The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

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.

PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank211205175
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Down-30
Matching contract IT job ads506535549
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.855 %0.872 %0.997 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.911 %5.526 %6.447 %
Number of daily rates quoted312326279
Average daily rate£400£425£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£575£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£375£350
% change year-on-year
-+7.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted3417
Average hourly rate£35.00£26.56£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.80 %+77.03 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.60£23.40£14.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£31.34£61.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.00£25.66£15.00
% change year-on-year
-14.26 %+71.06 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1030396828515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.41 %15.78 %15.46 %
Number of daily rates quoted536946133867
Average daily rate£380£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33 %+7.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£205
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted566663646
Average hourly rate£22.00£22.32£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.41 %+14.43 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %

PRINCE2 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PRINCE2 Certification Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK.

PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK.

PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
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 PRINCE2 Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-9449£400-5.88 %
LondonDown-8199£425-10.52 %
South EastDown-195£398-1.54 %
City of LondonUp+1354£450-8.62 %
South WestDown-1438£375+7.14 %
ScotlandUp+835£348-19.65 %
East of EnglandDown-433£375-8.53 %
HampshireUp+1829£325-25.41 %
North WestUp+324£300-20.00 %
YorkshireDown-820£463+94.73 %
BerkshireDown-819£433+33.07 %
GlasgowUp+1417£288-42.50 %
East MidlandsDown-117£375-8.53 %
ManchesterDown-916£288-36.11 %
West YorkshireDown-1016£475+58.33 %
West MidlandsDown-3315£344+1.85 %
BristolDown-1613£363+3.57 %
EdinburghUp+312£438-7.89 %
SurreyNo change012£435+18.39 %
BedfordshireUp+1411£325+116.66 %
SouthamptonUp+111£413-8.33 %
HertfordshireDown-111£375-6.25 %
West SussexUp+19£388+61.45 %
NorthamptonshireDown-59£470+63.47 %
NorthamptonNo change08£470+63.47 %
LeedsDown-178£500+66.66 %
BuckinghamshireDown-238£400-11.11 %
WalesUp+97£383+2.00 %
SomersetDown-47£420-
South WalesUp+136£391+4.33 %

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1938 (96.70 %)PRINCE2
2420 (43.30 %)Project Management
3337 (34.74 %)Finance
4200 (20.62 %)Stakeholder Management
5163 (16.80 %)PRINCE
6144 (14.85 %)Banking
7131 (13.51 %)ITIL
8103 (10.62 %)MS Project
998 (10.10 %)Microsoft
1092 (9.485 %)Retail
1176 (7.835 %)Change Management
1274 (7.629 %)Telecoms
1373 (7.526 %)Migration
1459 (6.082 %)MS Excel
1558 (5.979 %)Security Cleared
1657 (5.876 %)PMI Certification
1753 (5.464 %)Agile Software Development
1850 (5.155 %)PMP
1947 (4.845 %)Programme Management
1947 (4.845 %)Degree
2046 (4.742 %)Business Analysis
2145 (4.639 %)SharePoint
2244 (4.536 %)MS Office
2343 (4.433 %)Oracle
2343 (4.433 %)Change Control
2441 (4.227 %)SC Cleared
2441 (4.227 %)Service Delivery
2540 (4.124 %)SAP
2540 (4.124 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2639 (4.021 %)Windows

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (1.856 %).NET
214 (1.443 %)Middleware
36 (0.619 %)XML
42 (0.206 %).NET Framework
42 (0.206 %)COM
42 (0.206 %)JSP
42 (0.206 %)Web Services
42 (0.206 %)HTML
42 (0.206 %)J2EE
42 (0.206 %)Flash
42 (0.206 %)Mason
42 (0.206 %)Visualforce
51 (0.103 %)Forefront TMG
51 (0.103 %)EDI
51 (0.103 %)CSS
51 (0.103 %)ASP
51 (0.103 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.103 %)WebSphere
51 (0.103 %)WPF
51 (0.103 %)Silverlight
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
145 (4.639 %)SharePoint
211 (1.134 %)MS Exchange
310 (1.031 %)SharePoint 2010
48 (0.825 %)Office Project Server
56 (0.619 %)Exchange Server 2010
64 (0.412 %)BizTalk Server
64 (0.412 %)Lync
73 (0.309 %)SharePoint Server
82 (0.206 %)IIS
82 (0.206 %)Progress Actional
82 (0.206 %)Force.com
91 (0.103 %)Moodle
91 (0.103 %)SAP Portal
91 (0.103 %)Liferay
91 (0.103 %)EPiServer CMS
91 (0.103 %)WebSphere MQ
91 (0.103 %)CMS
91 (0.103 %)Documentum
91 (0.103 %)MQSeries
91 (0.103 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1103 (10.62 %)MS Project
259 (6.082 %)MS Excel
344 (4.536 %)MS Office
427 (2.784 %)MS Visio
519 (1.959 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.412 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.309 %)Office 365
73 (0.309 %)Open Workbench
82 (0.206 %)InfoPath
91 (0.103 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.237 %)Oracle EBS R12
210 (1.031 %)Oracle ERP
38 (0.825 %)Dynamics CRM
46 (0.619 %)SAP SRM
54 (0.412 %)Oracle EBS
54 (0.412 %)SAP FI
63 (0.309 %)Dynamics AX
72 (0.206 %)Maximo
72 (0.206 %)SAP Oil and Gas
81 (0.103 %)Oracle BPM
81 (0.103 %)SAP HR
81 (0.103 %)SAP MM
81 (0.103 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.103 %)SAP MDM
81 (0.103 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.103 %)SAP Payroll
81 (0.103 %)Oracle Financials
81 (0.103 %)GoldMine
81 (0.103 %)Dynamics NAV
81 (0.103 %)assyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (1.856 %)SAN
217 (1.753 %)LAN
316 (1.649 %)WAN
412 (1.237 %)Intranet
59 (0.928 %)Firewall
59 (0.928 %)Wireless
68 (0.825 %)Internet
77 (0.722 %)VoIP
77 (0.722 %)DNS
86 (0.619 %)Broadband
95 (0.515 %)3G
104 (0.412 %)2G
104 (0.412 %)Unified Communications
104 (0.412 %)Radio Access Network
113 (0.309 %)Cisco ASA
113 (0.309 %)MPLS
113 (0.309 %)802.11
113 (0.309 %)WLAN
113 (0.309 %)ATM
113 (0.309 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (1.443 %)SQL Server
213 (1.340 %)Data Warehouse
34 (0.412 %)SAP BW
43 (0.309 %)EDRMS
43 (0.309 %)Informix
43 (0.309 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (0.206 %)DB2
52 (0.206 %)Data Mining
52 (0.206 %)ETL
52 (0.206 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.103 %)Oracle BI EE
61 (0.103 %)GIS
61 (0.103 %)OLTP
61 (0.103 %)RDBMS
61 (0.103 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.103 %)SQL Navigator
61 (0.103 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.103 %)Ingres
61 (0.103 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.103 %)NonStop SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.206 %)RequisitePro
12 (0.206 %)Team Foundation Server
21 (0.103 %)ClearQuest
21 (0.103 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.103 %)Rational Rose
21 (0.103 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.103 %)Oracle APEX
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1337 (34.74 %)Finance
2144 (14.85 %)Banking
392 (9.485 %)Retail
474 (7.629 %)Telecoms
523 (2.371 %)Retail Banking
523 (2.371 %)Marketing
523 (2.371 %)Publishing
622 (2.268 %)Investment Banking
716 (1.649 %)Local Government
716 (1.649 %)Back Office
815 (1.546 %)Financial Institution
815 (1.546 %)Legal
910 (1.031 %)Manufacturing
107 (0.722 %)Games
116 (0.619 %)Billing
125 (0.515 %)Front Office
125 (0.515 %)Multimedia
134 (0.412 %)French Language
134 (0.412 %)Law
143 (0.309 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1690 (71.13 %)Project Manager
271 (7.320 %)Infrastructure Manager
367 (6.907 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
466 (6.804 %)Analyst
562 (6.392 %)IT Project Manager
648 (4.948 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
745 (4.639 %)Business Analyst
841 (4.227 %)Senior Manager
939 (4.021 %)Senior Project Manager
1036 (3.711 %)Technical Manager
1133 (3.402 %)Programme Manager
1230 (3.093 %)Technical Project Manager
1327 (2.784 %)Agile Project Manager
1423 (2.371 %)Junior Project Manager
1423 (2.371 %)Junior
1522 (2.268 %)Consultant
1620 (2.062 %)Coordinator
1717 (1.753 %)Business Manager
1717 (1.753 %)Service Manager
1717 (1.753 %)Change Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (3.093 %)NHS
214 (1.443 %)PMI
313 (1.340 %)Management Information System
410 (1.031 %)Mainframe
410 (1.031 %)Clustering
58 (0.825 %)FMCG
67 (0.722 %)SWIFT
67 (0.722 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
75 (0.515 %)Reference Data
75 (0.515 %)Fixed Income
75 (0.515 %)Human Factors
84 (0.412 %)IBM Mainframe
84 (0.412 %)Credit Risk
84 (0.412 %)Online Banking
93 (0.309 %)Hedge funds
93 (0.309 %)Video on Demand
93 (0.309 %)E-Learning
93 (0.309 %)Market Risk
102 (0.206 %)VLE
102 (0.206 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (4.021 %)Windows
213 (1.340 %)Windows 7
39 (0.928 %)Linux
47 (0.722 %)UNIX
55 (0.515 %)Windows Server 2008
64 (0.412 %)Windows XP
64 (0.412 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (0.309 %)Solaris
81 (0.103 %)Android
81 (0.103 %)Apple iOS
81 (0.103 %)zOS
81 (0.103 %)Windows CE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1938 (96.70 %)PRINCE2
2420 (43.30 %)Project Management
3200 (20.62 %)Stakeholder Management
4163 (16.80 %)PRINCE
5131 (13.51 %)ITIL
676 (7.835 %)Change Management
773 (7.526 %)Migration
853 (5.464 %)Agile Software Development
947 (4.845 %)Programme Management
1046 (4.742 %)Business Analysis
1143 (4.433 %)Change Control
1241 (4.227 %)Service Delivery
1337 (3.814 %)Supplier Management
1435 (3.608 %)Scrum
1534 (3.505 %)Service Management
1633 (3.402 %)E-Commerce
1730 (3.093 %)CRM
1828 (2.887 %)ERP
1927 (2.784 %)Time Management
2024 (2.474 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (1.340 %)SQL
26 (0.619 %)Java
35 (0.515 %)C#
43 (0.309 %)PL/SQL
52 (0.206 %)C
52 (0.206 %)Apex Code
61 (0.103 %)COBOL
61 (0.103 %)JavaScript
61 (0.103 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
158 (5.979 %)Security Cleared
257 (5.876 %)PMI Certification
350 (5.155 %)PMP
447 (4.845 %)Degree
541 (4.227 %)SC Cleared
640 (4.124 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
731 (3.196 %)ITIL Certification
827 (2.784 %)ISEB
913 (1.340 %)Cisco Certification
108 (0.825 %)Microsoft Certification
117 (0.722 %)CCNA
126 (0.619 %)MCSE
126 (0.619 %)CCNP
126 (0.619 %)CTC Cleared
135 (0.515 %)Six Sigma Green Belt
135 (0.515 %)ISEB Practitioner
144 (0.412 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
153 (0.309 %)DV Cleared
153 (0.309 %)ACCA
153 (0.309 %)CIMA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (1.856 %)QA
27 (0.722 %)Solvency II
36 (0.619 %)SLA
45 (0.515 %)Basel III
45 (0.515 %)Basel II
45 (0.515 %)ISO 9001
54 (0.412 %)ISO/IEC 27001
54 (0.412 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.206 %)COBIT
62 (0.206 %)FATCA
62 (0.206 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.103 %)Data Quality
71 (0.103 %)TickIT
71 (0.103 %)ISO 9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (1.856 %)Active Directory
216 (1.649 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.412 %)XenApp
43 (0.309 %)XenServer
43 (0.309 %)Hyper-V
52 (0.206 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
52 (0.206 %)vSphere
52 (0.206 %)XenDesktop
61 (0.103 %)Xsan
61 (0.103 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.103 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.619 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.206 %)SCCM
31 (0.103 %)vCenter
31 (0.103 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.103 %)Netcool
31 (0.103 %)OpenView
31 (0.103 %)SCOM
31 (0.103 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.103 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
198 (10.10 %)Microsoft
243 (4.433 %)Oracle
340 (4.124 %)SAP
425 (2.577 %)Cisco
522 (2.268 %)VMware
618 (1.856 %)Citrix
715 (1.546 %)IBM
814 (1.443 %)HP
97 (0.722 %)NetApp
106 (0.619 %)Remedy
115 (0.515 %)Salesforce.com
115 (0.515 %)Avaya
115 (0.515 %)Siebel
124 (0.412 %)Adobe
133 (0.309 %)Primavera
133 (0.309 %)Unisys
133 (0.309 %)Nokia
133 (0.309 %)Ariba
133 (0.309 %)Lawson
133 (0.309 %)Blue Coat