The first table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PRINCE 2
Rank 68 58 58
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 59 77 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.280% 3.835% 3.816%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.297% 4.984% 5.560%
Number of salaries quoted 48 74 47
Average salary £44,000 £41,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1373 1545 1133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.32% 76.94% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1057 1355 965
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,350
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire PRINCE2 Jobs Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire PRINCE2 Salary Trend

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PRINCE2 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire PRINCE2 Salary Histogram

PRINCE2
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Cheshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +19 27 £40,000 -9.09%
Chester - 23 £39,000 -
Northwich - 13 £39,000 -
Knutsford +14 10 £44,000 -28.16%
Wilmslow -9 1 £35,000 -
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PRINCE2.

1 63 (57.80%) Project Management
2 39 (35.78%) Finance
3 33 (30.28%) ITIL
4 25 (22.94%) Oracle
5 24 (22.02%) RUP
6 23 (21.10%) Waterfall
7 22 (20.18%) PRINCE
8 18 (16.51%) PMI Certification
9 17 (15.60%) .NET
9 17 (15.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (15.60%) Agile Software Development
10 16 (14.68%) J2EE
10 16 (14.68%) PMI
11 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
11 15 (13.76%) Windows
11 15 (13.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 14 (12.84%) Degree
12 14 (12.84%) Java
12 14 (12.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 13 (11.93%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (11.93%) SQL Server
13 13 (11.93%) Banking
14 12 (11.01%) MS Excel
14 12 (11.01%) UML
15 11 (10.09%) Change Management
16 10 (9.174%) SOA
16 10 (9.174%) User Acceptance Testing
17 9 (8.257%) Linux
17 9 (8.257%) Risk Management
18 8 (7.339%) Service Delivery

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PRINCE2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (15.60%) .NET
2 16 (14.68%) J2EE
3 6 (5.505%) JMS
4 5 (4.587%) JNDI
4 5 (4.587%) JDBC
4 5 (4.587%) JSP
5 2 (1.835%) Middleware
5 2 (1.835%) Web Services
5 2 (1.835%) XML
5 2 (1.835%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.917%) Struts
6 1 (0.917%) HTML
6 1 (0.917%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.587%) CICS
2 3 (2.752%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.917%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (0.917%) ESB
3 1 (0.917%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (0.917%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (11.01%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.422%) MS Project
3 6 (5.505%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.752%) Hyperion Planning
1 3 (2.752%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.917%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.917%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.917%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.917%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.422%) SAN
2 5 (4.587%) NAS
3 2 (1.835%) LDAP
3 2 (1.835%) HTTP
3 2 (1.835%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.917%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.917%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.339%) DB2
3 2 (1.835%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.835%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.917%) MySQL
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (1.835%) JIRA
2 1 (0.917%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.917%) ClearCase
General
1 39 (35.78%) Finance
2 13 (11.93%) Banking
3 2 (1.835%) Back Office
3 2 (1.835%) Publishing
3 2 (1.835%) Electronics
3 2 (1.835%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.835%) Local Government
4 1 (0.917%) German Language
4 1 (0.917%) Retail
4 1 (0.917%) Billing
4 1 (0.917%) Legal
4 1 (0.917%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (46.79%) Project Manager
2 12 (11.01%) Consultant
3 10 (9.174%) Technical Consultant
3 10 (9.174%) Service Manager
4 9 (8.257%) Agile Project Manager
4 9 (8.257%) Senior Project Manager
4 9 (8.257%) Senior Manager
5 7 (6.422%) Analyst
6 6 (5.505%) Architect
6 6 (5.505%) Service Level Manager
7 5 (4.587%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 5 (4.587%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.587%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.587%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (3.670%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.670%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.670%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (2.752%) Project Consultant
9 3 (2.752%) Software Manager
9 3 (2.752%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.68%) PMI
2 7 (6.422%) Mainframe
3 5 (4.587%) IBM Mainframe
4 3 (2.752%) Statistics
5 2 (1.835%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.835%) AS400
5 2 (1.835%) Tandem
5 2 (1.835%) iSeries
6 1 (0.917%) iPhone
6 1 (0.917%) Celerra
6 1 (0.917%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.917%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.917%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.917%) EMC Centera
6 1 (0.917%) Replication
6 1 (0.917%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.76%) Windows
2 9 (8.257%) Linux
3 6 (5.505%) UNIX
4 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (3.670%) Windows NT
4 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.835%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.917%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.917%) Android
6 1 (0.917%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.917%) AIX
6 1 (0.917%) HPUX
6 1 (0.917%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (57.80%) Project Management
2 33 (30.28%) ITIL
3 24 (22.02%) RUP
4 23 (21.10%) Waterfall
5 22 (20.18%) PRINCE
6 17 (15.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (15.60%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (11.01%) UML
8 11 (10.09%) Change Management
9 10 (9.174%) SOA
9 10 (9.174%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (8.257%) Risk Management
11 8 (7.339%) Service Delivery
12 7 (6.422%) Quality Management
13 6 (5.505%) Service Management
13 6 (5.505%) Programme Management
13 6 (5.505%) Analytics
14 5 (4.587%) Systems Analysis
14 5 (4.587%) CMMI
14 5 (4.587%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.84%) Java
2 3 (2.752%) C
2 3 (2.752%) SQL
3 2 (1.835%) C#
3 2 (1.835%) PHP
4 1 (0.917%) VB6
4 1 (0.917%) VB
4 1 (0.917%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (16.51%) PMI Certification
2 15 (13.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 14 (12.84%) Degree
3 14 (12.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 13 (11.93%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.505%) ISEB
6 5 (4.587%) MCTS
6 5 (4.587%) MCITP
6 5 (4.587%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.670%) MCP
7 4 (3.670%) MCSE
7 4 (3.670%) CCNA
7 4 (3.670%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.752%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.752%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (1.835%) PMP
9 2 (1.835%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.917%) NCIE
10 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.917%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.339%) QA
2 3 (2.752%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.422%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.752%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.835%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.835%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (1.835%) XenApp
4 1 (0.917%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.917%) vSphere
4 1 (0.917%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.917%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (2.752%) SCCM
2 1 (0.917%) SCOM
2 1 (0.917%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.917%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.917%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (22.94%) Oracle
2 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.339%) Citrix
4 7 (6.422%) VMware
5 5 (4.587%) IBM
6 4 (3.670%) SAP
7 3 (2.752%) Hyperion
7 3 (2.752%) Symantec
8 2 (1.835%) Compuware
8 2 (1.835%) HP
8 2 (1.835%) EMC
8 2 (1.835%) Planview
9 1 (0.917%) 3PAR
9 1 (0.917%) NetApp
9 1 (0.917%) Apple
9 1 (0.917%) Cisco
9 1 (0.917%) Sun
9 1 (0.917%) CommVault
Chester, Cheshire
Strong Project Management skills E. Previous experience of deployment of Six Sigma methodology Qualifications Six Sigma Black Belt, Prince2 Practitioner, Engineering, Financial or Business degree level required F.
SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £46000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Strong Project Management skills E. Previous experience of deployment of Six Sigma methodology Qualifications Six Sigma Black Belt, Prince2 Practitioner, Engineering, Financial or Business degree level required F.
SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Strong Project Management skills - Previous experience of deployment of Six Sigma methodology Qualifications Six Sigma Black Belt, Prince2 Practitioner, Engineering, Financial or Business degree level required - Resource should...
Networking People
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Leading international distributor urgently requires experienced associate grade IT Project Manager with 2 years + experience to join an established PMO, working on multiple ERP / logistics focused systems development...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + +bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Business / Systems analysis skills... And/or junior project management experience... Experience of project management software. Good skills in Microsoft Office Products... Visio) Understanding of a formal project management...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
This is an excellent opening for an experienced Senior Portfolio Test Manager with proven experience of using leading edge tools such as ALM and QTP to provide line...
Experis IT
Salary: £39570 - £44151 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Supply Chain and Logistics in Cheshire, North...
The role requires first-class client facing skills and customer engagement experience; with a clear ability to connect with your customers to achieve service levels and to formulate...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 15 May 2013