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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 91 92
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 17 37 56
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.00% 1.75% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.90% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 30
10th Percentile £433 £418 £372
25th Percentile £465 £456 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £703 £688 £725
90th Percentile £735 £740 £795
Central London median daily rate £619 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +12.50% -6.38% +6.82%

All Process and 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 1,601 1,946 2,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.51% 91.88% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,200 1,800
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £764 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -22.76% +30.84% -37.79%

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 19 October 2025.

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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Trello
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Workfront
2 1 (5.88%) ResourceLink
2 1 (5.88%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Asana
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
4 2 (11.76%) International Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Front Office
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Police
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Continuity Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Testing Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Business Systems Manager
4 1 (5.88%) HR Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.88%) PMO Coordinator
4 1 (5.88%) PMO Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Coordinator
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SOX Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.76%) Replication
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
2 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Project Management
2 11 (64.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (64.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (58.82%) Agile
4 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
5 5 (29.41%) Change Management
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Release Management
8 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
8 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
8 2 (11.76%) DevOps
8 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
8 2 (11.76%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Korn
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) PMI Certification
1 10 (58.82%) PMP
2 6 (35.29%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (11.76%) APMG
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) PMO
2 2 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.88%) GRC
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Adobe
3 1 (5.88%) Calypso
3 1 (5.88%) Murex
3 1 (5.88%) Planview