PRINCE
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 606 664
Rank change year-on-year +48 +58 -76
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 40 113 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 87 136
10th Percentile £232 £398 £329
25th Percentile £370 £465 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £575 £626 £578
90th Percentile £604 £681 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £32.88
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £35.08
75th Percentile £17.00 - £56.57
90th Percentile - - £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +66 32 £465 -15.45% 25
UK excluding London +33 26 £465 -11.43% 19
Work from Home +95 11 £465 -17.33% 12
London +75 11 £500 -16.63% 7
South West +28 11 £465 -
South East +18 4 £530 -7.01% 6
Scotland +28 3 £450 -14.29% 1
North of England +25 3 £550 - 3
East of England +16 3 £172 -57.00% 1
Wales +16 2 £198 +5.05% 1
Midlands +9 2 £450 -16.67% 8
Yorkshire +20 1 £550 +29.41%
West Midlands +20 1 - - 8
East Midlands +14 1 £450 +7.14%
North West +7 1 £550 - 2
North East - 1 £650 - 1

PRINCE
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 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) 4G
1 2 (5.00%) 5G
1 2 (5.00%) BGP
1 2 (5.00%) MPLS
1 2 (5.00%) SAN
1 2 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.50%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 14 (35.00%) Finance
4 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Banking
5 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Senior
2 5 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 4 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Business Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Associate Director
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.00%) NHS
3 2 (5.00%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (5.00%) PACS
3 2 (5.00%) PMI
3 2 (5.00%) Smartcard
3 2 (5.00%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.50%) HACMP
4 1 (2.50%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
1 4 (10.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (5.00%) Android
2 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.50%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (67.50%) PRINCE2
2 25 (62.50%) Project Management
3 18 (45.00%) Agile
4 15 (37.50%) Project Delivery
5 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.00%) Contract Management
6 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 8 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 7 (17.50%) ITIL
8 6 (15.00%) Business Case
8 6 (15.00%) Programme Management
9 5 (12.50%) Change Management
9 5 (12.50%) Migration
9 5 (12.50%) Project Planning
9 5 (12.50%) Service Management
10 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
10 4 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
10 4 (10.00%) Information Management
10 4 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (17.50%) PMP
5 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (7.50%) PMI Certification
7 2 (5.00%) A+ Certification
7 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (5.00%) MCITP
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.50%) APMG
8 1 (2.50%) CBAP
8 1 (2.50%) ISEB
8 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) PMO
2 3 (7.50%) QA
3 2 (5.00%) COBIT
4 1 (2.50%) COREP
4 1 (2.50%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.50%) FINREP
4 1 (2.50%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Cerner
2 2 (5.00%) Cisco
2 2 (5.00%) Veeam
2 2 (5.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.50%) IBM
3 1 (2.50%) Planview
3 1 (2.50%) SAP