PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

PRINCE 2
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 69 95
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 -23
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 56 37 27
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.78% 2.47% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 2.72% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 22
10th Percentile £383 £250 £366
25th Percentile £463 £386 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -21.74% +29.21%
75th Percentile £641 £588 £683
90th Percentile £652 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £531
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +12.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £86.25 - -
25th Percentile £88.13 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £100.25 - -
90th Percentile £103.40 - -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £67.50 £16.09
% change year-on-year -74.07% +319.65% -64.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,308 1,360 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.20% 90.67% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 755 960
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% -0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.50 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Berkshire

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Reading +32 36 £535 +28.92% 5
Bracknell -2 10 £650 +8.33%
Slough -1 5 £500 +20.48%
Wokingham -23 5 £447 -0.78%
Thatcham - 3 £535 -
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (33.93%) SharePoint
2 14 (25.00%) Confluence
3 8 (14.29%) CMS
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.79%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Azure
1 13 (23.21%) Azure DevOps
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (23.21%) Power Platform
2 12 (21.43%) SaaS
3 6 (10.71%) Miro
4 2 (3.57%) AWS
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.57%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.79%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) 5G
2 5 (8.93%) Wireless
3 1 (1.79%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.64%) Power BI
2 5 (8.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) JIRA
General
1 26 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Retail
4 4 (7.14%) Automotive
4 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.57%) Back Office
6 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Military
7 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (41.07%) Project Manager
2 9 (16.07%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (10.71%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Data Centre Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 4 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (7.14%) PMO Lead
5 4 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (5.36%) E-Commerce Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Service Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Transformation Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Applications Project Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Junior
7 2 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) ADO
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.93%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.93%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.57%) PKI
3 2 (3.57%) PMI
4 1 (1.79%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (51.79%) Agile
2 27 (48.21%) Project Management
3 19 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (28.57%) DevOps
6 14 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 14 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 12 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
8 11 (19.64%) Change Management
8 11 (19.64%) ITIL
9 10 (17.86%) CRM
9 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (16.07%) Budget Management
10 9 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (16.07%) Risk Management
11 8 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
11 8 (14.29%) E-business
11 8 (14.29%) PRINCE
11 8 (14.29%) Project Governance
11 8 (14.29%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) PMI Certification
1 30 (53.57%) PMP
2 13 (23.21%) Degree
3 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) CISM
4 4 (7.14%) CISSP
4 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (32.14%) PMO
2 12 (21.43%) QA
3 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.14%) NIST
4 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Oracle
2 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.79%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Workday