PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends in the North of England

PRINCE2 Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 22 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 160 185
Rank change year-on-year -26 +25 +45
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 4 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.12% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.49% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 14
10th Percentile £450 - £455
25th Percentile £450 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £650 £515
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +26.21% +47.14%
75th Percentile £888 - £588
90th Percentile - - £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £520
% change year-on-year -4.35% +10.58% +4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,201 1,014 1,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.34% 24.85% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 790 589 833
10th Percentile £306 £294 £280
25th Percentile £400 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £617 £600 £625
90th Percentile £703 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 78 75
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.92 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.22 £19.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +8.66% +30.77%
75th Percentile £47.12 £57.56 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.14 £76.08 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -53.43% +0.12% +19.86%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the North of England

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the North of England

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Yorkshire -17 2 £450 - 1
North West - 2 £875 - 1
PRINCE2 Certification
England

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) EPoS
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Presales
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP