PRINCE2 Contracts in the North of England

PRINCE 2
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 129 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 -24 -25
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 58 53 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.75% 1.13% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.33% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 101
10th Percentile £310 £276 £281
25th Percentile £388 £316 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +18.90%
75th Percentile £581 £563 £569
90th Percentile £700 £636 £650
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £24.31 - £22.97
25th Percentile £25.56 £15.92 £23.81
Median hourly rate £28.37 £44.74 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +74.05% -22.98%
75th Percentile £29.86 - £28.10
90th Percentile £31.00 - £29.24
England median hourly rate £39.03 £30.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year +28.53% -32.52% +30.91%

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 2,981 3,994 5,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.95% 85.49% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 2,432 3,563
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 362 203
10th Percentile £13.64 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £15.97
Median hourly rate £27.31 £17.72 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.13% -38.90% +53.09%
75th Percentile £58.10 £45.00 £46.03
90th Percentile £83.74 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -0.85% +50.00%

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 11 May 2025.

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
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 11 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
North West +8 33 £525 +34.44% 78
Yorkshire +23 21 £500 -4.76% 41
North East -5 4 £563 +7.14% 11
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 3 (5.17%) Confluence
1 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.90%) MS Visio
4 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (3.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.72%) Asana
2 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
2 1 (1.72%) OCI
2 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (18.97%) JIRA
General
1 31 (53.45%) Social Skills
2 23 (39.66%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Legal
7 4 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.17%) Banking
8 3 (5.17%) Local Government
8 3 (5.17%) Marketing
8 3 (5.17%) Military
9 2 (3.45%) Retail
9 2 (3.45%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.72%) Billing
10 1 (1.72%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (48.28%) Project Manager
2 15 (25.86%) Lead
3 6 (10.34%) Analyst
3 6 (10.34%) Programme Manager
4 4 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 4 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (6.90%) Technical Manager
4 4 (6.90%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 3 (5.17%) Security Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Business Change Project Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Information Assurance Leader
6 2 (3.45%) PMO Lead
6 2 (3.45%) Programme Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) PMI
2 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) CMDB
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (86.21%) Project Management
2 30 (51.72%) Change Management
3 23 (39.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (32.76%) Agile
6 17 (29.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (25.86%) Budget Management
8 13 (22.41%) Project Delivery
9 12 (20.69%) Roadmaps
10 11 (18.97%) ITIL
10 11 (18.97%) Risk Management
11 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (15.52%) Business Case
12 9 (15.52%) Project Planning
12 9 (15.52%) Waterfall
13 8 (13.79%) Data Protection
13 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
13 8 (13.79%) Matrix Management
14 7 (12.07%) Line Management
14 7 (12.07%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 20 (34.48%) PMP
3 18 (31.03%) Degree
4 5 (8.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (8.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.17%) APMG
6 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.72%) APMP
7 1 (1.72%) CBAP
7 1 (1.72%) CIMA
7 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) HL7
3 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Oracle
3 3 (5.17%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) Google
4 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) Workday