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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 124 133
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +46
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 2 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.72% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £479 £398
25th Percentile - £541 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £726 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% +25.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile - £691 £597
90th Percentile - £696 £681
Central London median daily rate £350 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -44.00% +25.00% +20.48%

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 506 555 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.00% 25.84% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 325 318
10th Percentile £350 £339 £333
25th Percentile £425 £458 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.23%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £21.25 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.25 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -58.97% +55.08%
75th Percentile £29.50 £92.44 £75.63
90th Percentile £51.14 £112.00 £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -7.56% -50.42% +28.34%

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 (50.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) International Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Continuity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Workday