PRINCE 2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 199 235
Rank change year-on-year +4 +36 +1
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 1,495 1,858 2,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.89% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.97% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 1,364 2,205
10th Percentile £37,199 £41,247 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -15.00% +19.59% +6.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE2 is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2.

Salary trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +22 1,383 £53,075 -11.54% 411
UK excluding London -8 1,118 £51,000 -15.00% 338
Work from Home +7 594 £55,000 - 158
London +20 307 £61,500 -1.60% 95
North of England +43 306 £52,500 -12.50% 80
South East -46 272 £51,647 -15.06% 90
Midlands +22 226 £54,700 -8.83% 68
North West +18 180 £55,000 -9.54% 53
West Midlands +35 145 £47,501 -17.03% 31
South West -21 134 £50,000 -9.09% 39
East of England +22 122 £54,000 -9.85% 31
Yorkshire +37 67 £52,500 -10.28% 18
East Midlands -10 62 £52,500 -13.65% 37
North East +24 59 £49,367 -18.80% 9
Scotland -99 34 £42,500 -22.73% 15
Wales -11 19 £50,999 -15.00% 17
Northern Ireland +30 5 £54,408 +3.63% 4

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 84 (5.62%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.81%) CMS
3 25 (1.67%) Confluence
3 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.67%) SAS
5 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 6 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.27%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.067%) IIS
8 1 (0.067%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 146 (9.77%) Microsoft Project
2 113 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.81%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.067%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.14%) Primavera
4 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
5 8 (0.54%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.13%) iTrent
8 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.067%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.067%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.067%) Magento
9 1 (0.067%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.067%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 104 (6.96%) Azure
2 101 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (3.14%) Power Platform
4 36 (2.41%) AWS
5 29 (1.94%) SaaS
6 26 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (0.94%) PaaS
9 11 (0.74%) PowerApps
10 10 (0.67%) IaaS
10 10 (0.67%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.60%) Smartsheet
12 8 (0.54%) OCI
13 7 (0.47%) Mavenlink
13 7 (0.47%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.40%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.40%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.33%) GCP
15 5 (0.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
2 51 (3.41%) LAN
3 50 (3.34%) Firewall
4 47 (3.14%) WAN
5 33 (2.21%) VPN
6 28 (1.87%) DHCP
6 28 (1.87%) DNS
7 24 (1.61%) Wireless
8 22 (1.47%) Network Security
8 22 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
9 20 (1.34%) VLAN
10 18 (1.20%) MPLS
11 11 (0.74%) SAN
12 10 (0.67%) LTE
12 10 (0.67%) TETRA
13 9 (0.60%) IPsec
13 9 (0.60%) IPv4
13 9 (0.60%) IPv6
14 6 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.61%) Power BI
2 35 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.34%) Electronic Patient Records
4 19 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.80%) Big Data
6 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (0.27%) DB2
9 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.27%) Tableau
10 3 (0.20%) GIS
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.067%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 102 (6.82%) JIRA
2 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.067%) Hudson
5 1 (0.067%) JMeter
5 1 (0.067%) Selenium
General
1 626 (41.87%) Social Skills
2 374 (25.02%) Finance
3 203 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (7.96%) Presentation Skills
5 84 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 81 (5.42%) Public Sector
8 79 (5.28%) Telecoms
9 77 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 69 (4.62%) Marketing
11 64 (4.28%) Retail
12 50 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (3.08%) Legal
14 29 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.67%) Law
16 23 (1.54%) Advertising
16 23 (1.54%) Local Government
17 21 (1.40%) Health Technology
18 18 (1.20%) Banking
19 13 (0.87%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 860 (57.53%) Project Manager
2 227 (15.18%) Senior
3 198 (13.24%) IT Manager
4 191 (12.78%) Senior Manager
5 169 (11.30%) IT Project Manager
6 149 (9.97%) Senior Project Manager
7 110 (7.36%) Analyst
8 97 (6.49%) Lead
9 78 (5.22%) Portfolio Manager
10 51 (3.41%) Digital Project Manager
11 46 (3.08%) Business Manager
12 45 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 44 (2.94%) Programme Manager
14 39 (2.61%) Infrastructure Manager
15 35 (2.34%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 35 (2.34%) Software Project Manager
16 33 (2.21%) Technical Manager
17 31 (2.07%) Senior Portfolio Manager
17 31 (2.07%) Technical Project Manager
18 30 (2.01%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.68%) EDI
2 8 (0.54%) .NET
3 7 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.40%) CSS
4 6 (0.40%) HTML
4 6 (0.40%) IDoc
4 6 (0.40%) REST
5 5 (0.33%) Web Services
6 4 (0.27%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.27%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.27%) HTML5
7 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.20%) CSS3
7 3 (0.20%) D3.js
7 3 (0.20%) Highcharts JS
7 3 (0.20%) jQuery
7 3 (0.20%) LDAP
7 3 (0.20%) ODBC
7 3 (0.20%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.30%) PMI
2 76 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 50 (3.34%) Driving Licence
5 42 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 41 (2.74%) NHS
7 32 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 25 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
10 19 (1.27%) IoT
11 18 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.00%) Onboarding
14 14 (0.94%) PKI
15 12 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (0.74%) FMCG
16 11 (0.74%) Social Media
17 10 (0.67%) Mobile App
18 9 (0.60%) Digital Signage
19 7 (0.47%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.28%) Windows
2 29 (1.94%) Linux
3 25 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.67%) Android
6 6 (0.40%) SUSE
6 6 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.067%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,135 (75.92%) Project Management
2 676 (45.22%) Agile
3 411 (27.49%) Project Delivery
4 302 (20.20%) ITIL
5 260 (17.39%) Change Management
6 225 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 192 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
8 180 (12.04%) Business Case
9 161 (10.77%) Waterfall
10 143 (9.57%) Decision-Making
11 142 (9.50%) Risk Management
12 132 (8.83%) Scrum
13 127 (8.49%) Programme Management
14 122 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 121 (8.09%) Coaching
16 118 (7.89%) Mentoring
17 116 (7.76%) Portfolio Management
18 114 (7.63%) Project Planning
18 114 (7.63%) Roadmaps
19 113 (7.56%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.41%) SQL
2 18 (1.20%) T-SQL
3 15 (1.00%) PL/SQL
4 11 (0.74%) Java
5 10 (0.67%) C#
6 8 (0.54%) Python
7 7 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.40%) VBA
9 4 (0.27%) Bash
9 4 (0.27%) RPG
10 3 (0.20%) C
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 393 (26.29%) Degree
2 374 (25.02%) PMI Certification
3 340 (22.74%) PMP
4 201 (13.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 174 (11.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 142 (9.50%) APMP
7 115 (7.69%) Security Cleared
8 90 (6.02%) SC Cleared
9 39 (2.61%) CAPM
10 34 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
11 32 (2.14%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.94%) PgMP
13 26 (1.74%) APMG
14 22 (1.47%) CISSP
14 22 (1.47%) ISEB
15 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
16 17 (1.14%) Master's Degree
17 16 (1.07%) DV Cleared
18 15 (1.00%) ACCA
18 15 (1.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (10.70%) PMO
2 59 (3.95%) QA
3 29 (1.94%) GDPR
4 22 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.40%) SLA
6 19 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.87%) ISO 9001
8 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.60%) P3O
9 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.40%) COBIT
11 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.27%) GRC
12 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
14 2 (0.13%) EMIR
14 2 (0.13%) MiFID
15 1 (0.067%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.067%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.067%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (1.14%) WSUS
2 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) SCCM
4 2 (0.13%) Terraform
5 1 (0.067%) CASB
5 1 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 293 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.15%) SAP
3 50 (3.34%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.61%) Oracle
5 29 (1.94%) VMware
6 28 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.61%) Cisco
8 18 (1.20%) Ruckus Wireless
9 14 (0.94%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.74%) NEC
10 11 (0.74%) OpenText
10 11 (0.74%) Sage
10 11 (0.74%) SolarWinds
11 10 (0.67%) Adobe
11 10 (0.67%) BT
11 10 (0.67%) Fortinet
11 10 (0.67%) Sun
12 8 (0.54%) Yardi
13 6 (0.40%) Computacenter
13 6 (0.40%) Sitecore