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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 88 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +23
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 62 28 48
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.71% 1.56% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 1.66% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 17 35
10th Percentile £425 £425 £425
25th Percentile £495 £456 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -0.88% -3.83%
75th Percentile £743 £644 £650
90th Percentile £780 £726 £733
Central London median daily rate £600 £586 £565
% change year-on-year +2.35% +3.76% -1.74%

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 2,024 1,690 1,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.62% 94.15% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,390 1,115 1,235
10th Percentile £368 £325 £386
25th Percentile £456 £422 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -14.80%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £29.07 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.00% -11.91% +20.00%

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 12 September 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 6 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.84%) Confluence
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.61%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) Power Platform
3 8 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.84%) AWS
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.23%) SaaS
6 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Network Security
1 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.61%) Firewall
2 1 (1.61%) LAN
2 1 (1.61%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.61%) WAN
2 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.52%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Tableau
3 1 (1.61%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
General
1 26 (41.94%) Finance
2 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Banking
4 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Law
6 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.23%) German Language
7 2 (3.23%) International Banking
7 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.23%) Legal
7 2 (3.23%) Local Government
7 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Front Office
8 1 (1.61%) Games
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Military
8 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (51.61%) Project Manager
2 11 (17.74%) Senior
3 10 (16.13%) Bid Manager
3 10 (16.13%) Senior Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Transformation Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Transformation Project Manager
5 7 (11.29%) Programme Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Finance Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Finance Project Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Bid Project Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Change Manager
7 4 (6.45%) IT Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Programme Director
8 3 (4.84%) Business Change Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Business Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Implementation Manager
8 3 (4.84%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Business Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) ADO
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) PMI
2 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (66.13%) Agile
1 41 (66.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (61.29%) Project Management
3 21 (33.87%) Project Delivery
4 16 (25.81%) Decision-Making
5 14 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (19.35%) Change Management
7 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.52%) Programme Management
9 9 (14.52%) Risk Management
9 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
10 8 (12.90%) Business Case
10 8 (12.90%) Change Control
10 8 (12.90%) DevOps
10 8 (12.90%) Migration
11 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (9.68%) ITIL
11 6 (9.68%) Process Improvement
11 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 40 (64.52%) PMI Certification
2 37 (59.68%) PMP
3 10 (16.13%) Degree
4 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.61%) ISEB
6 1 (1.61%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) PMO
2 3 (4.84%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) NIST
3 2 (3.23%) P3O
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) COBIT
4 1 (1.61%) GRC
4 1 (1.61%) MiFID
4 1 (1.61%) SLA
4 1 (1.61%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.23%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle
4 1 (1.61%) BMC
4 1 (1.61%) Charles River
4 1 (1.61%) Google
4 1 (1.61%) Intapp
4 1 (1.61%) Juniper
4 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.61%) Planview
4 1 (1.61%) Remedy
4 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow