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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 489 479
Rank change year-on-year -117 -10 +56
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 33 22 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.071% 0.079% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.25% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 33
10th Percentile £423 £420 £315
25th Percentile £500 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +10.58%
75th Percentile £588 £641 £688
90th Percentile - £807 £736
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +9.22%
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% -

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 14,807 8,771 9,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.95% 31.53% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,953 5,557 6,105
10th Percentile £350 £305 £325
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £633 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,163 681 589
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.06
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £50.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £73.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -9.09%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -65 19 £500 -13.04% 20
South East -52 7 £575 - 9
Midlands -50 3 £525 +7.14% 6
North West -47 2 £513 -41.43% 1
West Midlands -50 2 £525 +7.14% 3
North of England -75 2 £513 +13.76% 4
East of England -23 1 £450 -6.01%
South West - 1 £775 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
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 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.06%) AWS KMS
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 2 (6.06%) GitHub
6 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) Network Security
1 2 (6.06%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) eggPlant
2 1 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Aerospace
3 6 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Japanese Language
6 2 (6.06%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Automotive
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 10 (30.30%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (21.21%) Product Delivery Manager
3 7 (21.21%) Product Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Engineering Manager
4 4 (12.12%) IT Manager
4 4 (12.12%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Data Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Digital Product Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Environment Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Platform Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) ERP Manager
7 1 (3.03%) ERP Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Migration Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Network Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Programme Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) Web Services
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Virtual Team
2 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 22 (66.67%) Agile
3 13 (39.39%) Project Management
4 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (30.30%) Change Management
5 10 (30.30%) ITIL
6 9 (27.27%) Project Planning
7 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (24.24%) Migration
7 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
7 8 (24.24%) Service Management
8 7 (21.21%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 7 (21.21%) Data Modelling
8 7 (21.21%) Digital Engineering
8 7 (21.21%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (21.21%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (21.21%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Degree
2 14 (42.42%) PMI Certification
2 14 (42.42%) PMP
3 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.03%) ISEB
6 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PMO
2 3 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) ISO 20022
3 1 (3.03%) P3O
3 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Google
2 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) BT
3 1 (3.03%) Dell
3 1 (3.03%) IFS
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) Parasoft
3 1 (3.03%) Planview
3 1 (3.03%) Sage
3 1 (3.03%) SOASTA