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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 80 96
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -3
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 28 48 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.60% 2.31% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.51% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 30
10th Percentile £425 £425 £372
25th Percentile £456 £488 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £565 £588
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -3.83% +0.43%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £734
90th Percentile £726 £783 £820
Central London median daily rate £586 £565 £575
% change year-on-year +3.76% -1.74% -0.86%

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 1,649 1,913 2,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.17% 92.10% 90.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,093 1,220 1,918
10th Percentile £325 £384 £363
25th Percentile £418 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £712
90th Percentile £763 £788 £815
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £15.43
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -1.82% -36.05%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.45
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -10.71% +30.84% -37.06%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 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 15 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (7.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Workfront
2 1 (3.57%) ResourceLink
2 1 (3.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.14%) GCP
5 1 (3.57%) Asana
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.57%) Miro
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
1 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Data Hub
1 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 21 (75.00%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Back Office
4 3 (10.71%) Law
4 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing
4 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.14%) International Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Police
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (10.71%) IT Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Senior
2 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Network Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Project Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Service Continuity Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Service Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Testing Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Business Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.57%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) PMI
2 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 3 (10.71%) Reference Data
3 2 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (7.14%) Replication
4 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (82.14%) Project Management
2 18 (64.29%) Agile
3 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
6 7 (25.00%) ITIL
6 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
8 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
9 4 (14.29%) Change Management
9 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
9 4 (14.29%) Project Governance
9 4 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
9 4 (14.29%) Scrum
9 4 (14.29%) Service Management
9 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) PMI Certification
2 15 (53.57%) PMP
3 8 (28.57%) Degree
4 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (7.14%) APMG
5 2 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) PMO
2 4 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.14%) SLA
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Databricks
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe
3 2 (7.14%) Dell
3 2 (7.14%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Pure Storage
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix