Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PRINCE2 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkPRINCE 2
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank595449
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads300731007623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.476 %3.642 %3.745 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category5.342 %6.067 %6.655 %
Salaries quoted259326216501
Average salary£50,000£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£34,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£42,500£47,000
% change year-on-year
+5.880 %-9.570 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5629051098114544
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK65.07 %60.03 %56.28 %
Salaries quoted465144172192990
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

PRINCE2
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PRINCE2 Demand Trend

PRINCE2
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK.

PRINCE2 Salary Trend

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

PRINCE2 Salary Histogram

PRINCE2
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-52862£50,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-31387£55,000+5.76 %
South EastDown-8492£50,000+11.11 %
City of LondonDown-11384£55,000-4.34 %
North WestUp+3198£37,500-11.76 %
East of EnglandUp+4184£49,000+1.03 %
South WestDown-9159£40,000+2.56 %
West MidlandsUp+11142£40,000-
BerkshireDown-10124£52,500+5.00 %
East MidlandsUp+39123£39,000-2.50 %
YorkshireDown-29123£45,000+12.50 %
SurreyDown-10118£47,500+7.95 %
ManchesterUp+2105£37,500-3.22 %
West YorkshireDown-1581£45,500+13.75 %
HertfordshireUp+169£55,000+10.00 %
HampshireDown-861£47,000+10.58 %
LeedsDown-1259£46,000+12.88 %
ScotlandUp+2258£39,500+5.33 %
EssexUp+4253£49,000+3.15 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1051£52,500+31.25 %
CheshireDown-1445£37,500-11.76 %
BristolUp+1640£42,750+3.01 %
WalesUp+1540£40,000-5.88 %
WiltshireDown-2939£40,000-
NottinghamshireUp+2437£35,500-11.25 %
GloucestershireUp+1837£38,750+0.64 %
West SussexUp+1436£50,000+21.21 %
UxbridgeUp+2034£58,750+75.37 %
BirminghamUp+1433£45,000-14.28 %
MerseysideUp+2132£38,750-48.33 %

PRINCE2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12861 (50.70 %)Project Management
21432 (25.38 %)Finance
3974 (17.26 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4973 (17.24 %)ITIL
5721 (12.78 %)PMI Certification
6554 (9.817 %)Degree
7477 (8.453 %)Microsoft
7477 (8.453 %)Stakeholder Management
8460 (8.152 %)MS Project
9456 (8.081 %)Banking
10444 (7.868 %)SAP
11428 (7.585 %)PMI
12423 (7.496 %)Business Analysis
13417 (7.390 %).NET
14409 (7.248 %)MS Excel
15405 (7.177 %)PRINCE
16398 (7.053 %)Retail
17389 (6.893 %)PMP
18383 (6.787 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
19380 (6.734 %)Programme Management
20379 (6.716 %)Insurance
21369 (6.539 %)Change Management
22367 (6.504 %)CRM
23328 (5.813 %)Oracle
24305 (5.405 %)SQL
25297 (5.263 %)Pensions
26291 (5.157 %)Health
27287 (5.086 %)Scrum
28278 (4.926 %)Agile Software Development
29277 (4.909 %)ERP

PRINCE2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1417 (7.390 %).NET
2127 (2.251 %)ASP.NET
397 (1.719 %)XML
474 (1.311 %)Web Services
565 (1.152 %)HTML
661 (1.081 %)CSS
759 (1.046 %).NET Framework
853 (0.939 %)J2EE
939 (0.691 %)WebSphere
1036 (0.638 %)Middleware
1130 (0.532 %)ASP
1226 (0.461 %)XHTML
1320 (0.354 %)Flash
1320 (0.354 %)AJAX
1413 (0.230 %)WinForms
1413 (0.230 %)Spring
1413 (0.230 %)SOAP
1511 (0.195 %)SAP Basis
1610 (0.177 %)jQuery
179 (0.159 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1126 (2.233 %)SharePoint
252 (0.921 %)CMS
346 (0.815 %)MS Exchange
439 (0.691 %)SharePoint Server 2007
525 (0.443 %)BizTalk Server
623 (0.408 %)IIS
719 (0.337 %)Exchange Server 2007
818 (0.319 %)Oracle Workflow
916 (0.284 %)WebLogic
1014 (0.248 %)Commerce Server
1014 (0.248 %)Office Project Server
1113 (0.230 %)NetWeaver
1113 (0.230 %)Exchange Server 2003
1211 (0.195 %)Lotus Notes
1310 (0.177 %)Apache
149 (0.159 %)SAS
149 (0.159 %)Commerce Server 2007
149 (0.159 %)WebSphere Process Server
158 (0.142 %)Lotus Domino
158 (0.142 %)EPiServer
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1460 (8.152 %)MS Project
2409 (7.248 %)MS Excel
3196 (3.473 %)MS Office
4169 (2.995 %)MS Visio
573 (1.294 %)MS PowerPoint
630 (0.532 %)CA Clarity
711 (0.195 %)Spreadsheet
711 (0.195 %)Photoshop
711 (0.195 %)Fireworks
89 (0.159 %)Open Workbench
95 (0.089 %)FastStats
101 (0.018 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
150 (0.886 %)SAP BPC
231 (0.549 %)Dynamics CRM
328 (0.496 %)Dynamics AX
424 (0.425 %)Dynamics NAV
424 (0.425 %)Microsoft CRM
523 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS
622 (0.390 %)SAP FI
721 (0.372 %)Oracle Applications
819 (0.337 %)Oracle Financials
916 (0.284 %)Great Plains
916 (0.284 %)Endur
1015 (0.266 %)Axapta
1015 (0.266 %)SAP IS-U
1114 (0.248 %)SAP ERP
1114 (0.248 %)Navision
1213 (0.230 %)Oracle 11i
1213 (0.230 %)Oracle ERP
1312 (0.213 %)SAP CO
1312 (0.213 %)SAP PS
1312 (0.213 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1124 (2.197 %)Internet
283 (1.471 %)WAN
365 (1.152 %)Firewall
458 (1.028 %)LAN
458 (1.028 %)Intranet
551 (0.904 %)SAN
640 (0.709 %)VoIP
738 (0.673 %)Wireless
830 (0.532 %)VPN
928 (0.496 %)DNS
928 (0.496 %)TCP/IP
1026 (0.461 %)IP Telephony
1124 (0.425 %)HTTP
1124 (0.425 %)MPLS
1221 (0.372 %)Network Security
1319 (0.337 %)DHCP
1417 (0.301 %)ATM
1516 (0.284 %)Extranet
1516 (0.284 %)BSS
169 (0.159 %)Cisco IPT
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1257 (4.554 %)SQL Server
2138 (2.446 %)Datawarehouse
397 (1.719 %)SAP BW
475 (1.329 %)BusinessObjects
573 (1.294 %)SAP BI
668 (1.205 %)ETL
753 (0.939 %)SQL Server 2005
840 (0.709 %)SQL Server 2000
927 (0.478 %)MySQL
1025 (0.443 %)SQL Server 2008
1124 (0.425 %)RDBMS
1223 (0.408 %)Crystal Reports
1319 (0.337 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1418 (0.319 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1517 (0.301 %)GIS
1517 (0.301 %)OLAP
1616 (0.284 %)Oracle Reports
1616 (0.284 %)MS Access
1715 (0.266 %)Oracle 10g
1813 (0.230 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
147 (0.833 %)LoadRunner
236 (0.638 %)TestDirector
325 (0.443 %)QuickTest Pro
325 (0.443 %)WinRunner
419 (0.337 %)Visual Studio
513 (0.230 %)JIRA
513 (0.230 %)Team Foundation Server
67 (0.124 %)VSS/SourceSafe
75 (0.089 %)LSMW
84 (0.071 %)Subversion
84 (0.071 %)Bugzilla
84 (0.071 %)Oracle Forms
93 (0.053 %)XDE
93 (0.053 %)PowerBuilder
93 (0.053 %)ERwin
93 (0.053 %)ProC
102 (0.035 %)RequisitePro
102 (0.035 %)JDeveloper
102 (0.035 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.018 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11432 (25.38 %)Finance
2456 (8.081 %)Banking
3398 (7.053 %)Retail
4379 (6.716 %)Insurance
5297 (5.263 %)Pensions
6291 (5.157 %)Health
7258 (4.572 %)Telecoms
8252 (4.466 %)Government
9202 (3.580 %)Marketing
10191 (3.385 %)Education
11188 (3.332 %)Investment Banking
1299 (1.754 %)Back Office
1381 (1.435 %)Legal
1472 (1.276 %)Manufacturing
1571 (1.258 %)Front Office
1665 (1.152 %)Billing
1762 (1.099 %)Financial Institution
1861 (1.081 %)Law
1956 (0.992 %)Pharmaceutical
2047 (0.833 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12882 (51.07 %)Project Manager
2741 (13.13 %)Analyst
3540 (9.569 %)Programme Manager
4502 (8.896 %)Business Analyst
5486 (8.612 %)Senior Manager
6408 (7.230 %)Senior Project Manager
7272 (4.820 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
8207 (3.668 %)Consultant
9179 (3.172 %)Technical Manager
10167 (2.959 %)SAP Manager
11166 (2.942 %)IT Project Manager
12148 (2.623 %)Technical Project Manager
13125 (2.215 %)Business Manager
14123 (2.180 %)Architect
15120 (2.127 %)Senior Analyst
16115 (2.038 %)Developer
17114 (2.020 %)Development Manager
17114 (2.020 %)Delivery Manager
18110 (1.949 %)Test Manager
1998 (1.737 %)Service Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1428 (7.585 %)PMI
2118 (2.091 %)NHS
3117 (2.073 %)Derivative
4109 (1.932 %)Management Information System
566 (1.170 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
655 (0.975 %)Fixed Income
751 (0.904 %)Equities
844 (0.780 %)EPoS
941 (0.727 %)French Language
1036 (0.638 %)Computer Science
1134 (0.603 %)FMCG
1231 (0.549 %)Client/Server
1322 (0.390 %)German Language
1420 (0.354 %)Equity Derivative
1420 (0.354 %)Web 2.0
1420 (0.354 %)PDA
1420 (0.354 %)EFT
1515 (0.266 %)AS400
1515 (0.266 %)iSeries
1614 (0.248 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1212 (3.757 %)Windows
2124 (2.197 %)UNIX
361 (1.081 %)Windows Server 2003
455 (0.975 %)Linux
533 (0.585 %)Windows Server 2008
621 (0.372 %)AIX
718 (0.319 %)Windows 7
817 (0.301 %)Solaris
914 (0.248 %)Windows XP
1010 (0.177 %)Windows 2000 Server
118 (0.142 %)Red Hat Linux
127 (0.124 %)Windows 2000
127 (0.124 %)HPUX
135 (0.089 %)Embedded Linux
143 (0.053 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.053 %)VMS
152 (0.035 %)Windows NT
161 (0.018 %)NetWare
161 (0.018 %)Android
161 (0.018 %)OpenWrt
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12861 (50.70 %)Project Management
2973 (17.24 %)ITIL
3477 (8.453 %)Stakeholder Management
4423 (7.496 %)Business Analysis
5405 (7.177 %)PRINCE
6380 (6.734 %)Programme Management
7369 (6.539 %)Change Management
8367 (6.504 %)CRM
9287 (5.086 %)Scrum
10278 (4.926 %)Agile Software Development
11277 (4.909 %)ERP
12254 (4.501 %)UML
13252 (4.466 %)Project Planning
14251 (4.448 %)E-Commerce
15247 (4.377 %)Service Delivery
16217 (3.845 %)Risk Management
17216 (3.828 %)Business Intelligence
