PRINCE2 Practitioner Contracts

PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 502 578 618
Rank change year-on-year +76 +40 -46
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 96 141 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.86% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 101 181
10th Percentile £347 £224 £319
25th Percentile £413 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £620 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £29.33 £29.44
Median % change year-on-year - -0.39% +10.47%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £29.33 £29.44
% change year-on-year - -0.39% +13.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 +91 82 £530 +6.00% 27
UK excluding London +27 47 £500 +11.11% 18
Work from Home +112 44 £500 +11.11% 9
London +103 38 £575 +4.55% 9
South West +26 17 £465 +6.90% 5
South East +8 10 £570 +26.32% 8
Scotland +35 8 £300 -33.33% 2
West Midlands +23 8 £613 +36.11%
Midlands +14 8 £613 +36.11%
North of England +24 2 £404 -23.05% 3
North West +10 2 £404 -23.05% 2
East of England +8 2 £400 -15.79%
North East +20 1 £600 +207.69% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 £600 +6.67%
Wales - 1 £413 -

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 6 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (7.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (5.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.13%) Azure
1 3 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.08%) AWS
2 2 (2.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (10.42%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (4.17%) Internet
4 2 (2.08%) LAN
4 2 (2.08%) SAN
4 2 (2.08%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 36 (37.50%) Finance
2 32 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 30 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 16 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (13.54%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (8.33%) Local Government
7 8 (8.33%) Manufacturing
8 6 (6.25%) Legal
8 6 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (5.21%) Marketing
9 5 (5.21%) Telecoms
10 4 (4.17%) Electronics
11 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (2.08%) Banking
12 2 (2.08%) Publishing
12 2 (2.08%) Social Housing
13 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (80.21%) Project Manager
2 19 (19.79%) Senior
3 16 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 15 (15.63%) Senior Project Manager
5 8 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 8 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
5 8 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Programme Manager
7 5 (5.21%) Lead
7 5 (5.21%) PMO Lead
8 4 (4.17%) Contracts Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Service Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Analyst
10 2 (2.08%) Migration Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Migration Project Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Professional Services Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.08%) Technical Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.25%) PMI
2 5 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.04%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.04%) NHS
4 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 72 (75.00%) Project Management
3 47 (48.96%) Agile
4 43 (44.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (29.17%) Change Management
7 27 (28.13%) Project Delivery
8 25 (26.04%) Decision-Making
8 25 (26.04%) Programme Management
9 19 (19.79%) Business Case
10 16 (16.67%) Project Planning
10 16 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 15 (15.63%) Risk Management
12 13 (13.54%) Line Management
13 12 (12.50%) ITIL
14 10 (10.42%) Business Analysis
15 9 (9.38%) Change Control
15 9 (9.38%) Target Operating Model
16 8 (8.33%) Coaching
16 8 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.58%) Degree
3 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 11 (11.46%) PMP
5 10 (10.42%) PMI Certification
6 6 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.17%) APMG
8 3 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.04%) ISEB
10 1 (1.04%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.54%) PMO
2 2 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (2.08%) P3O
3 1 (1.04%) COBIT
3 1 (1.04%) GDPR
3 1 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.04%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.17%) SAP
3 3 (3.13%) Siemens
4 2 (2.08%) Capita
4 2 (2.08%) Google
4 2 (2.08%) Northgate
4 2 (2.08%) VMware
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle
5 1 (1.04%) Salesforce