The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 Certification in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 Qualifications for the 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE2 Certification
Rank 97 90 86
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -4
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 13 22 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.700% 0.985% 0.656%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.276% 6.607% 4.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 3
Average daily rate £375 £463 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +54.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £189 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £500 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.00 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+95.45% -41.33%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
304 333 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.36% 14.91% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 181 102
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £185 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 24
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -3 11 £388 -18.42%
North Yorkshire +2 1 - -
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 45 (95.74%) PRINCE2
2 25 (53.19%) Finance
3 22 (46.81%) Project Management
4 18 (38.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (19.15%) PMI Certification
5 9 (19.15%) ITIL
6 7 (14.89%) NHS
6 7 (14.89%) PRINCE
6 7 (14.89%) Migration
6 7 (14.89%) Retail
7 6 (12.77%) PMP
7 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (10.64%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (10.64%) Project Planning
8 5 (10.64%) Matrix Management
9 4 (8.511%) BCP
9 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
9 4 (8.511%) E-Commerce
9 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.511%) Oracle
9 4 (8.511%) Business Continuity
10 3 (6.383%) VMware
10 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
10 3 (6.383%) Risk Management
10 3 (6.383%) MS Project
10 3 (6.383%) Windows
10 3 (6.383%) PMI
10 3 (6.383%) Degree

PRINCE2 Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.128%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) CMS
1 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.383%) MS Project
3 2 (4.255%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.128%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) Intranet
1 1 (2.128%) Extranet
1 1 (2.128%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.255%) Data Warehouse
General
1 25 (53.19%) Finance
2 7 (14.89%) Retail
3 3 (6.383%) Banking
4 2 (4.255%) Back Office
5 1 (2.128%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.128%) Law
5 1 (2.128%) Legal
5 1 (2.128%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (80.85%) Project Manager
2 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (6.383%) NHS Project Manager
4 3 (6.383%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Junior
5 2 (4.255%) Systems Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Junior Project Manager
5 2 (4.255%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (2.128%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (2.128%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.128%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.128%) CRM Project Manager
6 1 (2.128%) Senior Programme Manager
6 1 (2.128%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.128%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) NHS
2 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.383%) PMI
3 2 (4.255%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.128%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.128%) Informatics
4 1 (2.128%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.383%) Windows
2 2 (4.255%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.128%) AIX
3 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (95.74%) PRINCE2
2 22 (46.81%) Project Management
3 18 (38.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.15%) ITIL
5 7 (14.89%) PRINCE
5 7 (14.89%) Migration
6 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.64%) Change Management
7 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (10.64%) Project Planning
7 5 (10.64%) Matrix Management
8 4 (8.511%) BCP
8 4 (8.511%) E-Commerce
8 4 (8.511%) Business Continuity
9 3 (6.383%) Risk Management
10 2 (4.255%) Supplier Management
10 2 (4.255%) Change Control
10 2 (4.255%) Analytics
10 2 (4.255%) Information Governance
10 2 (4.255%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) PMI Certification
2 6 (12.77%) PMP
3 5 (10.64%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (6.383%) Degree
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle
2 3 (6.383%) VMware
3 1 (2.128%) Primavera