The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 12 15 8
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 3 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 4.478% 6.422% 14.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.977% 7.609% 23.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £513 £406 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.15% +16.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £25.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+40.54% -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
43 92 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.18% 84.40% 61.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 21
Average daily rate £450 £375 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -1.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
PRINCE2
Hertfordshire

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford PRINCE2 Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford PRINCE2 Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) MS Project
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (33.33%) PMI
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) NHS
3 2 (33.33%) BCP
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Spanish Language
3 2 (33.33%) RIA
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (16.67%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) HTTP
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Project
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Spanish Language
3 1 (16.67%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
1 2 (33.33%) RIA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) BCP
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner