Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for PRINCE skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPRINCE
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank210233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads492633
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.696 %0.641 %
As % of the category below1.286 %1.282 %
Daily rates quoted212273
Average minimum daily rate£388£377
Average daily rate£414£403
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£383
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted1917
Average minimum hourly rate£26.61£24.16
Average hourly rate£27.69£25.43
% change on same period last year+8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.77£26.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.41£23.43
% change on same period last year-12.90 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3825049367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.09 %49.97 %
Daily rates quoted1352516271
Average minimum daily rate£383£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted25973268
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£28.11
Average hourly rate£29.27£29.95
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.04£31.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %

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.

PRINCE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE Demand Trend

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

PRINCE Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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 13 October 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+27471£417+3.30 %
LondonUp+45208£454+5.33 %
South EastUp+596£386+5.41 %
East of EnglandUp+2836£356-10.92 %
City of LondonDown-1436£424-23.84 %
North WestUp+2334£328-17.46 %
YorkshireDown-1233£406+2.51 %
South WestUp+1128£411-0.25 %
MiddlesexUp+724£402+9.14 %
BerkshireUp+321£323-4.80 %
West YorkshireDown-619£404-6.59 %
HertfordshireUp+2717£354+0.34 %
West MidlandsUp+1114£340-3.11 %
WiltshireUp+514£343-21.71 %
ReadingUp+114£450+44.00 %
HampshireUp+1313£418+14.75 %
East MidlandsUp+1513£428-7.49 %
ScotlandUp+1212£368-5.38 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2811£400-5.88 %
ManchesterUp+110£317-24.75 %
North YorkshireDown-39£428+7.54 %
Milton KeynesUp+89£325-23.52 %
GlasgowUp+169£368-0.20 %
WalesDown-68£302-13.85 %
EssexUp+128£268-37.05 %
LeedsDown-168£370-5.28 %
HorshamUp+87£450+16.12 %
CheshireNew entry-7--
West SussexUp+117£450+12.76 %
MaidenheadNew entry-7--

PRINCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

1658 (57.27 %)PRINCE2
2522 (45.43 %)Project Management
3286 (24.89 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4239 (20.80 %)Finance
5165 (14.36 %)MS Project
6156 (13.58 %)ITIL
7130 (11.31 %)Government
8118 (10.27 %)Stakeholder Management
9114 (9.922 %)Microsoft
10107 (9.312 %)Banking
1196 (8.355 %)Security Cleared
1285 (7.398 %)Change Management
1379 (6.876 %)MS Office
1472 (6.266 %)MS Excel
1570 (6.092 %)SC Cleared
1668 (5.918 %)Programme Management
1765 (5.657 %)Telecoms
1864 (5.570 %)Oracle
1962 (5.396 %)Health
2060 (5.222 %)PMI
2060 (5.222 %)Project Planning
2159 (5.135 %)NHS
2159 (5.135 %)Retail
2159 (5.135 %)Business Analysis
2257 (4.961 %)Risk Management
2356 (4.874 %)Migration
2452 (4.526 %)Insurance
2550 (4.352 %)PMI Certification
2646 (4.003 %)PMP
2742 (3.655 %)Windows

PRINCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (2.089 %).NET
29 (0.783 %)XML
29 (0.783 %)WebSphere
38 (0.696 %)Middleware
45 (0.435 %)RSS
45 (0.435 %)J2EE
54 (0.348 %)HTML
54 (0.348 %)WebServices
62 (0.174 %)COM+
62 (0.174 %)DCOM
62 (0.174 %)SOAP
62 (0.174 %)SAP Basis
71 (0.087 %)Spring
71 (0.087 %)AJAX
71 (0.087 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (0.087 %)AWT
71 (0.087 %)XML Schema
71 (0.087 %)Swing
71 (0.087 %)ASP
71 (0.087 %)ASP.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (2.176 %)SharePoint
214 (1.218 %)CMS
311 (0.957 %)SharePoint Server 2007
48 (0.696 %)MS Exchange
56 (0.522 %)Tomcat
65 (0.435 %)CICS
74 (0.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
74 (0.348 %)Lotus Notes
74 (0.348 %)Office Project Server
83 (0.261 %)WebLogic
83 (0.261 %)IIS
92 (0.174 %)Apache
92 (0.174 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.087 %)TeamSite
101 (0.087 %)MTS
101 (0.087 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.087 %)Morello
101 (0.087 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.087 %)MQSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1165 (14.36 %)MS Project
279 (6.876 %)MS Office
372 (6.266 %)MS Excel
436 (3.133 %)MS Visio
524 (2.089 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.609 %)Spreadsheet
74 (0.348 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.087 %)Quicktime
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.522 %)Oracle HRMS
25 (0.435 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (0.348 %)Oracle 11i
34 (0.348 %)Temenos Globus
43 (0.261 %)SAP FI
52 (0.174 %)Oracle EBS
52 (0.174 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.174 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.174 %)SAP FI/CO
52 (0.174 %)SAP SM
52 (0.174 %)SAP CO
61 (0.087 %)SoftGrid
61 (0.087 %)Summit
61 (0.087 %)Hyperion Enterprise
61 (0.087 %)SAP Oil and Gas
61 (0.087 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.087 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.087 %)SAP FI-CA
61 (0.087 %)SAP IS-U
61 (0.087 %)Great Plains
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (2.524 %)WAN
224 (2.089 %)LAN
321 (1.828 %)Internet
418 (1.567 %)Firewall
515 (1.305 %)VoIP
613 (1.131 %)SAN
712 (1.044 %)Network Security
811 (0.957 %)VPN
99 (0.783 %)Intranet
108 (0.696 %)MPLS
117 (0.609 %)Broadband
126 (0.522 %)IP Telephony
133 (0.261 %)Wireless
133 (0.261 %)GSM
133 (0.261 %)UMTS
133 (0.261 %)Ethernet
142 (0.174 %)POP3
142 (0.174 %)SMTP
142 (0.174 %)ISDN
142 (0.174 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (1.654 %)SQL Server
217 (1.480 %)BusinessObjects
313 (1.131 %)DB2
412 (1.044 %)Datawarehouse
57 (0.609 %)Crystal Reports
64 (0.348 %)Oracle Reports
64 (0.348 %)PowerCenter
64 (0.348 %)Oracle Discoverer
64 (0.348 %)EDRMS
73 (0.261 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (0.261 %)SAP BW
82 (0.174 %)RDBMS
82 (0.174 %)MS Access
82 (0.174 %)DTS
82 (0.174 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.087 %)EDMS
91 (0.087 %)GIS
91 (0.087 %)Ingres
91 (0.087 %)Data Mining
91 (0.087 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (0.696 %)Oracle APEX
27 (0.609 %)ERwin
34 (0.348 %)ClearQuest
43 (0.261 %)ClearCase
43 (0.261 %)RequisitePro
52 (0.174 %)JIRA
61 (0.087 %)PowerBuilder
61 (0.087 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.087 %)Ant
61 (0.087 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.087 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.087 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.087 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1239 (20.80 %)Finance
2130 (11.31 %)Government
3107 (9.312 %)Banking
465 (5.657 %)Telecoms
562 (5.396 %)Health
659 (5.135 %)Retail
752 (4.526 %)Insurance
839 (3.394 %)Pensions
933 (2.872 %)Back Office
1032 (2.785 %)Investment Banking
1121 (1.828 %)Retail Banking
1216 (1.393 %)Marketing
1313 (1.131 %)Local Government
1313 (1.131 %)Financial Institution
1412 (1.044 %)Front Office
1412 (1.044 %)Education
159 (0.783 %)Publishing
166 (0.522 %)Legal
166 (0.522 %)Police
175 (0.435 %)Music
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1613 (53.35 %)Project Manager
2153 (13.32 %)Analyst
3104 (9.051 %)Business Analyst
463 (5.483 %)Programme Manager
548 (4.178 %)Senior Manager
647 (4.091 %)Coordinator
742 (3.655 %)Infrastructure Manager
840 (3.481 %)Senior Project Manager
938 (3.307 %)Project Coordinator
1036 (3.133 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1130 (2.611 %)Consultant
1229 (2.524 %)Technical Manager
1326 (2.263 %)Technical Project Manager
1425 (2.176 %)Project Analyst
1522 (1.915 %)Delivery Manager
1621 (1.828 %)Business Manager
1719 (1.654 %)Junior
1818 (1.567 %)Test Manager
1818 (1.567 %)IT Project Manager
1916 (1.393 %)Business Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
160 (5.222 %)PMI
259 (5.135 %)NHS
317 (1.480 %)Management Information System
411 (0.957 %)AS400
510 (0.870 %)Mainframe
510 (0.870 %)Smartcard
68 (0.696 %)NPfIT
68 (0.696 %)Fixed Income
68 (0.696 %)Equities
68 (0.696 %)Web 2.0
77 (0.609 %)PKI
77 (0.609 %)Data Integration
86 (0.522 %)Derivative
95 (0.435 %)French Language
95 (0.435 %)IBM Mainframe
95 (0.435 %)Video Conferencing
104 (0.348 %)Spanish Language
104 (0.348 %)CCTV
104 (0.348 %)Informatics
104 (0.348 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (3.655 %)Windows
226 (2.263 %)UNIX
39 (0.783 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (0.696 %)AIX
48 (0.696 %)Linux
56 (0.522 %)Solaris
64 (0.348 %)Windows Vista
64 (0.348 %)Windows XP
64 (0.348 %)VMS
73 (0.261 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.174 %)Windows NT
91 (0.087 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.087 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.087 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.087 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1658 (57.27 %)PRINCE2
2522 (45.43 %)Project Management
3156 (13.58 %)ITIL
4118 (10.27 %)Stakeholder Management
596 (8.355 %)Security Cleared
685 (7.398 %)Change Management
770 (6.092 %)SC Cleared
868 (5.918 %)Programme Management
960 (5.222 %)Project Planning
1059 (5.135 %)Business Analysis
1157 (4.961 %)Risk Management
1256 (4.874 %)Migration
1330 (2.611 %)Asset Management
1429 (2.524 %)Six Sigma
1525 (2.176 %)BPR
1525 (2.176 %)RUP
1525 (2.176 %)CRM
1623 (2.002 %)Matrix Management
1623 (2.002 %)User Acceptance Testing
1722 (1.915 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (1.305 %)Java
214 (1.218 %)C
312 (1.044 %)SQL
410 (0.870 %)VB
57 (0.609 %)COBOL
64 (0.348 %)C++
64 (0.348 %)JCL
73 (0.261 %)VB6
73 (0.261 %)Shell Script
73 (0.261 %)C#
82 (0.174 %)PL/SQL
82 (0.174 %)ABAP
91 (0.087 %)VBA
91 (0.087 %)VB.NET
91 (0.087 %)VBScript
91 (0.087 %)RPG
91 (0.087 %)JavaScript
91 (0.087 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1286 (24.89 %)PRINCE2 Certification
250 (4.352 %)PMI Certification
346 (4.003 %)PMP
438 (3.307 %)Degree
525 (2.176 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
618 (1.567 %)ISEB
716 (1.393 %)ITIL Certification
811 (0.957 %)MCSE
811 (0.957 %)Microsoft Certification
97 (0.609 %)CISSP
105 (0.435 %)Cisco Certification
113 (0.261 %)CCNA
113 (0.261 %)CISA
113 (0.261 %)MAPM
113 (0.261 %)MBCS
113 (0.261 %)CITP
113 (0.261 %)ISEB Practitioner
113 (0.261 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
113 (0.261 %)CIMA
122 (0.174 %)ACCA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (2.524 %)QA
211 (0.957 %)ISO27001
39 (0.783 %)PCI DSS
48 (0.696 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
57 (0.609 %)ISO17799
65 (0.435 %)SLA
74 (0.348 %)Basel II
83 (0.261 %)ISO8583
92 (0.174 %)COBIT
101 (0.087 %)BS7799
101 (0.087 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (0.696 %)Active Directory
18 (0.696 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.087 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.087 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
21 (0.087 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.348 %)OpenView
14 (0.348 %)ServiceCenter
22 (0.174 %)CiscoWorks
22 (0.174 %)MOM
22 (0.174 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.174 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1114 (9.922 %)Microsoft
264 (5.570 %)Oracle
338 (3.307 %)SAP
426 (2.263 %)IBM
524 (2.089 %)Cisco
622 (1.915 %)HP
717 (1.480 %)Business Objects
814 (1.218 %)Citrix
910 (0.870 %)VMware
109 (0.783 %)CA
118 (0.696 %)CheckPoint
127 (0.609 %)Siebel
136 (0.522 %)Nokia
136 (0.522 %)Mercator
145 (0.435 %)Planview
145 (0.435 %)PeopleSoft
154 (0.348 %)JD Edwards
154 (0.348 %)Lotus
154 (0.348 %)Serena
154 (0.348 %)jBASE