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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 483 520
Rank change year-on-year -8 +37 +35
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 21 45 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.46% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 58
10th Percentile £417 £325 £313
25th Percentile £450 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.58% +4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £588
90th Percentile £833 £738 £657
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £515
% change year-on-year -2.22% +9.22% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.29 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £32.29 -
% change year-on-year +85.82% - -

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 8,740 9,801 12,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.45% 29.76% 28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,560 6,053 7,758
10th Percentile £303 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 574 658
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.20 £16.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%
75th Percentile £47.80 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.61
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.22% +21.18%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification 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 September 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 18 September 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 +12 7 £625 - 5
North of England -14 5 £451 -30.69% 5
East of England +5 3 £479 -12.95% 1
West Midlands -9 3 £490 +36.11% 5
Midlands -15 3 £490 +36.11% 6
North West - 3 £875 - 1
Yorkshire -14 2 £450 - 1
South West +22 1 £750 +53.85% 1
South East +9 1 - - 3
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Smartsheet
2 1 (4.76%) Asana
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.52%) International Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Project Manager
2 6 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Integration Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Testing Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Assistant Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Environment Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.76%) EPoS Manager
5 1 (4.76%) EPoS Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) EPoS
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Replication
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 14 (66.67%) Project Management
3 13 (61.90%) Agile
4 8 (38.10%) Waterfall
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 4 (19.05%) Scrum
7 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
7 3 (14.29%) Budgeting
7 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 3 (14.29%) Change Management
7 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) PMP
2 8 (38.10%) PMI Certification
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.76%) APMP
5 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) Citrix