PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

PRINCE 2
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 61 57
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 7 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.97% 1.28% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.35% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £444 £306 £408
25th Percentile £463 £328 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.57% +3.80%
75th Percentile £538 £434 £480
90th Percentile £601 £482 £522
Scotland median daily rate £500 £449 £425
% change year-on-year +11.48% +5.53% -4.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 619 593 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.62% 95.03% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 330 412
10th Percentile £263 £211 £228
25th Percentile £406 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -2.24% +0.95%
75th Percentile £553 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £674
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.65% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 24 30
10th Percentile £17.23 - £13.48
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £22.44 £21.02
Median % change year-on-year +133.98% +6.74% -1.13%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.59 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £42.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £18.79
% change year-on-year -7.36% +14.90% +11.48%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Edinburgh

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Solaris
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Server Management
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Order Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PMI Certification
1 4 (57.14%) PMP
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet