Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 8 February 2010 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.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
8 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank175151179
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+28
Matching contract IT job ads396477754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.908 %1.034 %0.936 %
As % of the Qualifications category6.383 %5.816 %6.269 %
Daily rates quoted204188298
Average daily rate£383£370£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.370 %-7.500 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£251
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£510£500£548
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£400
% change year-on-year
--12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted141621
Average hourly rate£24.50£19.65£28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.71 %-29.83 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.25£15.25£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£132.50£33.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£22.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
+2.270 %-12.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6204820112028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.23 %17.78 %14.94 %
Daily rates quoted263125943699
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5409671381
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£41.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£30.00£26.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33 %+15.38 %

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 8 February 2010.

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 8 February 2010.

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 8 February 2010. 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-24361£400+8.84 %
LondonDown-1196£400+6.66 %
South EastDown-759£363+3.57 %
City of LondonDown-4455£400+7.38 %
South WestUp+2028£320+2.40 %
YorkshireUp+220£350+1.81 %
ScotlandDown-1118£375+11.11 %
BerkshireDown-417£375-3.22 %
West MidlandsUp+1216£295-21.33 %
WalesUp+1214£288-39.47 %
West YorkshireUp+414£350-30.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+313£475-
South WalesUp+1612£288-39.47 %
East MidlandsUp+612£450+46.34 %
North WestDown-1812£238-40.62 %
East of EnglandUp+1610£350-6.66 %
SurreyUp+510£175-62.16 %
LeedsUp+99£300-40.00 %
BristolNo change08£346-1.07 %
EdinburghDown-228£413-
North EastDown-37£250-31.50 %
WiltshireUp+206£500+81.81 %
NewportUp+66£440-2.22 %
GlasgowDown-26£325+8.33 %
GloucestershireNew entry-6--
CambridgeshireUp+195£300-
NorthamptonUp+95£450-
NorthamptonshireUp+85£450-
BirminghamUp+45£198-39.23 %
SloughNew entry-5£300-

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, 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.

1706 (95.28 %)PRINCE2
2269 (36.30 %)Project Management
3218 (29.42 %)Finance
4107 (14.44 %)PRINCE
598 (13.23 %)NHS
690 (12.15 %)Banking
785 (11.47 %)MS Project
880 (10.80 %)Government
978 (10.53 %)ITIL
1063 (8.502 %)Stakeholder Management
1160 (8.097 %)MS Excel
1256 (7.557 %)Security Cleared
1343 (5.803 %)Insurance
1442 (5.668 %)Project Planning
1442 (5.668 %)Migration
1540 (5.398 %)Investment Banking
1639 (5.263 %)Change Management
1736 (4.858 %)Oracle
1834 (4.588 %)Telecoms
1834 (4.588 %)Health
1933 (4.453 %)Degree
2032 (4.318 %)Retail
2131 (4.184 %)MS Office
2230 (4.049 %)Microsoft
2329 (3.914 %)SAP
2329 (3.914 %)Windows
2428 (3.779 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2428 (3.779 %)Service Management
2527 (3.644 %)MS PowerPoint
2626 (3.509 %)SharePoint

