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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 58 49
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 12 6 31
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.00% 0.99% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.06% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 18
10th Percentile £440 £305 £255
25th Percentile £448 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.77% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £499 £425 £498
90th Percentile £555 £463 £579
Scotland median daily rate £473 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.78% +2.74%
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 540 568 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.85% 93.57% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 312 484
10th Percentile £189 £193 £222
25th Percentile £406 £381 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £637 £639
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +1.00% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 27 25
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £14.37
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.49% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £70.50 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +12.54%

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 5 February 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Retail
5 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) HR Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle HRMS Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Project Planner
3 1 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Transformation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) EPoS
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Project Management
3 6 (50.00%) Change Management
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Project Governance
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) SDLC
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Time Management
7 1 (8.33%) ITIL
7 1 (8.33%) PRINCE
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Planview
2 1 (8.33%) Remedy
2 1 (8.33%) SAP