PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the North of England

PRINCE 2
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 98 94
Rank change year-on-year -49 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 63 65 91
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.33% 1.82% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 2.09% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 35 74
10th Percentile £328 £325 £200
25th Percentile £414 £413 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £508 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.94% +1.45%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £573
90th Percentile £699 £690 £600
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 1
10th Percentile £39.47 £25.21 -
25th Percentile - £27.79 £30.03
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.71 £30.05
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% +35.47% -28.45%
75th Percentile - £55.79 £30.08
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.78 £22.05
% change year-on-year +47.69% +39.59% -51.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,195 3,105 4,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.54% 86.78% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,787 1,767 2,728
10th Percentile £215 £263 £293
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 155 189
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.32 £17.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £51.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £66.80 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the North of England

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 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
North West -20 34 £500 -9.09% 42
Yorkshire -48 27 £419 -11.89% 31
North East -16 2 £775 +34.78% 4
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.94%) Confluence
2 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.59%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.59%) Primavera
2 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.29%) Smartsheet
2 6 (9.52%) OpenShift
3 3 (4.76%) Azure
4 2 (3.17%) Asana
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.17%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
5 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 12 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 41 (65.08%) Social Skills
2 22 (34.92%) Finance
3 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Banking
4 7 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Legal
6 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Local Government
6 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
7 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Automotive
8 1 (1.59%) Billing
8 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 16 (25.40%) Lead
3 8 (12.70%) Senior
4 7 (11.11%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Integration Manager
6 4 (6.35%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Senior PMO
7 3 (4.76%) Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Integration Project Manager
7 3 (4.76%) IT Programme Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.76%) SAP Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Project Support Officer
8 2 (3.17%) Service Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Technical Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.22%) Virtual Team
2 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.76%) PMI
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.17%) EPoS
4 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.17%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Life Science
5 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.59%) NHS
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (76.19%) Agile
2 47 (74.60%) Project Management
3 28 (44.44%) Project Delivery
4 27 (42.86%) Change Management
5 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (34.92%) DevOps
7 21 (33.33%) ITIL
8 19 (30.16%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (26.98%) Budget Management
10 17 (26.98%) Service Delivery
10 17 (26.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (23.81%) Agile Project Management
11 15 (23.81%) Lean Six Sigma
11 15 (23.81%) Six Sigma
12 14 (22.22%) Security Management
13 12 (19.05%) Waterfall
14 10 (15.87%) Migration
14 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (12.70%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 32 (50.79%) Degree
2 23 (36.51%) PMI Certification
2 23 (36.51%) PMP
3 17 (26.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) APMG
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) CISSP
6 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) ISEB
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) PMO
2 5 (7.94%) GDPR
2 5 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.94%) P3O
2 5 (7.94%) QA
3 2 (3.17%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.59%) COBIT
4 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.59%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) SAP
3 4 (6.35%) Oracle
3 4 (6.35%) Planview
4 2 (3.17%) Ariba
4 2 (3.17%) Wrike
5 1 (1.59%) Avaya
5 1 (1.59%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.59%) Concur
5 1 (1.59%) Epicor
5 1 (1.59%) Genesys
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce