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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 94 95
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 33 25 36
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.79% 1.34% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.46% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 23
10th Percentile £387 £449 £470
25th Percentile £423 £463 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +14.04%
75th Percentile £703 £638 £709
90th Percentile £800 £735 £777
Central London median daily rate £538 £538 £644
% change year-on-year - -16.50% +12.94%

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 1,641 1,710 2,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.18% 91.98% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,038 1,548
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -2.95%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £574
% change year-on-year -6.09% +0.22% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 10
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.73 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.83% +35.24% -25.00%
75th Percentile £42.12 £94.94 £44.56
90th Percentile £45.08 £114.55 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 20 January 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 1 (3.03%) CMS
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.03%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (3.03%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (3.03%) Workday HCM
1 1 (3.03%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
7 1 (3.03%) OCI
7 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
1 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 20 (60.61%) Finance
2 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Banking
4 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
5 3 (9.09%) Marketing
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Front Office
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (69.70%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Migration Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Migration Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Workday Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Workday Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Market Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Market Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 3 (9.09%) PMI
2 2 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Equities
3 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.03%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (72.73%) Project Management
2 23 (69.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (63.64%) Agile
4 11 (33.33%) Migration
5 10 (30.30%) Project Delivery
6 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (27.27%) Waterfall
7 8 (24.24%) Change Management
7 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (24.24%) Project Governance
8 7 (21.21%) Validation
9 6 (18.18%) Security Architecture
10 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (15.15%) Matrix Organization
10 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
11 4 (12.12%) Change Control
11 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
11 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
11 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
12 3 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Korn
2 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (66.67%) PMP
2 19 (57.58%) PMI Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) APMP
4 2 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) APMG
5 1 (3.03%) CFA
5 1 (3.03%) CISSP
5 1 (3.03%) IIBA
5 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) GDPR
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (21.21%) NIST
2 4 (12.12%) PMO
2 4 (12.12%) QA
3 3 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (6.06%) Basel III
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.03%) GAAP
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) IFRS
5 1 (3.03%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) CyberArk
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 3 (9.09%) Workday
4 2 (6.06%) Planview
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (3.03%) Adobe
5 1 (3.03%) Calypso
5 1 (3.03%) Informatica
5 1 (3.03%) Murex
5 1 (3.03%) Sitecore
5 1 (3.03%) VMware