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

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 81 62
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 +33
DemandTrendContract jobs citing PRINCE2 11 6 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.07% 0.50% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.57% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 37
10th Percentile £349 £490 £310
25th Percentile £358 £513 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +8.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £825 £600 £538
90th Percentile - £645 £600
North West median daily rate £550 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.37% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £15.92 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £16.17 -
Median % change year-on-year +348.36% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £16.42 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £56.25 £34.18 £22.41
% change year-on-year +64.57% +52.52% -10.36%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 913 1,050 1,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.07% 86.71% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 656 1,120
10th Percentile £303 £331 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £663 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.05% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 45 55
10th Percentile £14.49 £15.95 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.50 £16.46
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +79.49% +11.43%
75th Percentile £55.37 £62.50 £43.13
90th Percentile £74.88 £89.00 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £26.08 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.26% +1.03% +60.70%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Manchester

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford - 3 £800 - 1
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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Smartsheet
2 1 (9.09%) Asana
2 1 (9.09%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Transition Leader
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) ERP Manager
4 1 (9.09%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Housing Association
2 1 (9.09%) Life Science
2 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Project Management
2 10 (90.91%) Change Management
3 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) ITIL
4 5 (45.45%) Service Management
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
5 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 3 (27.27%) Matrix Management
5 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
6 2 (18.18%) Business Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 2 (18.18%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (18.18%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) PMI Certification
1 8 (72.73%) PMP
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CIMA
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMBOK
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle