The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE
Rank 258 243 248
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 334 429 449
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.683% 0.750% 0.722%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.961% 1.100% 1.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 232 290
Average daily rate £420 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £252 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.63 £25.70 £21.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £35.30 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £41.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.65% +72.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

PRINCE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE within the UK.

PRINCE Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE within the UK.

PRINCE Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

PRINCE Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -19 312 £425 +13.33% 78
London -25 123 £450 +20.00% 28
South East +11 74 £425 +13.63% 20
City of London +8 40 £381 +1.66% 8
North West +15 29 £375 - 6
South West +22 27 £431 +7.81% 3
Berkshire +3 19 £450 +25.00% 4
Scotland -8 18 £356 +11.76% 5
East of England +8 17 £255 -33.11% 10
Wiltshire +7 15 £439 +2.33%
Swindon +2 15 £439 -4.09%
East Midlands -4 15 £476 +1.17%
Surrey +10 14 £425 +37.65% 5
Oxfordshire +11 12 £462 -
Yorkshire -18 10 £400 -20.00% 4
Cheshire 0 9 £440 +15.03% 5
West Yorkshire -10 9 £400 -20.00% 2
West Midlands +9 8 £346 -16.06% 5
Oxford +7 8 £462 -
Nottingham -4 8 £418 -
Nottinghamshire -7 8 £418 -
Buckinghamshire -1 7 £423 +12.66% 1
Northamptonshire +6 6 £488 +3.77%
Hampshire -19 6 £245 -24.61% 5
Manchester +11 5 £450 +38.46% 1
Northampton +4 5 £476 +1.17%
Stirling -2 5 £325 - 1
Glasgow -15 5 £331 +120.83%
Hertfordshire +20 4 £450 +20.00% 3
West Sussex +12 4 £363 -6.45% 1

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE.

1 485 (67.93%) PRINCE2
2 386 (54.06%) Project Management
3 267 (37.39%) Finance
4 195 (27.31%) ITIL
5 151 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 141 (19.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 127 (17.79%) PMI Certification
8 126 (17.65%) Banking
9 100 (14.01%) Change Management
10 85 (11.90%) PMP
11 77 (10.78%) MS Project
12 76 (10.64%) Degree
13 71 (9.944%) Microsoft
14 69 (9.664%) Telecoms
15 67 (9.384%) MS Excel
16 58 (8.123%) Agile Software Development
17 54 (7.563%) Windows
18 53 (7.423%) Migration
19 52 (7.283%) Service Management
19 52 (7.283%) Retail
20 49 (6.863%) PMI
21 47 (6.583%) Security Cleared
21 47 (6.583%) Waterfall
22 42 (5.882%) Programme Management
23 40 (5.602%) SQL
23 40 (5.602%) Risk Management
24 39 (5.462%) SAP
24 39 (5.462%) Project Planning
25 38 (5.322%) MS Office
25 38 (5.322%) Change Control

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PRINCE 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 PRINCE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (4.202%) .NET
2 12 (1.681%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.401%) Middleware
4 7 (0.980%) jQuery
4 7 (0.980%) XML
4 7 (0.980%) COM
5 6 (0.840%) Web Services
6 5 (0.700%) Struts2
6 5 (0.700%) Hibernate
6 5 (0.700%) Ajax
6 5 (0.700%) XSD
6 5 (0.700%) JSP
6 5 (0.700%) Servlets
6 5 (0.700%) Struts
6 5 (0.700%) J2EE
6 5 (0.700%) EJB
6 5 (0.700%) WSDL
6 5 (0.700%) JMS
7 4 (0.560%) SAP XI
8 3 (0.420%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 24 (3.361%) CMS
2 16 (2.241%) MS Exchange
2 16 (2.241%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.541%) IIS
4 10 (1.401%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (1.261%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (0.980%) Drupal
7 5 (0.700%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.700%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.280%) Documentum
8 2 (0.280%) SAS
8 2 (0.280%) Apache
8 2 (0.280%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.280%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.280%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.140%) Kentico
9 1 (0.140%) EPiServer CMS
9 1 (0.140%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.140%) GlassFish
9 1 (0.140%) LiveLink
Applications
1 77 (10.78%) MS Project
2 67 (9.384%) MS Excel
3 38 (5.322%) MS Office
4 19 (2.661%) MS PowerPoint
4 19 (2.661%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.681%) Office 365
6 2 (0.280%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.140%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 10 (1.401%) Agresso
2 6 (0.840%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.560%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.420%) VisionPLUS
4 3 (0.420%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.420%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.420%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.420%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 2 (0.280%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.280%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.280%) SAP SRM
5 2 (0.280%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.140%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.140%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.140%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.140%) TrackWise
6 1 (0.140%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.140%) BASE24
6 1 (0.140%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.140%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.042%) WAN
2 32 (4.482%) LAN
3 23 (3.221%) Intranet
4 22 (3.081%) 2G
5 19 (2.661%) Firewall
5 19 (2.661%) VoIP
6 18 (2.521%) 3G
7 17 (2.381%) SAN
8 16 (2.241%) Wireless
8 16 (2.241%) 4G
9 14 (1.961%) Internet
10 13 (1.821%) DNS
11 9 (1.261%) WAAS
11 9 (1.261%) Radio Access Network
11 9 (1.261%) NAS
12 7 (0.980%) Network Security
12 7 (0.980%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.980%) VPN
13 6 (0.840%) BGP
14 5 (0.700%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.801%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.101%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.120%) MySQL
4 7 (0.980%) SAP BW
4 7 (0.980%) DB2
5 4 (0.560%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.420%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.420%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (0.280%) TOAD
7 2 (0.280%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.280%) DataStage
7 2 (0.280%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.280%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.280%) BODI
7 2 (0.280%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.280%) Big Data
8 1 (0.140%) QlikView
8 1 (0.140%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.140%) UniData
8 1 (0.140%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.700%) Subversion
1 5 (0.700%) AppScan
1 5 (0.700%) ClearCase
2 3 (0.420%) Gradle
2 3 (0.420%) Git (software)
3 2 (0.280%) ERwin
3 2 (0.280%) JIRA
4 1 (0.140%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.140%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.140%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.140%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.140%) Oracle Forms
General
1 267 (37.39%) Finance
2 126 (17.65%) Banking
3 69 (9.664%) Telecoms
4 52 (7.283%) Retail
5 29 (4.062%) Retail Banking
6 23 (3.221%) Investment Banking
7 10 (1.401%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.261%) Marketing
8 9 (1.261%) Back Office
9 8 (1.120%) Law
9 8 (1.120%) Legal
9 8 (1.120%) Corporate Banking
9 8 (1.120%) Local Government
9 8 (1.120%) Games
10 7 (0.980%) Front Office
10 7 (0.980%) Publishing
11 6 (0.840%) Automotive
12 5 (0.700%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.700%) Advertising
13 3 (0.420%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 382 (53.50%) Project Manager
2 74 (10.36%) Analyst
3 44 (6.162%) Service Manager
4 39 (5.462%) Business Analyst
5 29 (4.062%) Senior Manager
6 26 (3.641%) Senior Project Manager
7 25 (3.501%) IT Project Manager
7 25 (3.501%) Infrastructure Manager
8 24 (3.361%) Transition Manager
9 23 (3.221%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 23 (3.221%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
10 19 (2.661%) Delivery Manager
10 19 (2.661%) Programme Manager
11 18 (2.521%) Performance Manager
12 17 (2.381%) Developer
13 16 (2.241%) PMO Analyst
13 16 (2.241%) PMO Manager
13 16 (2.241%) Service Performance Manager
14 15 (2.101%) Business Manager
14 15 (2.101%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.863%) PMI
2 32 (4.482%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.801%) NHS
4 16 (2.241%) Credit Risk
5 15 (2.101%) Open Source
6 11 (1.541%) Social Network
7 8 (1.120%) Hedge funds
8 7 (0.980%) Mainframe
9 5 (0.700%) Social Media
10 4 (0.560%) Informatics
10 4 (0.560%) Computer Science
10 4 (0.560%) Clustering
10 4 (0.560%) FMCG
11 3 (0.420%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.420%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.420%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.420%) CCTV
11 3 (0.420%) Statistics
12 2 (0.280%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.280%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.563%) Windows
