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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 54 66
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 20 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.92% 2.12% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 2.24% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 5
10th Percentile £353 £404 £419
25th Percentile £413 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £466 £500
90th Percentile £574 £484 £523
Scotland median daily rate £506 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £60.00 -

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 582 580 699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.09% 94.77% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 285 373
10th Percentile £238 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £635 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £467 £469 £450
% change year-on-year -0.37% +4.17% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 23
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.30 £13.27
25th Percentile £15.92 £17.44 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -18.77% -48.24%
75th Percentile £24.15 £44.35 £24.18
90th Percentile £76.10 £64.63 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +6.90%

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 7 October 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) CMS
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Public Sector
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Programme Manager
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Project Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (5.00%) PMI
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Solaris
1 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Agile
2 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (55.00%) Project Management
4 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (35.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (35.00%) Project Governance
6 6 (30.00%) Budget Management
6 6 (30.00%) Business Case
7 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 4 (20.00%) Business Transformation
8 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
8 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
9 3 (15.00%) Migration
9 3 (15.00%) Programme Governance
9 3 (15.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) PMI Certification
2 6 (30.00%) PMP
3 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (5.00%) PMO
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow