PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

PRINCE 2
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 98 47
Rank change year-on-year +20 -51 +27
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 35 18 104
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.28% 1.07% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 1.20% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 67
10th Percentile £402 £336 £253
25th Percentile £427 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.55%
75th Percentile £536 £488 £688
90th Percentile £576 £500 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £30.78 £22.05
% change year-on-year +47.69% +39.59% -51.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,344 1,500 2,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.50% 89.07% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 888 1,341
10th Percentile £238 £221 £250
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 54
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +20.70% +3.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £48.98 £32.66 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Scotland

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
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 PRINCE2 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Edinburgh +18 17 £450 -5.26% 5
Glasgow -5 11 £475 +5.56% 3
West Lothian - 3 £413 -
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) AWS
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.86%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 12 (34.29%) Finance
4 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Retail
6 2 (5.71%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Release Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Integration Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.86%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) CMDB
1 4 (11.43%) Freedom of Information
1 4 (11.43%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (8.57%) EPoS
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) PMI
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
1 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Solaris
2 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Agile
1 27 (77.14%) Project Management
2 14 (40.00%) ITIL
3 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (31.43%) Project Delivery
5 10 (28.57%) Change Management
5 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (20.00%) SDLC
7 6 (17.14%) Business Case
7 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
8 5 (14.29%) Data Protection
8 5 (14.29%) DevOps
8 5 (14.29%) Migration
8 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
9 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
9 4 (11.43%) Data Migration
9 4 (11.43%) Dependency Management
9 4 (11.43%) Project Governance
9 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) PMP
2 9 (25.71%) PMI Certification
3 7 (20.00%) Degree
4 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (5.71%) HND
5 2 (5.71%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (5.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (14.29%) PMO
3 4 (11.43%) GDPR
4 1 (2.86%) COBIT
4 1 (2.86%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.57%) IBM
3 3 (8.57%) Oracle
3 3 (8.57%) Remedy
4 2 (5.71%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) Avaya
5 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.86%) Planview
5 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.86%) Workday