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, 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
111 (1.484 %)XML
28 (1.080 %).NET
28 (1.080 %)HTML
35 (0.675 %)Flash
44 (0.540 %)Web Services
44 (0.540 %)CSS
44 (0.540 %)WebSphere
53 (0.405 %)EDIFACT
53 (0.405 %)XSLT
62 (0.270 %)ASP.NET
62 (0.270 %)Django
62 (0.270 %)Symfony
71 (0.135 %)Spring
71 (0.135 %)TAPI
71 (0.135 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (0.135 %)WSDL
71 (0.135 %)SOAP
71 (0.135 %)J2EE
71 (0.135 %)UDDI
71 (0.135 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (3.509 %)SharePoint
26 (0.810 %)CMS
34 (0.540 %)WebLogic
34 (0.540 %)Oracle 9iAS
34 (0.540 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (0.540 %)Office Project Server
43 (0.405 %)IIS
43 (0.405 %)SAS
52 (0.270 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.270 %)Tomcat
52 (0.270 %)Apache
52 (0.270 %)MS Exchange
52 (0.270 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.135 %)eRoom
61 (0.135 %)Office Communications Server
61 (0.135 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (0.135 %)Oracle Spatial
61 (0.135 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.135 %)ArcGIS
61 (0.135 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
185 (11.47 %)MS Project
260 (8.097 %)MS Excel
331 (4.184 %)MS Office
427 (3.644 %)MS PowerPoint
519 (2.564 %)MS Visio
66 (0.810 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.135 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.945 %)SAP FI/CO
17 (0.945 %)SAP CO
17 (0.945 %)SAP FI
25 (0.675 %)Oracle EBS
34 (0.540 %)Cerner Millennium
43 (0.405 %)Maximo
43 (0.405 %)Remedy ITSM
43 (0.405 %)Cognos Planning
52 (0.270 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.270 %)Oracle ERP
61 (0.135 %)3000 Xtra
61 (0.135 %)Summit
61 (0.135 %)SAP CFM
61 (0.135 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.135 %)ResourceLink
61 (0.135 %)SunGard AvantGard
61 (0.135 %)SAP HR
61 (0.135 %)SAP SD
61 (0.135 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.135 %)Findur
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (2.159 %)Internet
215 (2.024 %)SAN
215 (2.024 %)WAN
311 (1.484 %)Firewall
311 (1.484 %)LAN
45 (0.675 %)VoIP
54 (0.540 %)MPLS
63 (0.405 %)IP Telephony
63 (0.405 %)NAS
63 (0.405 %)Wireless
63 (0.405 %)GPRS
63 (0.405 %)FTP
72 (0.270 %)Broadband
72 (0.270 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.270 %)3G
72 (0.270 %)VLAN
72 (0.270 %)Network Security
81 (0.135 %)BSS
81 (0.135 %)BGP
81 (0.135 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (0.945 %)SQL Server
17 (0.945 %)Datawarehouse
26 (0.810 %)Oracle 9i
26 (0.810 %)Oracle 10g
35 (0.675 %)DataStage
35 (0.675 %)Ingres
35 (0.675 %)DB2
44 (0.540 %)NonStop SQL
53 (0.405 %)BusinessObjects
53 (0.405 %)ETL
62 (0.270 %)MySQL
62 (0.270 %)EDRMS
71 (0.135 %)Oracle BI EE
71 (0.135 %)GIS
71 (0.135 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.135 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.135 %)Team Foundation Server
11 (0.135 %)TestDirector
11 (0.135 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (0.135 %)LoadRunner
11 (0.135 %)ClearCase
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1218 (29.42 %)Finance
290 (12.15 %)Banking
380 (10.80 %)Government
443 (5.803 %)Insurance
540 (5.398 %)Investment Banking
634 (4.588 %)Telecoms
634 (4.588 %)Health
732 (4.318 %)Retail
823 (3.104 %)Retail Banking
922 (2.969 %)Financial Institution
1013 (1.754 %)Education
1112 (1.619 %)Local Government
1211 (1.484 %)Pensions
1211 (1.484 %)Legal
138 (1.080 %)Games
138 (1.080 %)Law
146 (0.810 %)Back Office
146 (0.810 %)Marketing
154 (0.540 %)Front Office
154 (0.540 %)Police
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1482 (65.05 %)Project Manager
279 (10.66 %)Analyst
349 (6.613 %)Business Analyst
438 (5.128 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
537 (4.993 %)Programme Manager
636 (4.858 %)Senior Manager
733 (4.453 %)Infrastructure Manager
832 (4.318 %)NHS Project Manager
931 (4.184 %)Technical Manager
1030 (4.049 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1129 (3.914 %)Senior Project Manager
1224 (3.239 %)Technical Project Manager
1322 (2.969 %)Service Manager
1420 (2.699 %)Business Manager
1519 (2.564 %)Business Project Manager
1618 (2.429 %)IT Project Manager
1618 (2.429 %)Delivery Manager
1717 (2.294 %)Web Manager
1816 (2.159 %)Web Project Manager
1915 (2.024 %)Change Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
198 (13.23 %)NHS
216 (2.159 %)Management Information System
315 (2.024 %)Derivative
49 (1.215 %)Fixed Income
57 (0.945 %)NPfIT
66 (0.810 %)PMI
66 (0.810 %)Mainframe
75 (0.675 %)German Language
84 (0.540 %)HACMP
84 (0.540 %)Thin Client
84 (0.540 %)Informatics
84 (0.540 %)CCTV
84 (0.540 %)iSeries
84 (0.540 %)Fat Client
84 (0.540 %)Tandem
84 (0.540 %)E-Learning
84 (0.540 %)PACS
93 (0.405 %)IVR
93 (0.405 %)Market Risk
93 (0.405 %)LIMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (3.914 %)Windows
213 (1.754 %)UNIX
39 (1.215 %)Linux
46 (0.810 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.405 %)Solaris
61 (0.135 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.135 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.135 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (0.135 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (0.135 %)Windows 7
61 (0.135 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.135 %)zOS
61 (0.135 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1706 (95.28 %)PRINCE2
2269 (36.30 %)Project Management
3107 (14.44 %)PRINCE
478 (10.53 %)ITIL
563 (8.502 %)Stakeholder Management
642 (5.668 %)Project Planning
642 (5.668 %)Migration
739 (5.263 %)Change Management
828 (3.779 %)Service Management
923 (3.104 %)Risk Management
923 (3.104 %)Supplier Management
1020 (2.699 %)Agile Software Development
1119 (2.564 %)Programme Management
1217 (2.294 %)Resource Management
1316 (2.159 %)Business Analysis
1414 (1.889 %)E-Commerce
1513 (1.754 %)Service Delivery
1612 (1.619 %)ERP
1612 (1.619 %)Configuration Management
1612 (1.619 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (2.969 %)C
211 (1.484 %)Java
211 (1.484 %)PHP
38 (1.080 %)SQL
45 (0.675 %)ActionScript
53 (0.405 %)JavaScript
53 (0.405 %)Perl
62 (0.270 %)Pascal
71 (0.135 %)C++
71 (0.135 %)COBOL
71 (0.135 %)VBA
71 (0.135 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
156 (7.557 %)Security Cleared
233 (4.453 %)Degree
328 (3.779 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
425 (3.374 %)PMI Certification
425 (3.374 %)SC Cleared
520 (2.699 %)PMP
617 (2.294 %)ITIL Certification
712 (1.619 %)ISEB
811 (1.484 %)DV Cleared
98 (1.080 %)CCNA
98 (1.080 %)Cisco Certification
105 (0.675 %)CTC Cleared
113 (0.405 %)Microsoft Certification
113 (0.405 %)MCSE
122 (0.270 %)CIPD
122 (0.270 %)BC Cleared
122 (0.270 %)APMP
131 (0.135 %)CCSA
131 (0.135 %)CCVP
131 (0.135 %)CIPFA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.754 %)SLA
210 (1.350 %)Basel II
34 (0.540 %)QA
34 (0.540 %)ISO27001
43 (0.405 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.270 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.135 %)ISO8583
61 (0.135 %)ISO17799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (0.945 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.810 %)Active Directory
32 (0.270 %)NetBackup
41 (0.135 %)XenApp
41 (0.135 %)XenServer
41 (0.135 %)ISA Server
41 (0.135 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.135 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.405 %)ServiceCenter
22 (0.270 %)Unicenter
22 (0.270 %)Tivoli
31 (0.135 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.135 %)Netcool/Proviso
31 (0.135 %)WSUS
31 (0.135 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (4.858 %)Oracle
230 (4.049 %)Microsoft
329 (3.914 %)SAP
417 (2.294 %)VMware
514 (1.889 %)Cisco
514 (1.889 %)Citrix
610 (1.350 %)HP
79 (1.215 %)IBM
85 (0.675 %)Remedy
94 (0.540 %)Unisys
94 (0.540 %)Intel
94 (0.540 %)Cerner
94 (0.540 %)BEA
94 (0.540 %)Teradata
103 (0.405 %)Planview
103 (0.405 %)BT
103 (0.405 %)CA
103 (0.405 %)BMC
103 (0.405 %)PeopleSoft
103 (0.405 %)Business Objects