West Yorkshire PRINCE2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PRINCE2 (PRINCE 2)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Andover Argyll and Bute Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Runcorn Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	11
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	222	168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.296 %	0.170 %
As % of the category below	21.70 %	16.87 %
Daily rates quoted	77	36
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£330
Average daily rate	£402	£349
% change on same period last year	+15.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£380
% change on same period last year	+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.05	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£14.98	£15.00
% change on same period last year	-0.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.91	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.71	£35.97
% change on same period last year	-14.61 %
Processes & Methodologies West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1023	996
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.362 %	1.010 %
Daily rates quoted	306	206
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£332
Average daily rate	£364	£351
% change on same period last year	+3.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	51
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.57	£25.48
Average hourly rate	£23.81	£26.52
% change on same period last year	-10.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.05	£27.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
% change on same period last year	-2.69 %
PRINCE2 Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PRINCE2
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PRINCE2 across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PRINCE2
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	+4	186	£405	+14.18 %
Bradford	+3	5	£297	-34.00 %
Wakefield	-3	1	-	-
Huddersfield	-	1	£394	-

PRINCE2 Yorkshire

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 149 (40.05 %) NHS 2 148 (39.78 %) Project Management 3 101 (27.15 %) Health 4 75 (20.16 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 65 (17.47 %) Finance 6 54 (14.52 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 44 (11.83 %) Stakeholder Management 8 38 (10.22 %) PRINCE 9 37 (9.946 %) ITIL 10 35 (9.409 %) Windows 11 34 (9.140 %) Microsoft 12 31 (8.333 %) Firewall 13 30 (8.065 %) MS Excel 13 30 (8.065 %) MS Project 14 29 (7.796 %) Government

15 28 (7.527 %) Business Analysis 16 21 (5.645 %) Programme Management 16 21 (5.645 %) MS Visio 17 19 (5.108 %) DNS 17 19 (5.108 %) Legal 18 18 (4.839 %) Quality Management 18 18 (4.839 %) Risk Management 18 18 (4.839 %) UML 19 17 (4.570 %) Supplier Management 20 16 (4.301 %) Degree 20 16 (4.301 %) Smartcard 20 16 (4.301 %) MS Office 21 15 (4.032 %) WAN 21 15 (4.032 %) SharePoint 21 15 (4.032 %) PKI

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (2.419 %) WebServices 2 6 (1.613 %) .NET 3 3 (0.806 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.538 %) XML 5 1 (0.269 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 15 (4.032 %) SharePoint 2 13 (3.495 %) MS Exchange 3 10 (2.688 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 6 (1.613 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 2 (0.538 %) Commerce Server 5 2 (0.538 %) CMS 6 1 (0.269 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (0.269 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 30 (8.065 %) MS Project 1 30 (8.065 %) MS Excel 2 21 (5.645 %) MS Visio 3 16 (4.301 %) MS Office 4 6 (1.613 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.269 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 1 1 (0.269 %) Axapta 1 1 (0.269 %) Movex 1 1 (0.269 %) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking 1 31 (8.333 %) Firewall 2 19 (5.108 %) DNS 3 15 (4.032 %) WAN 4 12 (3.226 %) VPN 5 11 (2.957 %) SAN 6 10 (2.688 %) MPLS 7 8 (2.151 %) Internet 8 3 (0.806 %) LDAP 8 3 (0.806 %) LAN 9 2 (0.538 %) DHCP 9 2 (0.538 %) TCP/IP 9 2 (0.538 %) X.500 10 1 (0.269 %) SMS 10 1 (0.269 %) IMAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (3.495 %) SQL Server 2 11 (2.957 %) EDRMS 3 10 (2.688 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (1.613 %) SQL Server 2000 5 3 (0.806 %) OLAP 5 3 (0.806 %) Cognos Powerplay 5 3 (0.806 %) BusinessObjects 6 2 (0.538 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (0.269 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.269 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (0.269 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.269 %) Oracle 9i 7 1 (0.269 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 3 (0.806 %) Flash 2 1 (0.269 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.269 %) Rational Rose 2 1 (0.269 %) ClearQuest	General 1 101 (27.15 %) Health 2 65 (17.47 %) Finance 3 29 (7.796 %) Government 4 19 (5.108 %) Legal 5 14 (3.763 %) Law 6 8 (2.151 %) Back Office 6 8 (2.151 %) Billing 7 7 (1.882 %) Banking 7 7 (1.882 %) Retail 7 7 (1.882 %) Education 8 4 (1.075 %) Insurance 9 3 (0.806 %) Manufacturing 9 3 (0.806 %) Construction 10 2 (0.538 %) Telecoms 10 2 (0.538 %) Electric 10 2 (0.538 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.538 %) FMCG 11 1 (0.269 %) Publishing 11 1 (0.269 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.269 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 162 (43.55 %) Project Manager 2 77 (20.70 %) Analyst 3 52 (13.98 %) Business Analyst 4 29 (7.796 %) Senior Manager 5 25 (6.720 %) Senior Project Manager 5 25 (6.720 %) NHS Project Manager 6 18 (4.839 %) Programme Manager 7 12 (3.226 %) Service Manager 7 12 (3.226 %) Technical Manager 8 11 (2.957 %) Deployment Analyst 9 10 (2.688 %) Consultant 10 9 (2.419 %) Project Engineer 10 9 (2.419 %) Release Manager 10 9 (2.419 %) Business Manager 11 7 (1.882 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 11 7 (1.882 %) Developer 11 7 (1.882 %) Technical Project Manager 11 7 (1.882 %) Solutions Designer 12 6 (1.613 %) Technical Consultant 12 6 (1.613 %) Author	Miscellaneous 1 149 (40.05 %) NHS 2 16 (4.301 %) Smartcard 3 15 (4.032 %) PKI 4 10 (2.688 %) Data Protection Act 5 9 (2.419 %) Freedom of Information 6 8 (2.151 %) Freedom of Information Act 6 8 (2.151 %) NPfIT 7 7 (1.882 %) E-Learning 8 6 (1.613 %) AS400 9 5 (1.344 %) Informatics 10 4 (1.075 %) Clustering 11 3 (0.806 %) Management Information System 11 3 (0.806 %) Mainframe 12 2 (0.538 %) SCORM 13 1 (0.269 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 35 (9.409 %) Windows 2 10 (2.688 %) UNIX 3 8 (2.151 %) Linux 4 6 (1.613 %) Windows 2000 4 6 (1.613 %) Solaris 5 4 (1.075 %) Windows XP 6 2 (0.538 %) Windows NT 7 1 (0.269 %) NetWare 7 1 (0.269 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (0.269 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 148 (39.78 %) Project Management 2 44 (11.83 %) Stakeholder Management 3 38 (10.22 %) PRINCE 4 37 (9.946 %) ITIL 5 28 (7.527 %) Business Analysis 6 21 (5.645 %) Programme Management 7 18 (4.839 %) Quality Management 7 18 (4.839 %) Risk Management 7 18 (4.839 %) UML 8 17 (4.570 %) Supplier Management 9 13 (3.495 %) Migration 10 12 (3.226 %) Change Management 11 11 (2.957 %) Workflow 11 11 (2.957 %) E-Commerce 11 11 (2.957 %) Service Management 11 11 (2.957 %) Data Protection 12 10 (2.688 %) Matrix Management 13 9 (2.419 %) Project Planning 13 9 (2.419 %) GAP Analysis 14 8 (2.151 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 13 (3.495 %) SQL 2 4 (1.075 %) Java 3 1 (0.269 %) C	Qualifications 1 75 (20.16 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 54 (14.52 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 16 (4.301 %) Degree 4 7 (1.882 %) Microsoft Certification 4 7 (1.882 %) MCSE 4 7 (1.882 %) PMP 4 7 (1.882 %) PMI Certification 5 6 (1.613 %) ITIL Certification 6 3 (0.806 %) ISEB 6 3 (0.806 %) MBCS 6 3 (0.806 %) CITP 7 2 (0.538 %) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.151 %) SLA 2 6 (1.613 %) QA 3 2 (0.538 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 14 (3.763 %) Active Directory 2 10 (2.688 %) VMware ESX 3 7 (1.882 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 6 (1.613 %) MetaFrame
Vendors 1 34 (9.140 %) Microsoft 2 12 (3.226 %) Oracle 3 7 (1.882 %) Citrix 3 7 (1.882 %) VMware 4 6 (1.613 %) Cisco 5 5 (1.344 %) SAP 5 5 (1.344 %) Primavera 6 4 (1.075 %) PeopleSoft 7 3 (0.806 %) Cognos 7 3 (0.806 %) Business Objects 8 2 (0.538 %) Sun 8 2 (0.538 %) Compuware 8 2 (0.538 %) Sage 8 2 (0.538 %) iSOFT 8 2 (0.538 %) Novell 9 1 (0.269 %) Baan 9 1 (0.269 %) JD Edwards 9 1 (0.269 %) Lawson 9 1 (0.269 %) HP 9 1 (0.269 %) BT