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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 105 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 +10
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 56 21 38
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.62% 1.22% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 1.29% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 26
10th Percentile £425 £413 £419
25th Percentile £491 £442 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £591
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.71% -1.46%
75th Percentile £644 £713 £688
90th Percentile £746 £795 £744
Central London median daily rate £560 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -10.40% +8.70% -4.17%

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 1,938 1,625 1,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.60% 94.31% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 1,103 1,216
10th Percentile £368 £326 £371
25th Percentile £456 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £765 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 19
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £21.81
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% -28.57% +23.20%
75th Percentile £27.35 £39.88 £102.25
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +27.27%

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 11 October 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 3 (5.36%) Confluence
1 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.79%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.57%) AWS
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 2 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.79%) GCP
6 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Network Security
1 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.79%) Firewall
2 1 (1.79%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.79%) VoIP
2 1 (1.79%) WAN
2 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Tableau
3 1 (1.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 26 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 21 (37.50%) Finance
3 12 (21.43%) Banking
4 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.57%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.57%) Law
5 2 (3.57%) Legal
5 2 (3.57%) Local Government
6 1 (1.79%) Front Office
6 1 (1.79%) Games
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) International Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Marketing
6 1 (1.79%) Military
6 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (53.57%) Project Manager
2 10 (17.86%) Bid Manager
3 9 (16.07%) Senior
3 9 (16.07%) Senior Manager
4 7 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 7 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
4 7 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Finance Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Finance Project Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Programme Director
5 5 (8.93%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Bid Project Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Bid Director
7 3 (5.36%) Business Change Manager
7 3 (5.36%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Bid Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Business Change Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Business Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) ADO
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) AI Agents
1 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.57%) PMI
3 1 (1.79%) CCTV
3 1 (1.79%) Cybercrime
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (69.64%) Agile
3 36 (64.29%) Project Management
4 19 (33.93%) Project Delivery
5 14 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 13 (23.21%) Change Management
7 12 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (19.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.29%) DevOps
10 8 (14.29%) Programme Management
10 8 (14.29%) Waterfall
11 7 (12.50%) Business Case
11 7 (12.50%) Migration
11 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 6 (10.71%) Change Control
12 6 (10.71%) ITIL
12 6 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 5 (8.93%) Budget Management
13 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 36 (64.29%) PMP
2 35 (62.50%) PMI Certification
3 8 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.79%) ISEB
7 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.79%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) P3O
2 2 (3.57%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) COBIT
3 1 (1.79%) GDPR
3 1 (1.79%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) BMC
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Intapp
3 1 (1.79%) Juniper
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle
3 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.79%) Remedy
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow