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 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 85 60
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 -18
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 40 24 53
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.26% 1.45% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 1.66% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 40
10th Percentile £403 £403 £358
25th Percentile £450 £424 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £655
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £534
% change year-on-year +2.50% -6.32% +10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £92.50 £60.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +54.17% +215.79% -57.78%

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 1,117 1,450 1,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.11% 87.51% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 749 994
10th Percentile £313 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £690 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.49% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 68 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.35 £20.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £42.79 £47.95
Median hourly rate £37.28 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.38% +2.49% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.05 £72.17
90th Percentile £87.40 £79.72 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -61.72% +7.37% +86.77%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +39 24 £525 +22.09% 14
Bracknell 0 5 £638 -8.93% 2
Wokingham - 4 £436 - 5
Slough -2 3 £500 +20.48% 2
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 13 (32.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (17.50%) Confluence
3 3 (7.50%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.50%) SAP HCM
1 1 (2.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Azure
1 6 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.50%) Miro
2 5 (12.50%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) 5G
1 5 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (2.50%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
General
1 15 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (10.00%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Automotive
6 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.00%) Back Office
7 2 (5.00%) Local Government
8 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 3 (7.50%) E-Commerce Manager
3 3 (7.50%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 3 (7.50%) IT Manager
3 3 (7.50%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (7.50%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Transformation Analyst
4 2 (5.00%) Digital Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Release Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Senior
4 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Testing Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Applications Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.50%) EPoS
3 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (62.50%) Project Management
2 14 (35.00%) Agile
2 14 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (20.00%) ITIL
5 8 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
6 7 (17.50%) DevOps
6 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (15.00%) Risk Management
8 5 (12.50%) Change Control
8 5 (12.50%) Change Management
8 5 (12.50%) CRM
8 5 (12.50%) E-business
8 5 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
8 5 (12.50%) Project Governance
8 5 (12.50%) Scrum
8 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) PMP
2 16 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 13 (32.50%) Degree
4 5 (12.50%) APMP
5 4 (10.00%) CISM
5 4 (10.00%) CISSP
5 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) PMO
2 8 (20.00%) QA
3 5 (12.50%) P3O
4 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (10.00%) NIST
5 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.50%) GDPR
5 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) IFS
1 5 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (7.50%) SAP
3 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.50%) Workday