18212 (3.757 %)RUP
19200 (3.544 %)Matrix Management
20143 (2.534 %)Six Sigma
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1305 (5.405 %)SQL
2222 (3.934 %)Java
3183 (3.243 %)C#
4170 (3.013 %)C
574 (1.311 %)VB.NET
667 (1.187 %)VB
760 (1.063 %)C++
856 (0.992 %)JavaScript
952 (0.921 %)PHP
1034 (0.603 %)T-SQL
1034 (0.603 %)Perl
1124 (0.425 %)PL/SQL
1222 (0.390 %)ABAP
1315 (0.266 %)VBA
1411 (0.195 %)VBScript
1411 (0.195 %)VB6
156 (0.106 %)XPath
156 (0.106 %)COBOL
165 (0.089 %)PowerShell
165 (0.089 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1974 (17.26 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2721 (12.78 %)PMI Certification
3554 (9.817 %)Degree
4389 (6.893 %)PMP
5383 (6.787 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
6210 (3.721 %)ISEB
7165 (2.924 %)Security Cleared
8162 (2.871 %)ITIL Certification
9102 (1.808 %)Microsoft Certification
1083 (1.471 %)SC Cleared
1182 (1.453 %)Cisco Certification
1271 (1.258 %)MCSE
1366 (1.170 %)APMP
1450 (0.886 %)CCNA
1541 (0.727 %)ISEB Practitioner
1640 (0.709 %)CCNP
1732 (0.567 %)MCP
1732 (0.567 %)CISSP
1828 (0.496 %)MCTS
1923 (0.408 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1176 (3.119 %)QA
289 (1.577 %)SLA
343 (0.762 %)ISO9001
442 (0.744 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
539 (0.691 %)ISO27001
636 (0.638 %)COBIT
716 (0.284 %)PCI DSS
815 (0.266 %)ISO17799
913 (0.230 %)TickIT
1012 (0.213 %)ISO9000
1012 (0.213 %)Basel II
115 (0.089 %)ISO/IEC 20000
123 (0.053 %)BS15000
132 (0.035 %)ISO14001
141 (0.018 %)HL7
141 (0.018 %)BS7799
141 (0.018 %)GCP
141 (0.018 %)GMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
187 (1.542 %)Active Directory
28 (0.142 %)Terminal Services
37 (0.124 %)VMware ESX
37 (0.124 %)Oracle RAC
46 (0.106 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.053 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.035 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.035 %)Xen
62 (0.035 %)ISA Server
71 (0.018 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.018 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.018 %)EMC RecoverPoint
71 (0.018 %)vSphere
71 (0.018 %)OpenSSO
71 (0.018 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (0.213 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
112 (0.213 %)HP Quality Center
28 (0.142 %)SCOM
28 (0.142 %)Tivoli
37 (0.124 %)Data Guard
46 (0.106 %)SCCM
55 (0.089 %)MOM
63 (0.053 %)WSUS
72 (0.035 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.035 %)Cisco IPCC
72 (0.035 %)OpenView
72 (0.035 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.018 %)ZENworks
81 (0.018 %)CiscoWorks
81 (0.018 %)NetBackup
81 (0.018 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.018 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.018 %)Cisco UCCE
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1477 (8.453 %)Microsoft
2444 (7.868 %)SAP
3328 (5.813 %)Oracle
4148 (2.623 %)Cisco
575 (1.329 %)Business Objects
666 (1.170 %)Siebel
764 (1.134 %)HP
851 (0.904 %)IBM
851 (0.904 %)VMware
936 (0.638 %)Hyperion
1035 (0.620 %)Citrix
1129 (0.514 %)Juniper
1129 (0.514 %)Cognos
1222 (0.390 %)Sun
1320 (0.354 %)Ab Initio
1418 (0.319 %)Blue Coat
1418 (0.319 %)Lotus
1517 (0.301 %)Interwoven
1517 (0.301 %)Teradata
1616 (0.284 %)CODA