PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Belfast

PRINCE 2
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 27 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.94% 2.00% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.34% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £225 - -
25th Percentile £300 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.80%
75th Percentile £481 - £460
90th Percentile £515 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £425 - £440
% change year-on-year - - +40.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.52 - -
Median hourly rate £27.54 - -
75th Percentile £27.57 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £27.54 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 128 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 85.44% 85.33% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 54 73
10th Percentile £302 £148 £210
25th Percentile £343 £194 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -1.39% -2.70%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £615 £625
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +4.23% -1.39% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.58 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% -5.13%
75th Percentile £17.30 £52.31 £14.27
90th Percentile £21.15 £78.47 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £29.00 £13.46
% change year-on-year -40.34% +115.45% -5.11%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Belfast

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Belfast over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Belfast

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Front Office
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) MiFID
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft