PRINCE Contract Job Trends in Scotland

PRINCE
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PRINCE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 113 132
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +38
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% 0.11% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.13% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £419 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile £523 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £492
% change year-on-year +17.65% -13.62% -1.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

PRINCE 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,445 1,548 2,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 89.81% 86.19% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 896 1,363
10th Percentile £250 £204 £243
25th Percentile £384 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £534 £573
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 45 53
10th Percentile £14.94 £12.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.75 £13.28
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +15.17% +2.29%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £41.32 £39.30 £77.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -30.14% -17.88% +25.26%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

PRINCE job vacancy trend in Scotland

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE

PRINCE
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Edinburgh +3 1 £535 +7.00% 1
West Lothian - 1 £413 -
PRINCE
UK

PRINCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle