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The table looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Practitioner IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Practitioner 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.

LinkPRINCE2 Practitioner
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank220240
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads205440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.597 %0.571 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.466 %3.758 %
Daily rates quoted93186
Average daily rate£400£425
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£278£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£535
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£425
% change on same period last year-7.050 %
Hourly rates quoted65
Average hourly rate£30.18£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-7.150 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£26.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£93.00£43.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.18£28.75
% change on same period last year+4.950 %
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 Practitioner
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PRINCE2 Practitioner Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

PRINCE2 Practitioner Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2 Practitioner Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

PRINCE2 Practitioner Hourly Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 Practitioner 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
EnglandUp+31201£400-5.88 %
LondonUp+75106£400-11.11 %
South EastUp+3534£413-2.94 %
YorkshireUp+3917£380-19.14 %
City of LondonUp+4716£550+12.82 %
South WestUp+2116£375-11.76 %
West MidlandsUp+3014£383+2.00 %
West YorkshireUp+1813£388-10.91 %
LeedsUp+1911£400-8.04 %
BerkshireUp+349£445-15.23 %
SurreyUp+338£413-2.94 %
WiltshireUp+267£375-11.76 %
ReadingNew entry-7£469-
East of EnglandUp+516£330-19.75 %
CoventryUp+176£470-5.24 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesUp+75£360-
SalisburyUp+55£375-9.09 %
KentNew entry-5£419-
East MidlandsUp+434£325-23.52 %
BuckinghamshireUp+374£400+3.35 %
MiddlesexUp+194£435+38.09 %
Canary WharfUp+194--
North WestUp+482£225-35.71 %
ScotlandUp+462--
HertfordshireUp+372--
HampshireUp+312£475+15.15 %
UxbridgeUp+242£405-
EssexUp+212£330+7.31 %
LancashireUp+122£225-35.71 %
SomersetUp+122--

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner.

1467 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
2165 (35.33 %)Project Management
3138 (29.55 %)Finance
4128 (27.41 %)Government
573 (15.63 %)Security Cleared
661 (13.06 %)Stakeholder Management
758 (12.42 %)Oracle
852 (11.13 %)MS Project
951 (10.92 %)NHS
1041 (8.779 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1139 (8.351 %)SC Cleared
1234 (7.281 %)Microsoft
1333 (7.066 %)MS Office
1431 (6.638 %)Health
1529 (6.210 %)Degree
1628 (5.996 %)Migration
1727 (5.782 %)MS Excel
1826 (5.567 %)ITIL
1826 (5.567 %)Solaris
1924 (5.139 %)Change Management
2022 (4.711 %)Risk Management
2022 (4.711 %)Local Government
2120 (4.283 %)PMI Certification
2120 (4.283 %)BEA
2219 (4.069 %)Programme Management
2219 (4.069 %)DSDM
2318 (3.854 %)MS Visio
2417 (3.640 %)CRM
2417 (3.640 %).NET
2417 (3.640 %)PMP

