Surrey PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts within the Surrey 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 Certification over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 Certification
Location Andover Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Horsham Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxfordshire Poole Reading Redcar Renfrewshire Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	84
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	29	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	10.82 %	10.29 %
Daily rates quoted	13	13
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£424
Average daily rate	£378	£439
% change on same period last year	-14.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£389
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.78	£29.55
% change on same period last year	+7.53 %
Qualifications Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	268	243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.354 %	0.242 %
Daily rates quoted	57	66
Average minimum daily rate	£306	£365
Average daily rate	£314	£373
% change on same period last year	-15.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£329
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	36	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.67	£16.92
Average hourly rate	£23.70	£17.51
% change on same period last year	+35.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.73	£18.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.48	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-4.69 %
PRINCE2 Certification South East

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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 Surrey region.

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Staines	+6	17	£325	-

PRINCE2 Certification South East

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 51 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 25 (49.02 %) Project Management 3 18 (35.29 %) Insurance 4 14 (27.45 %) Degree 5 13 (25.49 %) CRM 6 12 (23.53 %) Billing 7 10 (19.61 %) Finance 8 9 (17.65 %) ISEB Practitioner 8 9 (17.65 %) ISTQB 8 9 (17.65 %) ISEB 9 7 (13.73 %) PRINCE 9 7 (13.73 %) Software Testing 9 7 (13.73 %) Government 9 7 (13.73 %) Matrix Management 9 7 (13.73 %) Pensions

10 6 (11.76 %) Project Planning 10 6 (11.76 %) PMP 10 6 (11.76 %) PMI Certification 11 5 (9.804 %) Management Information System 12 4 (7.843 %) Cognos 12 4 (7.843 %) Datawarehouse 13 3 (5.882 %) MS Project 13 3 (5.882 %) MS Office 13 3 (5.882 %) Change Management 13 3 (5.882 %) NHS 13 3 (5.882 %) E-Procurement 13 3 (5.882 %) MS PowerPoint 13 3 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 14 2 (3.922 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 2 (3.922 %) Banking

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (3.922 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 3 (5.882 %) MS Project 1 3 (5.882 %) MS Office 1 3 (5.882 %) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications 1 1 (1.961 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (1.961 %) SAP ERP	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.961 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (7.843 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (1.961 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.961 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 18 (35.29 %) Insurance 2 12 (23.53 %) Billing 3 10 (19.61 %) Finance 4 7 (13.73 %) Government 4 7 (13.73 %) Pensions 5 2 (3.922 %) Banking 5 2 (3.922 %) Telecoms 5 2 (3.922 %) Health 6 1 (1.961 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 34 (66.67 %) Project Manager 2 9 (17.65 %) Test Manager 3 6 (11.76 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 6 (11.76 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 4 5 (9.804 %) Technical Project Manager 4 5 (9.804 %) Technical Manager 4 5 (9.804 %) Analyst 5 4 (7.843 %) Business Analyst 6 3 (5.882 %) Programme Manager 6 3 (5.882 %) Implementation Manager 6 3 (5.882 %) Implementation Project Manager 7 2 (3.922 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 7 2 (3.922 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 2 (3.922 %) Financial Business Analyst 8 1 (1.961 %) Coordinator 8 1 (1.961 %) IT Manager 8 1 (1.961 %) Consultant 8 1 (1.961 %) Junior 8 1 (1.961 %) Release Manager 8 1 (1.961 %) Test Coordinator	Miscellaneous 1 5 (9.804 %) Management Information System 2 3 (5.882 %) NHS
Processes & Methodologies 1 51 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 2 25 (49.02 %) Project Management 3 13 (25.49 %) CRM 4 7 (13.73 %) PRINCE 4 7 (13.73 %) Software Testing 4 7 (13.73 %) Matrix Management 5 6 (11.76 %) Project Planning 6 3 (5.882 %) Change Management 6 3 (5.882 %) E-Procurement 7 2 (3.922 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 2 (3.922 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (3.922 %) Programme Management 7 2 (3.922 %) Risk Management 7 2 (3.922 %) ERP 8 1 (1.961 %) ITIL 8 1 (1.961 %) UML 8 1 (1.961 %) OOA/OOD 8 1 (1.961 %) RUP 8 1 (1.961 %) Migration 8 1 (1.961 %) Stakeholder Management	Qualifications 1 14 (27.45 %) Degree 2 9 (17.65 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 9 (17.65 %) ISTQB 2 9 (17.65 %) ISEB 3 6 (11.76 %) PMP 3 6 (11.76 %) PMI Certification 4 3 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.961 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.961 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 4 (7.843 %) Cognos 2 2 (3.922 %) SAP 3 1 (1.961 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.961 %) Business Objects 3 1 (1.961 %) Microsoft 3 1 (1.961 %) HP