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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 92 83
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 +22
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 60 34 44
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.50% 1.81% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 1.93% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 21 32
10th Percentile £444 £438 £425
25th Percentile £509 £456 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £560 £566
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% -1.10% -5.63%
75th Percentile £750 £675 £691
90th Percentile £775 £725 £775
Central London median daily rate £668 £613 £566
% change year-on-year +8.98% +8.17% -1.52%

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 2,096 1,765 1,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.22% 94.03% 91.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,153 1,278
10th Percentile £368 £331 £373
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
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 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -22.86%

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 1 August 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.67%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.67%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.33%) AWS
4 4 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.67%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.67%) LAN
2 1 (1.67%) Network Security
2 1 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.67%) WAN
2 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) Power BI
2 2 (3.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.67%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (41.67%) Finance
1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.67%) Banking
3 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Law
6 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.33%) German Language
7 2 (3.33%) Local Government
7 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.67%) International Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Marketing
8 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 11 (18.33%) Senior
3 10 (16.67%) Bid Manager
3 10 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 9 (15.00%) Transformation Manager
5 8 (13.33%) Finance Manager
5 8 (13.33%) Finance Project Manager
5 8 (13.33%) Programme Manager
5 8 (13.33%) Transformation Project Manager
6 7 (11.67%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Migration Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Migration Project Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Senior Finance Project Manager
8 4 (6.67%) Bid Project Manager
8 4 (6.67%) IT Manager
8 4 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (6.67%) Programme Director
9 3 (5.00%) Business Change Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Change Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) ADO
2 1 (1.67%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) PMI
2 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.67%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.67%) CCTV
3 1 (1.67%) Cybercrime
3 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (66.67%) Agile
2 37 (61.67%) Project Management
2 37 (61.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 13 (21.67%) Decision-Making
5 10 (16.67%) Change Control
5 10 (16.67%) Migration
5 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 9 (15.00%) Change Management
6 9 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.00%) Business Case
8 6 (10.00%) Programme Management
8 6 (10.00%) Project Governance
8 6 (10.00%) Validation
9 5 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (8.33%) Security Architecture
10 4 (6.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (58.33%) PMI Certification
2 33 (55.00%) PMP
3 8 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.67%) CISM
5 1 (1.67%) CISSP
5 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.67%) RIBA
5 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) PMO
2 6 (10.00%) GDPR
3 5 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.33%) NIST
4 2 (3.33%) P3O
5 1 (1.67%) COBIT
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.67%) GRC
5 1 (1.67%) MiFID
5 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.67%) QA
5 1 (1.67%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) CyberArk
3 4 (6.67%) SAP
4 1 (1.67%) Charles River
4 1 (1.67%) Google
4 1 (1.67%) Intapp
4 1 (1.67%) Juniper
4 1 (1.67%) Oracle
4 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.67%) Planview
4 1 (1.67%) Salesforce