PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends in England

PRINCE2 Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 456 503
Rank change year-on-year -82 +47 +66
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 28 33 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.081% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.42% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 42
10th Percentile £389 £400 £363
25th Percentile £478 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £463 £505
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -8.42% +1.00%
75th Percentile £738 £588 £584
90th Percentile £888 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £559 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +20.81% -7.50% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £40.75
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.73% -7.78%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £42.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year - -33.73% -7.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

PRINCE2 Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,802 7,780 11,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.14% 31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,843 4,754 7,217
10th Percentile £325 £296 £297
25th Percentile £419 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 366 887
10th Percentile £15.93 £19.99 £14.21
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +5.07% -0.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% -12.18% -2.17%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PRINCE2 Certification job vacancy trend in England

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification in England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in England

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
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 PRINCE2 Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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 8 £500 -1.23% 10
West Midlands -42 7 £638 +41.67% 1
Midlands -49 7 £638 +41.67% 1
South West -16 5 £750 +66.67% 3
South East -32 4 £635 +27.00% 6
North West -26 3 £875 +66.67%
North of England -60 3 £875 +94.44%
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
1 5 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.29%) SaaS
3 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) OCI
4 1 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Advertising
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Project Manager
2 9 (32.14%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (21.43%) Technical Manager
4 4 (14.29%) Integration Manager
4 4 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 4 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 4 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
4 4 (14.29%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Programme Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (7.14%) IT Programme Manager
6 2 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) NHS Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Cloud Security Lead
7 1 (3.57%) Financial Services Project Manager
7 1 (3.57%) IAM Project Manager
7 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.57%) REST
1 1 (3.57%) RESTful
1 1 (3.57%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) CMDB
1 2 (7.14%) EPoS
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.57%) IPTV
2 1 (3.57%) New Media
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Video on Demand
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 22 (78.57%) Project Management
3 21 (75.00%) Agile
4 12 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.00%) Scrum
7 6 (21.43%) Budget Management
7 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
7 6 (21.43%) DevOps
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (17.86%) Analytics
8 5 (17.86%) Change Management
8 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
8 5 (17.86%) ERP
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
9 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (14.29%) Kanban
9 4 (14.29%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 12 (42.86%) PMP
3 10 (35.71%) PMI Certification
4 5 (17.86%) APMP
5 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.57%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.71%) ISO 19650
2 1 (3.57%) GAAP
2 1 (3.57%) IFRS
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle
1 5 (17.86%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Concur
3 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.57%) Okta
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) Workday