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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 100 84
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 61 27 43
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.73% 1.55% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 1.64% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 31
10th Percentile £425 £422 £425
25th Percentile £491 £467 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £619 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.49% +7.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £731 £684 £694
90th Percentile £788 £726 £813
Central London median daily rate £575 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -

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 1,993 1,643 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.33% 94.21% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 1,101 1,216
10th Percentile £368 £325 £371
25th Percentile £456 £423 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £773 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £32.05 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £50.59 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.30% -18.57% +30.84%

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 26 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 5 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.92%) Confluence
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.64%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) Azure
2 8 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (13.11%) Power Platform
3 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.28%) AWS
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.28%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.64%) GCP
5 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) Network Security
1 2 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.64%) Firewall
2 1 (1.64%) LAN
2 1 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.64%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.64%) VoIP
2 1 (1.64%) WAN
2 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Tableau
3 1 (1.64%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) JIRA
General
1 25 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 24 (39.34%) Finance
3 13 (21.31%) Banking
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Law
6 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.28%) German Language
7 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 2 (3.28%) Local Government
7 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.64%) Front Office
8 1 (1.64%) Games
8 1 (1.64%) International Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Military
8 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (52.46%) Project Manager
2 10 (16.39%) Bid Manager
2 10 (16.39%) Senior
2 10 (16.39%) Senior Manager
3 8 (13.11%) Transformation Manager
3 8 (13.11%) Transformation Project Manager
4 7 (11.48%) Programme Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Finance Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Finance Project Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Senior Project Manager
6 5 (8.20%) Programme Director
7 4 (6.56%) Bid Project Manager
7 4 (6.56%) Change Manager
7 4 (6.56%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Bid Director
8 3 (4.92%) Business Change Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Bid Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Business Change Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Change Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) ADO
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) PMI
2 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) CCTV
4 1 (1.64%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (68.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (67.21%) Agile
3 38 (62.30%) Project Management
4 20 (32.79%) Project Delivery
5 16 (26.23%) Decision-Making
6 13 (21.31%) Change Management
7 12 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (14.75%) Programme Management
9 9 (14.75%) Risk Management
10 8 (13.11%) Change Control
10 8 (13.11%) DevOps
10 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
11 7 (11.48%) Business Case
11 7 (11.48%) Migration
12 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (9.84%) ITIL
12 6 (9.84%) Process Improvement
12 6 (9.84%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 40 (65.57%) PMI Certification
2 37 (60.66%) PMP
3 10 (16.39%) Degree
4 5 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.64%) ISEB
7 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.64%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) PMO
2 2 (3.28%) GDPR
2 2 (3.28%) P3O
2 2 (3.28%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) SLA
3 1 (1.64%) COBIT
3 1 (1.64%) GRC
3 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.64%) MiFID
3 1 (1.64%) NIST
3 1 (1.64%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) SAP
3 1 (1.64%) BMC
3 1 (1.64%) Charles River
3 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.64%) Google
3 1 (1.64%) Intapp
3 1 (1.64%) Juniper
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle
3 1 (1.64%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.64%) Remedy
3 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow