PRINCE2 Contracts in the North West

PRINCE 2
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 97 89
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -29
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 32 40 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.63% 1.45% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.68% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 30 59
10th Percentile £222 £270 £284
25th Percentile £357 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £391 £488
Median % change year-on-year +34.44% -19.90% +21.88%
75th Percentile £657 £566 £534
90th Percentile £725 £642 £569
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £24.63 - £23.53
25th Percentile £26.36 £15.92 £25.21
Median hourly rate £29.23 £44.74 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.67% +54.28% -15.64%
75th Percentile £30.50 - £43.75
90th Percentile £31.25 - £52.00
England median hourly rate £39.03 £33.07 £45.00
% change year-on-year +18.04% -26.52% +28.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +21 14 £404 +15.43% 37
Cheshire -4 6 £441 +12.80% 18
Merseyside +3 4 £649 +23.62% 4
Cumbria -2 3 - - 7
Lancashire -7 2 £400 -7.25% 31
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (9.38%) Confluence
2 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.13%) Asana
2 1 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (28.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Legal
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 3 (9.38%) Military
6 2 (6.25%) Local Government
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Billing
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.25%) ICT Manager
5 2 (6.25%) ICT Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) PMO Lead
6 1 (3.13%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.13%) SAP Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.13%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.13%) PMI
2 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (84.38%) Project Management
2 15 (46.88%) Change Management
3 13 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (34.38%) Agile
4 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (28.13%) Budget Management
5 9 (28.13%) ITIL
6 8 (25.00%) Business Case
6 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 8 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 7 (21.88%) Line Management
7 7 (21.88%) Matrix Management
7 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
8 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
8 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
8 5 (15.63%) Matrix Organization
8 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) PMI Certification
1 11 (34.38%) PMP
2 7 (21.88%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (6.25%) APMG
5 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.13%) APMP
6 1 (3.13%) CIMA
6 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle
3 3 (9.38%) SAP
4 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.13%) Google
5 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.13%) Workday