PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

PRINCE 2
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 47 34
Rank change year-on-year -22 -13 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 6 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.96% 1.59% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.84% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 10
10th Percentile - £274 £450
25th Percentile £613 £276 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £350 £495
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -29.22% +41.29%
75th Percentile £638 £379 £675
90th Percentile - £434 £678
North West median daily rate £578 £433 £465
% change year-on-year +33.53% -6.99% +8.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £22.41
North West median hourly rate £56.25 £34.18 £22.41
% change year-on-year +64.57% +52.52% -10.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 570 435 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 91.64% 86.31% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 281 203
10th Percentile £305 £329 £278
25th Percentile £358 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.04% -4.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £592
90th Percentile £638 £675 £643
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 30
10th Percentile £12.81 £16.00 £16.93
25th Percentile £12.82 £30.31 £22.44
Median hourly rate £17.75 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% +14.60% +45.43%
75th Percentile £32.75 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £45.45 £47.50 £36.18
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £34.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +18.60% +52.81%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in Cheshire

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Chester - 3 £625 - 3
Crewe - 3 - - 4
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Assurance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Change Control
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
5 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Line Management
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) P3O
1 3 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Planview
2 1 (16.67%) SAP