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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 67 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 +14
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 17 4 33
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.89% 0.68% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 0.73% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 20
10th Percentile £406 £318 £260
25th Percentile £422 £345 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £477 £454 £503
90th Percentile £535 £474 £593
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +20.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 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 539 547 815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.51% 92.55% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 289 490
10th Percentile £237 £230 £208
25th Percentile £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £571 £538 £550
90th Percentile £654 £638 £627
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 10
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.12
25th Percentile - £21.63 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -17.17%
75th Percentile £37.88 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £73.63 £30.74 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.41
% change year-on-year -15.22% +28.14% -1.81%

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 January 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.88%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) HR Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle HRMS Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) PMO Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Project Planner
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (17.65%) EPoS
2 3 (17.65%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) PMI
4 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Agile
2 13 (76.47%) Project Management
3 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (35.29%) Change Management
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) Data Protection
6 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
6 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
6 4 (23.53%) SDLC
7 3 (17.65%) Business Case
7 3 (17.65%) Information Governance
7 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
7 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
8 2 (11.76%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
3 2 (11.76%) HND
3 2 (11.76%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (11.76%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (23.53%) GDPR
3 3 (17.65%) PMO
4 1 (5.88%) P3O
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Planview
3 1 (5.88%) Remedy
3 1 (5.88%) SAP