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 Practitioner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (3.640 %).NET
24 (0.857 %)WebSphere
24 (0.857 %)WebServices
32 (0.428 %)XML
32 (0.428 %)Flash
32 (0.428 %)RSS
32 (0.428 %)Adobe Flex
32 (0.428 %)J2EE
32 (0.428 %)HTML
41 (0.214 %)Middleware
41 (0.214 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (3.212 %)SharePoint
28 (1.713 %)Documentum
37 (1.499 %)CMS
37 (1.499 %)LiveLink
37 (1.499 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (1.071 %)WebLogic Portal
45 (1.071 %)WebLogic
45 (1.071 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.428 %)MS Exchange
52 (0.428 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.214 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.214 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (0.214 %)IIS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (11.13 %)MS Project
233 (7.066 %)MS Office
327 (5.782 %)MS Excel
418 (3.854 %)MS Visio
515 (3.212 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.857 %)CA Clarity
73 (0.642 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.214 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.285 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.214 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.214 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.214 %)Summit
21 (0.214 %)VisionPLUS
21 (0.214 %)Academy Housing
21 (0.214 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.214 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.214 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (2.784 %)Intranet
212 (2.570 %)LAN
39 (1.927 %)VoIP
45 (1.071 %)Internet
53 (0.642 %)WAN
53 (0.642 %)Wireless
62 (0.428 %)SAN
62 (0.428 %)Broadband
71 (0.214 %)DMZ
71 (0.214 %)LLU
71 (0.214 %)FTP
71 (0.214 %)PSTN
71 (0.214 %)UMTS
71 (0.214 %)Extranet
71 (0.214 %)3G
71 (0.214 %)UTRAN
71 (0.214 %)MPLS
71 (0.214 %)Firewall
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (1.927 %)SQL Server
19 (1.927 %)EDRMS
28 (1.713 %)BusinessObjects
35 (1.071 %)Datawarehouse
44 (0.857 %)EDMS
51 (0.214 %)GIS
51 (0.214 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
51 (0.214 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.214 %)Data Cleansing
51 (0.214 %)DB2
51 (0.214 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1138 (29.55 %)Finance
2128 (27.41 %)Government
331 (6.638 %)Health
422 (4.711 %)Local Government
514 (2.998 %)Criminal Justice
612 (2.570 %)Telecoms
710 (2.141 %)Banking
89 (1.927 %)Retail
89 (1.927 %)Insurance
98 (1.713 %)Education
107 (1.499 %)Financial Institution
114 (0.857 %)Legal
114 (0.857 %)Marketing
122 (0.428 %)Retail Banking
122 (0.428 %)Billing
131 (0.214 %)Investment Banking
131 (0.214 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.214 %)Military
131 (0.214 %)Front Office
131 (0.214 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1300 (64.24 %)Project Manager
233 (7.066 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
324 (5.139 %)Programme Manager
324 (5.139 %)Analyst
422 (4.711 %)NHS Project Manager
521 (4.497 %)Senior Manager
620 (4.283 %)Senior Project Manager
719 (4.069 %)Business Analyst
815 (3.212 %)Infrastructure Manager
914 (2.998 %)IT Project Manager
914 (2.998 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1012 (2.570 %)Service Manager
1111 (2.355 %)Delivery Manager
1210 (2.141 %)Implementation Manager
139 (1.927 %)Technical Manager
139 (1.927 %)Business Manager
139 (1.927 %)Technical Project Manager
139 (1.927 %)Coordinator
147 (1.499 %)Change Manager
147 (1.499 %)Systems Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
151 (10.92 %)NHS
27 (1.499 %)Management Information System
35 (1.071 %)Taxonomies
44 (0.857 %)Informatics
44 (0.857 %)NPfIT
53 (0.642 %)Data Protection Act
53 (0.642 %)PMI
53 (0.642 %)Credit Risk
53 (0.642 %)Video Conferencing
53 (0.642 %)Learning Management System
62 (0.428 %)Wiki
62 (0.428 %)E-Learning
62 (0.428 %)Biometrics
71 (0.214 %)Smartcard
71 (0.214 %)Mainframe
71 (0.214 %)Credit Derivative
71 (0.214 %)Freedom of Information
71 (0.214 %)IPTV
71 (0.214 %)Derivative
71 (0.214 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (5.567 %)Solaris
27 (1.499 %)Windows
35 (1.071 %)Windows XP
43 (0.642 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.428 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.428 %)UNIX
61 (0.214 %)Linux
61 (0.214 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1467 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
2165 (35.33 %)Project Management
361 (13.06 %)Stakeholder Management
428 (5.996 %)Migration
526 (5.567 %)ITIL
624 (5.139 %)Change Management
722 (4.711 %)Risk Management
819 (4.069 %)DSDM
819 (4.069 %)Programme Management
917 (3.640 %)Resource Management
917 (3.640 %)CRM
1016 (3.426 %)Matrix Management
1115 (3.212 %)Project Planning
1115 (3.212 %)PRINCE
1214 (2.998 %)Business Analysis
1214 (2.998 %)Supplier Management
1313 (2.784 %)Disaster Recovery
1412 (2.570 %)Service Management
1412 (2.570 %)Performance Management
1511 (2.355 %)BPR
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (1.927 %)Java
25 (1.071 %)C
25 (1.071 %)VB
33 (0.642 %)C#
42 (0.428 %)SQL
51 (0.214 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
173 (15.63 %)Security Cleared
241 (8.779 %)PRINCE2 Certification
339 (8.351 %)SC Cleared
429 (6.210 %)Degree
520 (4.283 %)PMI Certification
617 (3.640 %)PMP
617 (3.640 %)CTC Cleared
715 (3.212 %)ISEB
810 (2.141 %)DV Cleared
99 (1.927 %)ISEB Practitioner
106 (1.285 %)ITIL Certification
115 (1.071 %)BC Cleared
123 (0.642 %)ISTQB
131 (0.214 %)CIPD
131 (0.214 %)CCDE
131 (0.214 %)CIMA
131 (0.214 %)MBA
131 (0.214 %)Cisco Certification
131 (0.214 %)Microsoft Certification
131 (0.214 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.499 %)QA
25 (1.071 %)SLA
33 (0.642 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.428 %)ISO27001
51 (0.214 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.214 %)Active Directory
11 (0.214 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
158 (12.42 %)Oracle
234 (7.281 %)Microsoft
320 (4.283 %)BEA
48 (1.713 %)FileNet
48 (1.713 %)Interwoven
48 (1.713 %)Business Objects
48 (1.713 %)Vignette
48 (1.713 %)SAP
56 (1.285 %)Hummingbird
56 (1.285 %)Open Text
65 (1.071 %)Lotus
74 (0.857 %)iSOFT
83 (0.642 %)CheckPoint
83 (0.642 %)Citrix
92 (0.428 %)HP
92 (0.428 %)Cisco
92 (0.428 %)IBM
92 (0.428 %)JBoss
92 (0.428 %)Accenture
92 (0.428 %)VMware