The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PRINCE2 Certification 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 Qualifications for the West Yorkshire 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
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 78 77 66
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 13 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.024% 1.051% 0.714%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.736% 7.556% 5.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 1
Average daily rate £400 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
193 225 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 15.21% 13.91% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 124 57
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £236 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 13
Average hourly rate £12.75 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.80% -6.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £50.00 £25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
Yorkshire

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Yorkshire PRINCE2 Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire PRINCE2 Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire PRINCE2 Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PRINCE2 Certification
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -9 7 £400 -20.00%
Halifax - 2 - -
PRINCE2 Certification
Yorkshire

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

1 32 (94.12%) PRINCE2
2 21 (61.76%) Finance
3 20 (58.82%) Project Management
4 16 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (23.53%) ITIL
6 7 (20.59%) PRINCE
7 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (14.71%) PMI Certification
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (14.71%) Migration
8 5 (14.71%) Retail
8 5 (14.71%) Matrix Management
9 4 (11.76%) PMP
9 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
9 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
9 4 (11.76%) BCP
9 4 (11.76%) Oracle
9 4 (11.76%) Change Management
10 3 (8.824%) NHS
10 3 (8.824%) E-Commerce
10 3 (8.824%) Banking
10 3 (8.824%) VMware
11 2 (5.882%) Analytics
11 2 (5.882%) Scrum
11 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
11 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (5.882%) MS Project
11 2 (5.882%) MS Office
11 2 (5.882%) Data Warehouse

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Project
1 2 (5.882%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
General
1 21 (61.76%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Retail
3 3 (8.824%) Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Law
4 1 (2.941%) Legal
4 1 (2.941%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (85.29%) Project Manager
2 3 (8.824%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Junior
3 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Senior Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 2 (5.882%) NHS Project Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Junior Project Manager
3 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (2.941%) Coordinator
4 1 (2.941%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (2.941%) Designer
4 1 (2.941%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.941%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (2.941%) Analyst
4 1 (2.941%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) NHS
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.941%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.941%) Hedge funds
2 1 (2.941%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) UNIX
1 1 (2.941%) Windows
1 1 (2.941%) AIX
1 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (94.12%) PRINCE2
2 20 (58.82%) Project Management
3 16 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (23.53%) ITIL
5 7 (20.59%) PRINCE
6 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (14.71%) Migration
7 5 (14.71%) Matrix Management
8 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
8 4 (11.76%) Change Management
8 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
8 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (11.76%) BCP
9 3 (8.824%) E-Commerce
10 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (5.882%) Scrum
10 2 (5.882%) Analytics
11 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
11 1 (2.941%) Network Architecture
11 1 (2.941%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (14.71%) PMI Certification
2 4 (11.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle
2 3 (8.824%) VMware
3 1 (2.941%) Microsoft