2 23 (3.221%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (2.661%) UNIX
4 13 (1.821%) Windows XP
5 12 (1.681%) Linux
6 10 (1.401%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.120%) Windows 8
8 4 (0.560%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (0.420%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.280%) AIX
10 2 (0.280%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.140%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.140%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.140%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.140%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (67.93%) PRINCE2
2 386 (54.06%) Project Management
3 195 (27.31%) ITIL
4 151 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 100 (14.01%) Change Management
6 58 (8.123%) Agile Software Development
7 53 (7.423%) Migration
8 52 (7.283%) Service Management
9 47 (6.583%) Waterfall
10 42 (5.882%) Programme Management
11 40 (5.602%) Risk Management
12 39 (5.462%) Project Planning
13 38 (5.322%) Change Control
14 35 (4.902%) Service Delivery
15 32 (4.482%) Scrum
16 30 (4.202%) E-Commerce
17 29 (4.062%) Business Transformation
18 28 (3.922%) Business Analysis
18 28 (3.922%) Supplier Management
19 26 (3.641%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.602%) SQL
2 14 (1.961%) Java
3 8 (1.120%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.120%) PHP
3 8 (1.120%) C#
4 7 (0.980%) C
5 6 (0.840%) VBA
5 6 (0.840%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.700%) VB
7 4 (0.560%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.560%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.420%) Groovy
8 3 (0.420%) VBScript
9 2 (0.280%) C++
9 2 (0.280%) RPG
9 2 (0.280%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.140%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.140%) VB6
10 1 (0.140%) Perl
10 1 (0.140%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 141 (19.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 127 (17.79%) PMI Certification
3 85 (11.90%) PMP
4 76 (10.64%) Degree
5 47 (6.583%) Security Cleared
6 36 (5.042%) ITIL Certification
7 34 (4.762%) SC Cleared
8 24 (3.361%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (2.381%) CCNP
10 11 (1.541%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (1.541%) CCDP
10 11 (1.541%) ISEB
11 10 (1.401%) MCITP
11 10 (1.401%) VCP5
12 9 (1.261%) CCNA
13 8 (1.120%) CCIP
14 7 (0.980%) APMP
14 7 (0.980%) MBA
15 5 (0.700%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.560%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.801%) QA
2 17 (2.381%) SLA
3 16 (2.241%) COBIT
4 7 (0.980%) Basel III
4 7 (0.980%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.700%) COSO
6 3 (0.420%) FATCA
6 3 (0.420%) Basel II
6 3 (0.420%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.280%) GxP
7 2 (0.280%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.140%) TickIT
8 1 (0.140%) EFQM
8 1 (0.140%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.140%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 28 (3.922%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.241%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.261%) Forefront TMG
4 8 (1.120%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.120%) UAG
5 4 (0.560%) XenApp
6 2 (0.280%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.280%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.280%) vSphere
7 1 (0.140%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.140%) Shibboleth
7 1 (0.140%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.140%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.140%) Samba
7 1 (0.140%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (0.700%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (0.700%) WebInspect
2 3 (0.420%) SCCM
3 2 (0.280%) SCOM
3 2 (0.280%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.140%) AppDNA
4 1 (0.140%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.140%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 71 (9.944%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.462%) SAP
3 37 (5.182%) Cisco
4 34 (4.762%) VMware
5 32 (4.482%) Oracle
6 30 (4.202%) IBM
7 26 (3.641%) HP
8 17 (2.381%) Citrix
9 13 (1.821%) Google
10 9 (1.261%) Sun
11 7 (0.980%) Cadence
12 6 (0.840%) EMC
12 6 (0.840%) Juniper
12 6 (0.840%) Business Objects
12 6 (0.840%) Salesforce.com
12 6 (0.840%) Brocade
13 5 (0.700%) Fundtech
13 5 (0.700%) Ericsson
13 5 (0.700%) Informatica
13 5 (0.700%) JBoss
UK
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Roc Search
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West England
Role: Programme Manager/ Project Manager Duration: Up to a year Location: West of England Rate: Up to £500 per day (D.O.E) for Programme Manager Rate: Up...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey, England, South East
Essential Skills/ Experience Required:Qualifications:APMP/ Prince 2 certification is highly desirable.Experience:At least 5 years' experience in project management using industry standard methodologies and processes... Proficiency...
Computer Recruitment Services
Rate: £0 - £250 per day
Posted: 8 June 2013
Kent, South East
Knowledge of Wrap platforms.*Proven IT project management experience across the whole project lifecycle... *Prince II qualified (or equivalent). *Extensive background delivering projects (including design and user experience...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Sandy, South East
The organisation run and manage almost 130,000 hectares, with a UK headquarters, three national offices and nine regional offices, this is an extremely exciting time to be...
Hudson
Rate: £38000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Rapport Group
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Experis IT
Posted: 14 June 2013
North East England
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 30 May 2013
Berkshire
NES Global Talent
Rate: £500 to £545 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 11 June 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 22 May 2013
Norfolk, East Anglia
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 28 May 2013
Norfolk, East Anglia
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Chiswick, South East
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £37 - £38 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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