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 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 199 205 226
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 +11
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 1,500 1,940 2,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.85% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.94% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,200 1,380 2,165
10th Percentile £37,199 £41,117 £37,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,150 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +10.82%

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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% +9.38%

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 27 April 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 1,385 £53,150 -10.71% 353
UK excluding London +5 1,114 £51,000 -7.27% 260
Work from Home +7 592 £55,000 - 169
London -4 311 £60,500 -3.20% 97
North of England +54 296 £52,500 -4.55% 62
South East -28 269 £52,500 -12.50% 78
Midlands +32 226 £54,700 -2.32% 39
North West +33 169 £55,000 -2.22% 37
West Midlands +46 149 £47,501 -15.93% 22
South West +7 140 £50,000 -7.92% 47
East of England +31 124 £51,500 +3.00% 23
Yorkshire +44 67 £52,500 -4.55% 16
North East +35 60 £47,500 -13.64% 10
East Midlands -21 58 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Scotland -97 35 £45,000 -18.18% 16
Wales -2 19 £50,999 -11.31% 2
Northern Ireland +34 5 £54,408 +3.63% 1

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 87 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.67%) CMS
4 24 (1.60%) Confluence
5 10 (0.67%) SAS
6 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
7 6 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.13%) Captiva
10 2 (0.13%) Documentum
11 1 (0.067%) IIS
11 1 (0.067%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 148 (9.87%) Microsoft Project
2 111 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
4 51 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.80%) 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 24 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.13%) Primavera
4 10 (0.67%) NEC Housing
5 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
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 BRIM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.067%) SAP CS
9 1 (0.067%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 101 (6.73%) Azure
2 93 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.07%) Power Platform
4 37 (2.47%) AWS
5 31 (2.07%) SaaS
6 27 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (0.87%) PaaS
9 11 (0.73%) IaaS
9 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 10 (0.67%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.60%) Smartsheet
12 7 (0.47%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.47%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.40%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.33%) GCP
14 5 (0.33%) Slack
15 4 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (0.27%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
2 53 (3.53%) Firewall
3 48 (3.20%) LAN
3 48 (3.20%) WAN
4 35 (2.33%) VPN
5 30 (2.00%) DHCP
5 30 (2.00%) DNS
6 24 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
6 24 (1.60%) Wireless
7 22 (1.47%) Network Security
7 22 (1.47%) VLAN
8 20 (1.33%) MPLS
9 11 (0.73%) SAN
10 10 (0.67%) LTE
10 10 (0.67%) TETRA
11 9 (0.60%) IPsec
11 9 (0.60%) IPv4
11 9 (0.60%) IPv6
12 4 (0.27%) Broadband
12 4 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.60%) Power BI
2 37 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
5 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.80%) Big Data
6 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.27%) DB2
10 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.27%) Tableau
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.13%) EDMS
11 2 (0.13%) GIS
11 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 105 (7.00%) JIRA
2 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.067%) Hudson
5 1 (0.067%) JMeter
5 1 (0.067%) Selenium
General
1 621 (41.40%) Social Skills
2 374 (24.93%) Finance
3 203 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.80%) Presentation Skills
5 90 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 82 (5.47%) Manufacturing
8 76 (5.07%) Telecoms
9 71 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 62 (4.13%) Marketing
11 61 (4.07%) Retail
12 51 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (3.13%) Legal
14 34 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.60%) Advertising
16 22 (1.47%) Local Government
17 21 (1.40%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.33%) Law
19 16 (1.07%) Banking
20 15 (1.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 860 (57.33%) Project Manager
2 227 (15.13%) Senior
3 206 (13.73%) IT Manager
4 191 (12.73%) Senior Manager
