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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 66 58
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +11
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 16 10 28
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.58% 1.32% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 1.54% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 19
10th Percentile £405 £419 £410
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £481 £500 £525
90th Percentile £510 £523 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +18.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process and 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 589 650 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.00% 85.64% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 339 561
10th Percentile £300 £223 £208
25th Percentile £413 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £550 £521 £543
90th Percentile £611 £600 £610
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.15% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 6
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.25 £12.47
25th Percentile - £18.05 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.84 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -52.52% +155.51%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £21.80 £19.18
% change year-on-year -8.30% +13.63% +2.29%

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 28 October 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Migration Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) HR Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle HRMS Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) PMO Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Support Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) EPoS
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Solaris
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Agile
2 11 (68.75%) Project Management
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 4 (25.00%) Migration
5 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (18.75%) Business Case
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
6 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) Information Governance
7 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 2 (12.50%) SDLC
7 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
7 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) PMP
3 2 (12.50%) HND
3 2 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (12.50%) PMO
4 1 (6.25%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Planview
3 1 (6.25%) Remedy
3 1 (6.25%) SAP