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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 496 512
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +53
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 24 31 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.079% 0.100% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.33% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 48
10th Percentile £388 £436 £285
25th Percentile £450 £493 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £622 £700 £603
90th Percentile £791 £734 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +12.24%
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 10,210 9,268 11,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.43% 29.84% 29.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,617 5,670 7,418
10th Percentile £305 £313 £308
25th Percentile £416 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -4.32% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 437 711
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.06 £27.00 £26.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%
75th Percentile £52.00 £68.00 £69.81
90th Percentile £74.48 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -44.11% -16.15% +19.26%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -14 11 £500 -13.04% 2
North of England -42 4 £663 - 5
Midlands - 4 £490 - 3
West Midlands - 4 £490 - 3
South East -1 2 £568 -18.93% 5
East of England -13 2 £479 -12.95% 2
Yorkshire -38 2 £450 - 2
North West - 2 £875 - 3
South West 0 1 £750 +66.67% 1
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 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Unit4 Business World
1 1 (4.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Smartsheet
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.17%) International Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (70.83%) Project Manager
2 7 (29.17%) IT Manager
3 4 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Integration Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Programme Manager
5 2 (8.33%) NHS Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Software Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) RESTful
1 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) EPoS
2 2 (8.33%) CMDB
2 2 (8.33%) NHS
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.17%) IPTV
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) New Media
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Replication
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (75.00%) Agile
2 18 (75.00%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (20.83%) Scrum
6 4 (16.67%) Budget Management
6 4 (16.67%) Change Management
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
6 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (12.50%) DevOps
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (8.33%) Business Transformation
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) PMP
2 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 9 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.17%) APMP
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Concur
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Workday