PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

PRINCE 2
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 92 101
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 36 27 29
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.90% 1.49% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.63% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 20
10th Percentile £394 £456 £466
25th Percentile £448 £466 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £644
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -10.68% +17.05%
75th Percentile £684 £638 £691
90th Percentile £800 £733 £781
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £638
% change year-on-year -8.70% -9.80% +15.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,690 1,661 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.46% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 989 1,531
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.40% -6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -17.60%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the City of London

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the City of London

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.78%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (2.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (19.44%) AWS
3 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.78%) OCI
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) LAN
1 2 (5.56%) WAN
1 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 21 (58.33%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Front Office
6 2 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Marketing
6 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Migration Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Migration Project Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Senior
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Workday Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Workday Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.78%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.33%) PMI
2 2 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Equities
3 1 (2.78%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
1 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) Agile
2 25 (69.44%) Project Management
3 21 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 11 (30.56%) Migration
5 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (27.78%) Waterfall
7 9 (25.00%) Change Management
7 9 (25.00%) Project Governance
8 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (19.44%) Validation
10 6 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 6 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
11 5 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
12 4 (11.11%) Change Control
12 4 (11.11%) Data Migration
12 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Korn
2 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) PMP
2 19 (52.78%) PMI Certification
3 6 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (5.56%) APMP
4 2 (5.56%) CISSP
4 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) APMG
5 1 (2.78%) CFA
5 1 (2.78%) CISM
5 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) IIBA
5 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) GDPR
2 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (19.44%) NIST
3 5 (13.89%) PMO
4 4 (11.11%) QA
5 3 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (5.56%) Basel III
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.56%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.78%) GAAP
7 1 (2.78%) GRC
7 1 (2.78%) IFRS
7 1 (2.78%) IFRS 9
7 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle
2 3 (8.33%) Planview
2 3 (8.33%) Workday
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.78%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (2.78%) Calypso
4 1 (2.78%) Informatica
4 1 (2.78%) Murex
4 1 (2.78%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.78%) VMware