5 174 (11.60%) IT Project Manager
6 149 (9.93%) Senior Project Manager
7 118 (7.87%) Analyst
8 96 (6.40%) Lead
9 79 (5.27%) Portfolio Manager
10 49 (3.27%) Business Analyst
10 49 (3.27%) Digital Project Manager
11 46 (3.07%) Programme Manager
12 44 (2.93%) Business Manager
12 44 (2.93%) Infrastructure Manager
13 37 (2.47%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 34 (2.27%) Software Project Manager
15 33 (2.20%) Technical Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Senior Portfolio Manager
17 30 (2.00%) Technical Project Manager
18 29 (1.93%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.67%) EDI
2 9 (0.60%) .NET
3 6 (0.40%) CSS
3 6 (0.40%) HTML
3 6 (0.40%) IDoc
3 6 (0.40%) REST
4 5 (0.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.27%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.27%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.27%) HTML5
6 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.20%) CSS3
6 3 (0.20%) D3.js
6 3 (0.20%) Highcharts JS
6 3 (0.20%) jQuery
6 3 (0.20%) Kafka
6 3 (0.20%) LESS
6 3 (0.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.20%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 160 (10.67%) PMI
2 75 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 48 (3.20%) Data Centre
3 48 (3.20%) Driving Licence
4 42 (2.80%) NHS
5 40 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 18 (1.20%) IoT
7 18 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.13%) Virtual Team
9 14 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
9 14 (0.93%) PKI
10 12 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.73%) FMCG
11 11 (0.73%) Social Media
12 10 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.53%) Derivative
13 8 (0.53%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.47%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.40%) Windows
2 30 (2.00%) Linux
3 27 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.53%) Android
4 8 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.27%) VMS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.067%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,132 (75.47%) Project Management
2 709 (47.27%) Agile
3 414 (27.60%) Project Delivery
4 306 (20.40%) ITIL
5 262 (17.47%) Change Management
6 232 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 193 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (12.67%) Business Case
9 173 (11.53%) Waterfall
10 144 (9.60%) Decision-Making
11 136 (9.07%) Scrum
12 132 (8.80%) Programme Management
13 127 (8.47%) Risk Management
14 114 (7.60%) Coaching
15 113 (7.53%) Budget Management
15 113 (7.53%) Portfolio Management
16 110 (7.33%) Mentoring
17 109 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
18 108 (7.20%) Customer Service
19 106 (7.07%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 53 (3.53%) SQL
2 20 (1.33%) T-SQL
3 17 (1.13%) PL/SQL
4 11 (0.73%) Java
5 10 (0.67%) C#
6 8 (0.53%) Python
7 7 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.40%) 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
1 392 (26.13%) Degree
2 372 (24.80%) PMI Certification
3 338 (22.53%) PMP
4 197 (13.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 163 (10.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 128 (8.53%) APMP
7 119 (7.93%) Security Cleared
8 92 (6.13%) SC Cleared
9 39 (2.60%) CAPM
10 35 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
11 32 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.93%) PgMP
13 26 (1.73%) APMG
14 22 (1.47%) ISEB
15 20 (1.33%) CISSP
16 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (1.07%) DV Cleared
18 15 (1.00%) ACCA
18 15 (1.00%) CIMA
18 15 (1.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (10.80%) PMO
2 56 (3.73%) QA
3 27 (1.80%) GDPR
4 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.33%) SLA
5 19 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 13 (0.87%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.53%) P3O
9 6 (0.40%) COBIT
9 6 (0.40%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) EMIR
13 2 (0.13%) MiFID
14 1 (0.067%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.067%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.067%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (1.27%) WSUS
2 12 (0.80%) 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
1 288 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.60%) SAP
3 48 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 36 (2.40%) Oracle
5 31 (2.07%) VMware
6 27 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.60%) Cisco
8 20 (1.33%) Ruckus Wireless
9 14 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 12 (0.80%) NEC
11 11 (0.73%) OpenText
11 11 (0.73%) Sage
11 11 (0.73%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.67%) Adobe
12 10 (0.67%) BT
12 10 (0.67%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.67%) Sun
13 8 (0.53%) Yardi
14 6 (0.40%) IBM
15 5 (0.33%) Sitecore