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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 59 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 19 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.53% 1.69% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 1.80% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 5
10th Percentile £414 £403 £419
25th Percentile £481 £408 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £570 £473 £500
90th Percentile £637 £484 £523
Scotland median daily rate £525 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%

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 637 610 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.82% 93.99% 85.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 305 378
10th Percentile £309 £313 £206
25th Percentile £406 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £598 £640
Scotland median daily rate £459 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -1.34% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 20
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.15 £13.09
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.30 £15.78
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.87 £18.19
Median % change year-on-year +179.80% -1.75% -65.36%
75th Percentile £65.38 £37.09 £24.18
90th Percentile £85.80 £62.00 £55.25
Scotland median hourly rate £17.24 £19.99 £19.59
% change year-on-year -13.74% +2.02% +3.49%

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 18 August 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 (5.26%) CMS
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.26%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) SAN
1 1 (5.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Public Sector
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (5.26%) PMI
1 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Solaris
1 2 (10.53%) Unix
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Agile
1 12 (63.16%) Project Management
2 11 (57.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
5 6 (31.58%) Budget Management
5 6 (31.58%) Business Case
6 5 (26.32%) Project Governance
7 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (21.05%) Service Management
7 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
8 3 (15.79%) Migration
8 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
8 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (15.79%) Software Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) PMI Certification
1 7 (36.84%) PMP
2 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Avaya
2 1 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow