PRINCE2 Contracts in the North West

PRINCE 2
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 92 65
Rank change year-on-year -5 -27 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 40 71 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.45% 2.22% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.45% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 59 111
10th Percentile £270 £284 £203
25th Percentile £313 £400 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% +21.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £566 £534 £469
90th Percentile £642 £569 £538
England median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile - £23.53 £18.20
25th Percentile £15.92 £25.21 £27.59
Median hourly rate £44.74 £29.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +54.28% -15.64% +59.88%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £36.16
90th Percentile - £52.00 £38.15
England median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.52% +28.57% +31.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,894 3,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.58% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,058 2,629
10th Percentile £306 £313 £231
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 144 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +9.18%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.91 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire +12 12 £431 -10.39% 6
Cheshire +12 10 £391 -34.92% 11
Manchester -21 10 £350 -28.21% 17
Cumbria -20 6 £276 - 1
Merseyside +11 5 £525 +31.25% 3
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) Azure
1 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Banking
4 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Digital Healthcare
5 3 (7.50%) Front Office
5 3 (7.50%) Retail
6 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.50%) Billing
7 1 (2.50%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics
7 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Local Government
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Programme Manager
3 6 (15.00%) Senior
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Programme Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (7.50%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Scrum Master
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (5.00%) Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Support
6 2 (5.00%) Lead
6 2 (5.00%) Project Assistant
6 2 (5.00%) Project Management Assistant
6 2 (5.00%) Senior IT Support
6 2 (5.00%) Service Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Service Transition Leader
6 2 (5.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.50%) NHS
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.50%) Smart City
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
1 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Project Management
2 20 (50.00%) Agile
3 14 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.00%) Change Management
4 8 (20.00%) Line Management
4 8 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 6 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
5 6 (15.00%) Programme Governance
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 5 (12.50%) Risk Register
6 5 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (10.00%) DevOps
7 4 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (10.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 8 (20.00%) PMP
3 7 (17.50%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.50%) CCNA
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.00%) MCSE
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.50%) APMP
6 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.50%) MCP
6 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) P3O
1 2 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.50%) COREP
2 1 (2.50%) FINREP
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
2 1 (2.50%) NEBOSH
2 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Cadence
3 5 (12.50%) SAP
4 4 (10.00%) Salesforce
5 3 (7.50%) Sage
6 2 (5.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.50%) Adobe