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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 481 482
Rank change year-on-year -121 +1 +51
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 24 22 46
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.052% 0.079% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.25% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 36
10th Percentile £450 £437 £306
25th Percentile £475 £450 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £641 £688
90th Percentile £618 £695 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.29
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £32.29
% change year-on-year - +85.82% -28.24%

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 14,538 8,722 10,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.73% 31.51% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,802 5,461 6,476
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,123 674 757
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.55 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +106.76% -41.51% -21.82%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -67 14 £538 -10.42% 18
North West -48 3 £513 +13.89% 8
North of England -66 3 £513 +13.89% 13
South West - 3 £775 - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 6
East of England -22 1 £450 -6.01%
South East -67 1 £450 - 10
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
5 2 (8.33%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) AWS KMS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) SSL
2 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Japanese Language
6 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.17%) Automotive
7 1 (4.17%) Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 4 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Data Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Network Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Platform Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Project Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) Derivative
2 1 (4.17%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 17 (70.83%) Project Management
3 13 (54.17%) Agile
4 12 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 9 (37.50%) Project Planning
6 8 (33.33%) Migration
7 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (20.83%) Budget Management
10 4 (16.67%) Change Control
10 4 (16.67%) DevOps
10 4 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (16.67%) People Management
10 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (16.67%) Waterfall
11 3 (12.50%) Change Management
11 3 (12.50%) CRM
11 3 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
11 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 3 (12.50%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) PMI Certification
1 11 (45.83%) PMP
2 6 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (8.33%) APMP
5 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) PMO
2 2 (8.33%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) P3O
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Google
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) BT
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) Dell
4 1 (4.17%) IFS
4 1 (4.17%) Meraki
4 1 (4.17%) Planview
4 1 (4.17%) Sage