PRINCE2 Contracts in the North of England

PRINCE 2
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 102 76
Rank change year-on-year -26 -26 +30
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 58 130 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.21% 2.22% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 2.45% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 112 179
10th Percentile £276 £282 £220
25th Percentile £325 £374 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +15.85% -7.03%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £501
90th Percentile £638 £650 £578
England median daily rate £525 £520 £475
% change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile - £23.53 £21.60
25th Percentile £15.92 £25.21 £26.25
Median hourly rate £44.74 £29.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +54.28% -15.64% +44.74%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £36.75
90th Percentile - £52.00 £45.81
England median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.52% +28.57% +31.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

PRINCE2 is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,105 5,316 6,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.81% 90.87% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,531 3,697 4,628
10th Percentile £288 £300 £237
25th Percentile £400 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £688 £649
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 216 262
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.48 £15.50 £13.06
Median hourly rate £17.61 £27.50 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -35.96% +47.12% -0.01%
75th Percentile £44.24 £45.05 £33.37
90th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £51.72
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
North West -11 42 £398 -18.36% 36
Yorkshire -9 13 £513 +5.13% 15
North East +15 3 £525 +87.50% 10
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Sage X3
2 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.72%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) Azure
1 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 27 (46.55%) Finance
2 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Retail
6 4 (6.90%) Banking
6 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (5.17%) Front Office
8 2 (3.45%) Digital Economy
8 2 (3.45%) Legal
8 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.72%) Billing
9 1 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.52%) IT Manager
3 8 (13.79%) Programme Manager
4 7 (12.07%) IT Project Manager
5 6 (10.34%) Senior
6 4 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Senior Programme Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Accountant
7 3 (5.17%) Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Lead
7 3 (5.17%) SAP Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Scrum Master
7 3 (5.17%) Systems Accountant
8 2 (3.45%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Finance Manager
8 2 (3.45%) Project Management Assistant
8 2 (3.45%) Service Transition Leader
8 2 (3.45%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.34%) NHS
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) PMI
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.72%) Smart City
5 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
1 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.72%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) Project Management
2 27 (46.55%) Agile
3 17 (29.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (20.69%) Waterfall
5 11 (18.97%) Change Management
5 11 (18.97%) Project Delivery
6 9 (15.52%) Line Management
7 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (13.79%) ITIL
8 7 (12.07%) Budget Management
8 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.07%) Programme Governance
8 7 (12.07%) Risk Management
8 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (10.34%) Business Continuity
9 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 6 (10.34%) ERP
9 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.34%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) Degree
2 15 (25.86%) PMI Certification
3 13 (22.41%) PMP
4 4 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.17%) CCNA
5 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (3.45%) MCSE
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.72%) APMP
7 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.72%) CAPM
7 1 (1.72%) MCP
7 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) PMO
2 3 (5.17%) P3O
3 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.45%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) COREP
4 1 (1.72%) FINREP
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
4 1 (1.72%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) SAP
3 6 (10.34%) Cadence
4 4 (6.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.17%) Sage
6 2 (3.45%) VMware
7 1 (1.72%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (1.72%) Adobe
7 1 (1.72%) Ariba
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle