PRINCE2 Contracts in Manchester

PRINCE 2
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring PRINCE2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 86 72
Rank change year-on-year +21 -14 0
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 14 10 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.51% 0.66% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 0.76% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 40
10th Percentile £202 £291 £311
25th Percentile £247 £315 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £350 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.43% -28.21% +20.37%
75th Percentile £659 £481 £525
90th Percentile £825 £523 £560
North West median daily rate £525 £391 £488
% change year-on-year +34.44% -19.90% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.17 -
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £44.74 £29.00
% change year-on-year -34.67% +54.28% -15.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in Manchester

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in Manchester

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Manchester

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in Manchester

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Salford - 2 £800 -
PRINCE2
North West

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Asana
1 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Skype
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Banking
6 1 (7.14%) Military
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Lead
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Business Process Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Process Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Project Management
2 10 (71.43%) Change Management
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (57.14%) ITIL
4 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (42.86%) Agile
6 4 (28.57%) Budget Management
6 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
6 4 (28.57%) Service Management
6 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (21.43%) Business Case
7 3 (21.43%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) Lean Six Sigma
7 3 (21.43%) Line Management
7 3 (21.43%) Process Management
7 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) Six Sigma
7 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) PMP
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) PMI Certification
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.14%) APMP
4 1 (7.14%) CIMA
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow