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The table looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

 PRINCE2 Certification
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank160123
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-37
Matching contract IT job ads3231019
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.940 %1.324 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.461 %8.703 %
Daily rates quoted170427
Average daily rate£399£413
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£229£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£503£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£405
% change on same period last year-7.400 %
Hourly rates quoted520
Average hourly rate£60.00£32.75
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+83.20 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.60£14.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£108.00£50.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.75£22.25
% change on same period last year+105.61 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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-35294£399-3.33 %
LondonDown-16132£411-2.26 %
South EastUp+752£416+4.06 %
South WestUp+132£390-2.50 %
City of LondonDown-330£400-15.78 %
North WestUp+1719£255-38.18 %
BerkshireUp+1516£413+3.12 %
YorkshireDown-1316£375-7.40 %
East of EnglandUp+1014£325-23.52 %
ScotlandUp+3313£400+6.66 %
WalesUp+1812£220-57.07 %
South WalesUp+1612£220-53.68 %
East MidlandsUp+2211--
Docklands, LondonUp+2111£513-2.38 %
West MidlandsUp+1911£363-17.14 %
SomersetUp+1711£400-13.51 %
NewportNew entry-11--
BristolUp+79£200-47.57 %
West YorkshireDown-179£380-3.55 %
EdinburghUp+168£388+19.23 %
LeedsDown-137£380-1.80 %
CheshireUp+385£265-29.33 %
ReadingUp+255£544-
ManchesterUp+205£200-51.51 %
GloucestershireDown-45--
BuckinghamshireUp+274£430-9.47 %
HampshireUp+244£288-23.33 %
SurreyUp+283£500+17.64 %
CambridgeshireUp+213£325+20.37 %
South YorkshireUp+213--

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1741 (94.04 %)PRINCE2
2296 (37.56 %)Project Management
3163 (20.69 %)Finance
4131 (16.62 %)Government
5119 (15.10 %)NHS
6117 (14.85 %)PRINCE
779 (10.03 %)ITIL
877 (9.772 %)Stakeholder Management
971 (9.010 %)Health
1062 (7.868 %)Security Cleared
1161 (7.741 %)Change Management
1255 (6.980 %)Telecoms
1351 (6.472 %)MS Project
1351 (6.472 %)Banking
1441 (5.203 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1540 (5.076 %)SAP
1540 (5.076 %)Microsoft
1636 (4.569 %)Local Government
1636 (4.569 %)Migration
1735 (4.442 %)SC Cleared
1834 (4.315 %)Oracle
1931 (3.934 %)MS Excel
2030 (3.807 %)Risk Management
2030 (3.807 %)Degree
2129 (3.680 %)Service Management
2129 (3.680 %)MS Office
2227 (3.426 %)Programme Management
2325 (3.173 %)Investment Banking
2325 (3.173 %)Project Planning
2325 (3.173 %)MS Visio

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (2.792 %).NET
26 (0.761 %)WebServices
35 (0.635 %)J2EE
44 (0.508 %)XML
53 (0.381 %)Middleware
53 (0.381 %)Flash
62 (0.254 %)WebSphere
62 (0.254 %)XSL
62 (0.254 %)ASP
62 (0.254 %)CSS
71 (0.127 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.127 %)ActiveX
71 (0.127 %)ArcObjects
71 (0.127 %)Oracle Fusion
71 (0.127 %)EDI
71 (0.127 %)LAMP
71 (0.127 %)Hibernate
71 (0.127 %)AJAX
71 (0.127 %)Windows SharePoint Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (1.523 %)SharePoint
27 (0.888 %)SAS
27 (0.888 %)LiveLink
34 (0.508 %)BizTalk Server
34 (0.508 %)MS Exchange
34 (0.508 %)IIS
43 (0.381 %)Lotus Notes
43 (0.381 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (0.254 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (0.254 %)CMS
52 (0.254 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.127 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.127 %)ArcSDE
61 (0.127 %)ArcGIS
61 (0.127 %)ArcIMS
61 (0.127 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.127 %)Apache
61 (0.127 %)Tomcat
61 (0.127 %)Documentum
61 (0.127 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
151 (6.472 %)MS Project
231 (3.934 %)MS Excel
329 (3.680 %)MS Office
425 (3.173 %)MS Visio
515 (1.904 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.761 %)Spreadsheet
74 (0.508 %)CA Clarity
83 (0.381 %)Open Workbench
91 (0.127 %)Shockwave
91 (0.127 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.381 %)Oracle ERP
22 (0.254 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.254 %)SAP FI/CO
22 (0.254 %)SAP CO
22 (0.254 %)SAP FI
22 (0.254 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.254 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.254 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.127 %)Oracle EBS R12
31 (0.127 %)ResourceLink
31 (0.127 %)Retail-J
31 (0.127 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.127 %)Axapta
31 (0.127 %)WebTrends
31 (0.127 %)SAP Retail
31 (0.127 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (2.030 %)LAN
212 (1.523 %)3G
310 (1.269 %)BSS
49 (1.142 %)VoIP
58 (1.015 %)Wireless
66 (0.761 %)WAN
75 (0.635 %)SAN
75 (0.635 %)Internet
84 (0.508 %)MPLS
93 (0.381 %)Intranet
93 (0.381 %)GGSN
93 (0.381 %)SGSN
102 (0.254 %)IP Telephony
102 (0.254 %)VPN
102 (0.254 %)DVB
102 (0.254 %)Firewall
102 (0.254 %)CTI
102 (0.254 %)ADSL
102 (0.254 %)GPRS
111 (0.127 %)GSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (2.030 %)SQL Server
215 (1.904 %)Datawarehouse
34 (0.508 %)Ingres
34 (0.508 %)EDRMS
43 (0.381 %)EDMS
43 (0.381 %)DB2
52 (0.254 %)Crystal Reports
52 (0.254 %)Adabas
52 (0.254 %)SAP BW
61 (0.127 %)DataStage
61 (0.127 %)GIS
61 (0.127 %)Oracle OWB
61 (0.127 %)ETL
61 (0.127 %)RDBMS
61 (0.127 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.127 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.127 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.127 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.127 %)JUnit
11 (0.127 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.127 %)Rational Rose
11 (0.127 %)RequisitePro
11 (0.127 %)ClearQuest
11 (0.127 %)Rational Functional Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1163 (20.69 %)Finance
2131 (16.62 %)Government
371 (9.010 %)Health
455 (6.980 %)Telecoms
551 (6.472 %)Banking
636 (4.569 %)Local Government
725 (3.173 %)Investment Banking
822 (2.792 %)Retail
917 (2.157 %)Billing
1016 (2.030 %)Insurance
1111 (1.396 %)Education
1111 (1.396 %)Legal
1210 (1.269 %)Back Office
138 (1.015 %)Pensions
138 (1.015 %)Marketing
147 (0.888 %)Financial Institution
156 (0.761 %)Pharmaceutical
165 (0.635 %)Advertising
174 (0.508 %)Construction
182 (0.254 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1562 (71.32 %)Project Manager
243 (5.457 %)Analyst
243 (5.457 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
340 (5.076 %)NHS Project Manager
433 (4.188 %)IT Project Manager
531 (3.934 %)Programme Manager
628 (3.553 %)Senior Manager
727 (3.426 %)Business Analyst
727 (3.426 %)Technical Manager
824 (3.046 %)Senior Project Manager
923 (2.919 %)Technical Project Manager
1020 (2.538 %)Service Manager
1119 (2.411 %)Infrastructure Manager
1218 (2.284 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1315 (1.904 %)Change Manager
1315 (1.904 %)Implementation Manager
1414 (1.777 %)Delivery Manager
1513 (1.650 %)SAP Manager
1513 (1.650 %)Business Manager
1611 (1.396 %)Implementation Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1119 (15.10 %)NHS
213 (1.650 %)Management Information System
311 (1.396 %)NPfIT
49 (1.142 %)PACS
57 (0.888 %)Derivative
66 (0.761 %)FMCG
66 (0.761 %)Mainframe
75 (0.635 %)Blackberry
75 (0.635 %)IVR
75 (0.635 %)Taxonomies
83 (0.381 %)German Language
83 (0.381 %)Credit Risk
83 (0.381 %)PMI
92 (0.254 %)Client/Server
92 (0.254 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.254 %)Clustering
92 (0.254 %)Equities
92 (0.254 %)VLE
92 (0.254 %)Video Conferencing
92 (0.254 %)STB
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (2.538 %)Windows
211 (1.396 %)UNIX
34 (0.508 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (0.508 %)Linux
43 (0.381 %)Solaris
52 (0.254 %)Windows XP
61 (0.127 %)AIX
61 (0.127 %)HPUX
61 (0.127 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.127 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.127 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1741 (94.04 %)PRINCE2
2296 (37.56 %)Project Management
3117 (14.85 %)PRINCE
479 (10.03 %)ITIL
577 (9.772 %)Stakeholder Management
661 (7.741 %)Change Management
736 (4.569 %)Migration
830 (3.807 %)Risk Management
929 (3.680 %)Service Management
1027 (3.426 %)Programme Management
1125 (3.173 %)Project Planning
1223 (2.919 %)CRM
1223 (2.919 %)Matrix Management
1321 (2.665 %)Service Delivery
1418 (2.284 %)ERP
1517 (2.157 %)Business Analysis
1615 (1.904 %)Supplier Management
1711 (1.396 %)Document Management
1711 (1.396 %)Web Development
1711 (1.396 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (2.665 %)Java
212 (1.523 %)SQL
38 (1.015 %)C
44 (0.508 %)C#
44 (0.508 %)COBOL
44 (0.508 %)VB
53 (0.381 %)JavaScript
53 (0.381 %)PHP
62 (0.254 %)VB.NET
62 (0.254 %)ActionScript
62 (0.254 %)NATURAL
62 (0.254 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (7.868 %)Security Cleared
241 (5.203 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
335 (4.442 %)SC Cleared
430 (3.807 %)Degree
521 (2.665 %)ITIL Certification
613 (1.650 %)PMI Certification
711 (1.396 %)PMP
711 (1.396 %)Cisco Certification
89 (1.142 %)ISEB
89 (1.142 %)CCNA
98 (1.015 %)DV Cleared
107 (0.888 %)CTC Cleared
115 (0.635 %)Microsoft Certification
124 (0.508 %)MCSE
133 (0.381 %)CCNP
133 (0.381 %)BC Cleared
142 (0.254 %)CIMA
151 (0.127 %)CCAB
151 (0.127 %)MBCS
151 (0.127 %)CISM
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.650 %)SLA
211 (1.396 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
310 (1.269 %)PCI DSS
48 (1.015 %)QA
54 (0.508 %)ISO9001
62 (0.254 %)ISO9000
71 (0.127 %)BS7799
71 (0.127 %)Basel II
71 (0.127 %)RosettaNet
71 (0.127 %)COBIT
71 (0.127 %)MiFID
71 (0.127 %)SNOMED CT
71 (0.127 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.635 %)Active Directory
21 (0.127 %)ISA Server
21 (0.127 %)SAP ITS
21 (0.127 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.254 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.127 %)OpenView
21 (0.127 %)Tivoli
21 (0.127 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (5.076 %)SAP
140 (5.076 %)Microsoft
234 (4.315 %)Oracle
310 (1.269 %)Cisco
48 (1.015 %)Citrix
56 (0.761 %)HP
56 (0.761 %)Sun
56 (0.761 %)Open Text
56 (0.761 %)Northgate
64 (0.508 %)Anite
64 (0.508 %)Maconomy
64 (0.508 %)Agresso
64 (0.508 %)Remedy
73 (0.381 %)Lotus
73 (0.381 %)CheckPoint
73 (0.381 %)IBM
73 (0.381 %)VMware
73 (0.381 %)BT
82 (0.254 %)FileNet
82 (0.254 %)Retek