The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Southampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 31 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -3
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 4 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.329% 4.237% 3.704%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.706% 14.71% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 7
Average daily rate £438 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £260 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
85 68 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 28.24% 28.81% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 43 12
Average daily rate £330 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £263 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 3
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £9.94 £18.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.50 £30.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
Hampshire

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Southampton PRINCE2 Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Southampton region.

Southampton PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Southampton region.

Southampton PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint Project Manager
3 2 (40.00%) IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft