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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 100 94
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 23 29 54
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.29% 1.34% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.46% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 31
10th Percentile £386 £456 £375
25th Percentile £401 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £608 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% -2.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £722
90th Percentile £725 £750 £790
Central London median daily rate £450 £591 £600
% change year-on-year -23.89% -1.46% +9.09%

All Process and 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 1,654 1,982 2,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.87% 91.51% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,217 1,711
10th Percentile £339 £375 £363
25th Percentile £421 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 13
10th Percentile £20.02 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +54.55% -47.12%
75th Percentile £47.50 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -47.55%

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 29 November 2025.

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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Workfront
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (4.35%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.35%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (4.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Asana
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.70%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 15 (65.22%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Front Office
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.35%) International Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Project Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.70%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Manager
5 1 (4.35%) PMO Coordinator
5 1 (4.35%) PMO Lead
5 1 (4.35%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Service Continuity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (8.70%) PMI
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Replication
3 1 (4.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Project Management
2 14 (60.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (56.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (47.83%) Agile
5 7 (30.43%) Waterfall
6 6 (26.09%) Change Management
6 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
8 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
8 4 (17.39%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
8 4 (17.39%) Release Management
9 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
9 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
9 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
9 3 (13.04%) Migration
9 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
9 3 (13.04%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) PMI Certification
1 13 (56.52%) PMP
2 5 (21.74%) Degree
3 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.35%) APMG
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) IIBA
4 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) PMO
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Planview
3 1 (4.35%) Calypso
3 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.35%) Murex
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Workday