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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 90 82
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +34
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 55 34 43
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.25% 1.88% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.00% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 20 33
10th Percentile £466 £434 £425
25th Percentile £550 £461 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £560 £568
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -1.32% +3.18%
75th Percentile £750 £652 £688
90th Percentile £788 £703 £775
Central London median daily rate £669 £619 £566
% change year-on-year +8.08% +9.27% +2.95%

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 2,094 1,701 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.78% 93.87% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 1,091 1,348
10th Percentile £367 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £552 £560
% change year-on-year -0.36% -1.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.43 £20.36
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.13 £50.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £66.25 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £24.47 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -21.08% +11.47% -20.54%

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 4 July 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.64%) CMS
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.82%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.82%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.82%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Azure
2 8 (14.55%) AWS
3 6 (10.91%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.82%) SaaS
6 1 (1.82%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) QlikView
2 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) JIRA
General
1 23 (41.82%) Finance
2 20 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.91%) Financial Institution
4 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Law
6 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.64%) German Language
7 2 (3.64%) Local Government
7 2 (3.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.82%) International Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (65.45%) Project Manager
2 11 (20.00%) Senior
3 10 (18.18%) Senior Manager
4 8 (14.55%) Migration Manager
4 8 (14.55%) Migration Project Manager
4 8 (14.55%) Senior Project Manager
5 7 (12.73%) Bid Manager
5 7 (12.73%) Transformation Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Programme Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Transformation Project Manager
7 5 (9.09%) Finance Manager
7 5 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
7 5 (9.09%) Senior Finance Project Manager
8 4 (7.27%) IT Manager
8 4 (7.27%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (5.45%) Bid Project Manager
9 3 (5.45%) Lead
9 3 (5.45%) Senior Transformation Manager
10 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow Manager
10 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) PMI
2 1 (1.82%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (72.73%) Agile
2 36 (65.45%) Project Management
3 34 (61.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (40.00%) Project Delivery
5 11 (20.00%) Migration
6 10 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.36%) Change Management
7 9 (16.36%) Project Governance
7 9 (16.36%) Validation
7 9 (16.36%) Waterfall
8 8 (14.55%) Security Architecture
8 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.73%) Change Control
10 5 (9.09%) Business Case
10 5 (9.09%) Risk Management
11 4 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (7.27%) DevOps
11 4 (7.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 4 (7.27%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) PMP
2 29 (52.73%) PMI Certification
3 7 (12.73%) Degree
4 2 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.82%) APMP
5 1 (1.82%) CISM
5 1 (1.82%) CISSP
5 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.82%) RIBA
5 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) PMO
2 9 (16.36%) GDPR
3 8 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (14.55%) NIST
4 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.64%) QA
5 1 (1.82%) COBIT
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.82%) GRC
5 1 (1.82%) MiFID
5 1 (1.82%) P3O
5 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.82%) UCITS
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) CyberArk
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Planview
3 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (1.82%) Charles River
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.82%) Sitecore