PRINCE2 Contracts in the Thames Valley

PRINCE 2
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 84 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 -49 +18
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 48 66 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.81% 2.28% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.48% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 54 140
10th Percentile £326 £57 £333
25th Percentile £413 £323 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £578 £578 £500
90th Percentile £645 £646 £543
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.70% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £55.85
South East median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £33.12
% change year-on-year -59.22% +35.87% +0.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -1 27 £525 +6.33% 10
Buckinghamshire +9 16 £469 +3.65% 12
Oxfordshire +7 5 £425 -37.04% 13
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Firewall
1 1 (2.08%) Internet
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
1 1 (2.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
General
1 17 (35.42%) Finance
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.42%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.25%) Military
7 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.08%) Automotive
8 1 (2.08%) Aviation
8 1 (2.08%) Billing
8 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 9 (18.75%) Security Manager
3 7 (14.58%) IT Manager
4 6 (12.50%) Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (10.42%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (8.33%) Information Manager
6 4 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (8.33%) Information Security Project Manager
7 3 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Programme Manager
8 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (4.17%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Systems Manager
8 2 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) PMI
2 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Robotics
4 1 (2.08%) FMCG
4 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (79.17%) Project Management
2 20 (41.67%) Agile
3 17 (35.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (29.17%) Project Delivery
5 12 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 11 (22.92%) Change Management
6 11 (22.92%) Waterfall
7 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (18.75%) Budget Management
9 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
9 7 (14.58%) Logistics
9 7 (14.58%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (14.58%) Supplier Management
10 6 (12.50%) Business Case
10 6 (12.50%) Migration
10 6 (12.50%) Programme Management
10 6 (12.50%) Project Planning
10 6 (12.50%) Scrum
11 5 (10.42%) Information Security
11 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) PMI Certification
2 11 (22.92%) PMP
3 9 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 9 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (8.33%) APMP
5 4 (8.33%) CISM
5 4 (8.33%) CISSP
5 4 (8.33%) Degree
6 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 3 (6.25%) ISEB
7 2 (4.17%) PgMP
8 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) PMO
3 1 (2.08%) P3O
3 1 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Siemens
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) EMC
4 1 (2.08%) Isilon
4 1 (2.08%) NEC
4 1 (2.08%) Red Hat