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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 477 517
Rank change year-on-year -37 +40 +50
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 30 30 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.097% 0.099% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.33% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 43
10th Percentile £398 £419 £285
25th Percentile £450 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £729 £700 £600
90th Percentile £764 £732 £674
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +12.82%

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 10,416 9,114 11,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.64% 30.06% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,809 5,594 7,326
10th Percentile £308 £310 £305
25th Percentile £416 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 427 699
10th Percentile £17.14 £19.99 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.66 £26.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52.45 £68.00 £67.88
90th Percentile £75.24 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 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 -11 9 £500 -11.11% 13
Midlands - 6 £550 - 3
West Midlands - 6 £550 - 1
South West -9 5 £750 +66.67%
North of England -39 4 £663 - 6
South East -16 3 £619 -11.61% 8
East of England -15 2 £479 -12.95% 2
North West - 2 £875 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £450 - 5
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 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
2 2 (6.67%) Smartsheet
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.33%) International Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Military
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Project Manager
2 9 (30.00%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (23.33%) IT Manager
4 6 (20.00%) Technical Manager
5 4 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (13.33%) SAP Manager
5 4 (13.33%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Programme Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Integration Manager
7 2 (6.67%) IT Programme Manager
7 2 (6.67%) NHS Project Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Senior
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Software Project Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (3.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) RESTful
1 1 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) EPoS
2 2 (6.67%) CMDB
2 2 (6.67%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.33%) IPTV
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) New Media
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Replication
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 24 (80.00%) Project Management
3 23 (76.67%) Agile
4 11 (36.67%) Waterfall
5 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (20.00%) Analytics
8 6 (20.00%) Budget Management
8 6 (20.00%) Scrum
9 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 4 (13.33%) Change Management
10 4 (13.33%) Continuous Delivery
10 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (13.33%) ERP
10 4 (13.33%) ITIL
10 4 (13.33%) Kanban
10 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
10 4 (13.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 12 (40.00%) PMP
3 9 (30.00%) PMI Certification
4 5 (16.67%) APMP
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.00%) ISO 19650
1 3 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Concur
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Workday