The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 17 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 30 35 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 7.042% 6.140% 6.667%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.07% 9.434% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 21
Average daily rate £363 £320 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £149 £192 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £380
% change year-on-year
- -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales PRINCE2 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Wales region.

Wales PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales PRINCE2 Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Wales region.

Wales PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
South Wales -1 19 £375 +17.18%
Mid Wales +1 5 £150 -56.98%
West Wales +8 4 £413 -
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing PRINCE2 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.

1 25 (54.35%) Project Management
2 16 (34.78%) Finance
3 14 (30.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 10 (21.74%) Risk Management
5 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
5 9 (19.57%) ISEB
5 9 (19.57%) MS Project
6 8 (17.39%) ITIL
7 7 (15.22%) RUP
7 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
7 7 (15.22%) Change Control
8 6 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (13.04%) Business Analysis
8 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
9 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.87%) Multimedia
10 4 (8.696%) ISEB Practitioner
10 4 (8.696%) Strategic Planning
10 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (8.696%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 4 (8.696%) Degree
10 4 (8.696%) Project Planning
10 4 (8.696%) Use Case
10 4 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (8.696%) Information Security
10 4 (8.696%) ITSM
10 4 (8.696%) Service Management
10 4 (8.696%) Service Delivery
10 4 (8.696%) DSDM
10 4 (8.696%) SQL Server

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing PRINCE2 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.348%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (8.696%) MS Exchange
1 4 (8.696%) SAS
2 1 (2.174%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) MS Project
2 6 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.174%) MS Office
3 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.174%) LAN
1 1 (2.174%) WAN
1 1 (2.174%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.174%) SAN
1 1 (2.174%) Intranet
1 1 (2.174%) Internet
1 1 (2.174%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.696%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 4 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.174%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) Visual Studio
1 3 (6.522%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (34.78%) Finance
2 5 (10.87%) Multimedia
3 3 (6.522%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.348%) Legal
5 1 (2.174%) Banking
5 1 (2.174%) Billing
Job Titles
1 24 (52.17%) Project Manager
2 14 (30.43%) Analyst
3 9 (19.57%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.696%) Service Manager
4 4 (8.696%) SAS Project Manager
5 3 (6.522%) Junior
5 3 (6.522%) Test Analyst
5 3 (6.522%) Junior Project Manager
5 3 (6.522%) Business Manager
5 3 (6.522%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Agile Business Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Security Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.522%) NHS
3 1 (2.174%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.174%) VLE
3 1 (2.174%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.174%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.174%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.174%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.696%) Windows
2 3 (6.522%) Linux
2 3 (6.522%) UNIX
3 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Project Management
2 10 (21.74%) Risk Management
3 8 (17.39%) ITIL
4 7 (15.22%) RUP
4 7 (15.22%) Change Control
5 6 (13.04%) Business Analysis
6 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (8.696%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (8.696%) Project Planning
7 4 (8.696%) Use Case
7 4 (8.696%) Information Security
7 4 (8.696%) ITSM
7 4 (8.696%) Service Management
7 4 (8.696%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.696%) DSDM
8 3 (6.522%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.348%) Strategic Management
9 2 (4.348%) Information Management
9 2 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.522%) SQL
2 2 (4.348%) Java
3 1 (2.174%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (30.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 9 (19.57%) ISEB
3 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.696%) ISEB Practitioner
4 4 (8.696%) Degree
5 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.348%) MBA
6 2 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.174%) APMP
7 1 (2.174%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.522%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
2 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.174%) Terminal Services
1 1 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (2.174%) Intel
3 1 (2.174%) Cognos
3 1 (2.174%) VMware
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