PRINCE Contracts in England

PRINCE
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PRINCE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 504 557
Rank change year-on-year +34 +53 +67
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 18 27 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.074% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.086% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 68
10th Percentile £450 £282 £395
25th Percentile £457 £352 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £545
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -14.68% +14.74%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £626
90th Percentile £598 £642 £700
UK median daily rate £538 £465 £540
% change year-on-year +15.59% -13.89% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

PRINCE 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PRINCE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE in England

PRINCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE in England.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE in England

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in England

PRINCE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE in England.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE in England

PRINCE
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 9 £495 +23.63% 29
North of England +25 6 £550 -8.33% 5
Yorkshire +17 4 £550 - 1
South East +41 3 £500 -5.57% 11
North East -3 1 - -
North West - 1 £356 - 4
PRINCE
UK

PRINCE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Intranet
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Police
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Publishing
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Back Office
5 1 (5.56%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 6 (33.33%) Programme Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) PMO Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Service Designer
5 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) PMI
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Project Management
2 10 (55.56%) PRINCE2
3 7 (38.89%) Matrix Organization
4 6 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Budget Management
5 5 (27.78%) Change Management
5 5 (27.78%) ITIL
6 4 (22.22%) Contingency Planning
6 4 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
6 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 4 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (16.67%) Line Management
7 3 (16.67%) Matrix Management
7 3 (16.67%) Programme Governance
7 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) PMI Certification
2 8 (44.44%) Degree
3 3 (16.67%) PMP
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) APMP
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Sitecore