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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 97 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 18 40 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.88% 1.44% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.71% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 59
10th Percentile £215 £270 £284
25th Percentile £335 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £391 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.27% -21.80% +25.00%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £547
90th Percentile £825 £675 £604
England median daily rate £513 £523 £520
% change year-on-year -2.08% +0.65% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £32.58 £15.92 -
25th Percentile £33.82 £30.33 -
Median hourly rate £35.88 £44.74 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% +99.64% -25.30%
75th Percentile £37.94 £50.26 -
90th Percentile £39.18 £55.79 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £33.07 £45.00
% change year-on-year +111.70% -26.52% +52.54%

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 1,826 2,338 2,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.77% 84.13% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 1,426 1,901
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £380 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.08% -1.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 265 150
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.00 £15.98
25th Percentile £19.13 £14.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.76 £28.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -8.32% +26.72%
75th Percentile £61.50 £46.18 £45.90
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.61 £62.09
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +13 11 £358 -24.63% 58
Lancashire -8 2 £530 +22.90% 44
Cumbria -1 1 - - 6
Cheshire -16 1 - - 23
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:

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) JIRA
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Marketing
5 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Billing
6 1 (5.56%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Local Government
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (33.33%) Lead
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Service Transition Leader
5 1 (5.56%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.56%) PMO Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Process Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Project Assurance Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Project Management
2 11 (61.11%) Change Management
3 9 (50.00%) ITIL
3 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (33.33%) Agile
7 5 (27.78%) Service Management
8 4 (22.22%) Budget Management
8 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (16.67%) Business Transformation
9 3 (16.67%) Customer Experience
9 3 (16.67%) DevOps
9 3 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
9 3 (16.67%) Matrix Management
9 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 3 (16.67%) Process Management
9 3 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) PMP
2 10 (55.56%) PMI Certification
3 5 (27.78%) Degree
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.56%) CIMA
5 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Ariba
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Workday