on same period last year	-7.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.57	£34.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
PRINCE2 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
Demand Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 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	0	79	£417	+5.32 %
Bristol	0	42	£362	+4.89 %
Gloucestershire	-12	29	£281	-17.43 %
Somerset	-13	29	£402	-11.36 %
Dorset	+21	19	£370	-8.98 %
Devon	+6	5	£320	-8.57 %
Cornwall	-4	4	£425	+16.43 %
Avon	+7	1	-	-

PRINCE2 England

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 199 (37.13 %) Project Management 2 152 (28.36 %) Security Cleared 3 115 (21.46 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 113 (21.08 %) Finance 5 93 (17.35 %) Government 6 81 (15.11 %) SC Cleared 7 70 (13.06 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 61 (11.38 %) ITIL 9 56 (10.45 %) Oracle 9 56 (10.45 %) DV Cleared 10 55 (10.26 %) Change Management 11 51 (9.515 %) MS Project 12 44 (8.209 %) Microsoft 13 38 (7.090 %) Service Delivery 14 37 (6.903 %) Configuration Management

14 37 (6.903 %) SAP 15 36 (6.716 %) PRINCE 16 35 (6.530 %) ISEB 16 35 (6.530 %) Banking 17 32 (5.970 %) MS Office 17 32 (5.970 %) .NET 18 29 (5.410 %) Migration 18 29 (5.410 %) NHS 18 29 (5.410 %) Pensions 19 28 (5.224 %) Retail 20 26 (4.851 %) Stakeholder Management 21 25 (4.664 %) Risk Management 22 24 (4.478 %) C 22 24 (4.478 %) MS Excel 23 22 (4.104 %) Windows

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 32 (5.970 %) .NET 2 10 (1.866 %) XML 3 6 (1.119 %) .NET Framework 4 5 (0.933 %) HTML 5 4 (0.746 %) ASP.NET 6 3 (0.560 %) ASP 7 1 (0.187 %) AJAX 7 1 (0.187 %) COM 7 1 (0.187 %) JSP 7 1 (0.187 %) WebServices 7 1 (0.187 %) XSD 7 1 (0.187 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 17 (3.172 %) SharePoint 2 10 (1.866 %) CMS 3 7 (1.306 %) IIS 4 2 (0.373 %) Office Project Server 5 1 (0.187 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.187 %) SAS 5 1 (0.187 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 51 (9.515 %) MS Project 2 32 (5.970 %) MS Office 3 24 (4.478 %) MS Excel 4 16 (2.985 %) MS Visio 5 12 (2.239 %) CA Clarity 6 9 (1.679 %) MS PowerPoint 7 4 (0.746 %) Spreadsheet 7 4 (0.746 %) Open Workbench 8 1 (0.187 %) InfoPath 8 1 (0.187 %) Photoshop 8 1 (0.187 %) Niku Workbench	Business Applications 1 4 (0.746 %) Summit 1 4 (0.746 %) SAP CRM 2 3 (0.560 %) Oracle HRMS 3 2 (0.373 %) Oracle EBS 3 2 (0.373 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 3 2 (0.373 %) Oracle EBS R12 4 1 (0.187 %) SAP ERP 4 1 (0.187 %) Siebel Analytics 4 1 (0.187 %) Oracle BRM 4 1 (0.187 %) Oracle 11i 4 1 (0.187 %) HiPortfolio
Communications & Networking 1 8 (1.493 %) Internet 2 7 (1.306 %) MPLS 3 4 (0.746 %) CTI 4 3 (0.560 %) ATM 4 3 (0.560 %) WAN 5 2 (0.373 %) TETRA 5 2 (0.373 %) SAN 5 2 (0.373 %) Extranet 5 2 (0.373 %) Broadband 6 1 (0.187 %) LAN 6 1 (0.187 %) DSL 6 1 (0.187 %) Intranet 6 1 (0.187 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (2.612 %) GIS 2 13 (2.425 %) SQL Server 3 8 (1.493 %) Oracle 10g 3 8 (1.493 %) Datawarehouse 4 7 (1.306 %) SQL Server 2005 5 5 (0.933 %) Oracle Reports 6 4 (0.746 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (0.746 %) SAP BW 6 4 (0.746 %) EDRMS 6 4 (0.746 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 2 (0.373 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (0.373 %) Data Cleansing 8 1 (0.187 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 8 1 (0.187 %) Oracle BI EE 8 1 (0.187 %) Reference Data 8 1 (0.187 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.187 %) Oracle 9i 8 1 (0.187 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.187 %) Oracle OWB
Development Applications 1 12 (2.239 %) Oracle APEX 2 5 (0.933 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (0.560 %) Ant 4 2 (0.373 %) PVCS 4 2 (0.373 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (0.373 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.187 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.187 %) Flash 5 1 (0.187 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.187 %) XMLSpy	General 1 113 (21.08 %) Finance 2 93 (17.35 %) Government 3 35 (6.530 %) Banking 4 29 (5.410 %) Pensions 5 28 (5.224 %) Retail 6 21 (3.918 %) Insurance 7 17 (3.172 %) Health 8 15 (2.799 %) Military 9 14 (2.612 %) Telecoms 10 11 (2.052 %) Retail Banking 11 9 (1.679 %) Local Government 12 6 (1.119 %) Legal 13 5 (0.933 %) Back Office 13 5 (0.933 %) Multimedia 14 4 (0.746 %) Marketing 15 3 (0.560 %) Financial Institution 16 2 (0.373 %) Billing 16 2 (0.373 %) Front Office 16 2 (0.373 %) Chemicals 16 2 (0.373 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 268 (50.00 %) Project Manager 2 63 (11.75 %) Analyst 3 39 (7.276 %) Business Analyst 4 31 (5.784 %) Project Officer 5 30 (5.597 %) Project Support Officer 6 27 (5.037 %) Programme Manager 7 17 (3.172 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 7 17 (3.172 %) Technical Manager 8 15 (2.799 %) Junior 8 15 (2.799 %) Consultant 9 14 (2.612 %) Senior Manager 10 13 (2.425 %) Technical Project Manager 11 12 (2.239 %) Junior Project Manager 11 12 (2.239 %) Business Manager 11 12 (2.239 %) NHS Project Manager 12 11 (2.052 %) Web Project Manager 12 11 (2.052 %) Web Manager 12 11 (2.052 %) IT Project Manager 13 9 (1.679 %) Systems Analyst 13 9 (1.679 %) Coordinator	Miscellaneous 1 29 (5.410 %) NHS 2 10 (1.866 %) Management Information System 3 4 (0.746 %) NPfIT 4 3 (0.560 %) CMDB 4 3 (0.560 %) EPoS 4 3 (0.560 %) EFT 4 3 (0.560 %) PMI 4 3 (0.560 %) Replication 4 3 (0.560 %) IVR 5 2 (0.373 %) German Language 5 2 (0.373 %) Informatics 6 1 (0.187 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.187 %) Data Integration 6 1 (0.187 %) PDA 6 1 (0.187 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.187 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 22 (4.104 %) Windows 2 10 (1.866 %) UNIX 3 4 (0.746 %) Windows NT 3 4 (0.746 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.187 %) Windows Vista 4 1 (0.187 %) VMS 4 1 (0.187 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 199 (37.13 %) Project Management 2 152 (28.36 %) Security Cleared 3 81 (15.11 %) SC Cleared 4 61 (11.38 %) ITIL 5 56 (10.45 %) DV Cleared 6 55 (10.26 %) Change Management 7 38 (7.090 %) Service Delivery 8 37 (6.903 %) Configuration Management 9 36 (6.716 %) PRINCE 10 29 (5.410 %) Migration 11 26 (4.851 %) Stakeholder Management 12 25 (4.664 %) Risk Management 13 22 (4.104 %) Service Management 14 17 (3.172 %) Project Planning 14 17 (3.172 %) RAD 15 15 (2.799 %) Programme Management 16 14 (2.612 %) ERP 16 14 (2.612 %) Technical Architecture 17 13 (2.425 %) Business Analysis 17 13 (2.425 %) DSDM
Programming Languages 1 24 (4.478 %) C 2 13 (2.425 %) SQL 3 5 (0.933 %) VB.NET 3 5 (0.933 %) C# 4 4 (0.746 %) VB 5 3 (0.560 %) Java 6 2 (0.373 %) JavaScript 6 2 (0.373 %) C++ 6 2 (0.373 %) VBA 7 1 (0.187 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 115 (21.46 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 70 (13.06 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 35 (6.530 %) ISEB 4 8 (1.493 %) Degree 5 5 (0.933 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 5 (0.933 %) PMP 6 4 (0.746 %) PMI Certification 7 3 (0.560 %) ITIL Certification 8 2 (0.373 %) Oracle Certification 9 1 (0.187 %) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (1.493 %) QA 2 6 (1.119 %) COBIT 2 6 (1.119 %) JSP 440 3 4 (0.746 %) SLA 4 3 (0.560 %) PCI DSS 5 2 (0.373 %) BS25999 6 1 (0.187 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 3 (0.560 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.373 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.187 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (0.187 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.187 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (0.187 %) VMware GSX 3 1 (0.187 %) Oracle RMAN
Vendors 1 56 (10.45 %) Oracle 2 44 (8.209 %) Microsoft 3 37 (6.903 %) SAP 4 11 (2.052 %) HP 5 9 (1.679 %) Google 6 5 (0.933 %) Niku 6 5 (0.933 %) VMware 7 4 (0.746 %) Avaya 7 4 (0.746 %) Sun 8 3 (0.560 %) Siebel 8 3 (0.560 %) i2 8 3 (0.560 %) BT 8 3 (0.560 %) ESRI 9 2 (0.373 %) MKS 9 2 (0.373 %) Open Text 9 2 (0.373 %) Interwoven 9 2 (0.373 %) Cisco 9 2 (0.373 %) Business Objects 9 2 (0.373 %) PeopleSoft 9 2 (0.373 %) Meridio