PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends in the City of London

PRINCE2 Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 116 123
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +50
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.051% 0.22% 0.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.86% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £488 £568
25th Percentile - £534 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £669 £719
90th Percentile - £688 £753
Central London median daily rate £350 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -44.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

PRINCE2 Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 549 464 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.78% 25.45% 18.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 283 297
10th Percentile £396 £372 £363
25th Percentile £440 £457 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -0.45% -7.56%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £681
90th Percentile £738 £763 £782
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £21.50 £24.78 £19.19
25th Percentile £25.95 £28.94 £19.58
Median hourly rate £39.72 £72.25 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% +247.11% -50.44%
75th Percentile £61.79 £112.00 £47.58
90th Percentile £70.88 - £63.28
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £33.74
% change year-on-year -20.71% -3.66% -19.68%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PRINCE2 Certification job vacancy trend in the City of London

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday