PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

PRINCE 2
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.86% - 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% - 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £436 - £144
25th Percentile £451 - £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - £290
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.04%
75th Percentile £516 - £360
90th Percentile £525 - -
North West median daily rate £578 £491 £463
% change year-on-year +17.56% +6.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 146 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.71% 71.92% 91.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 55 138
10th Percentile £310 £259 £356
25th Percentile £419 £344 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £645
90th Percentile £679 £630 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.75
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.17%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.36 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +50.21%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Lancashire

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Preston - 2 £530 - 1
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Source to Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP