PRINCE2 Practitioner Contract Job Trends in the South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 163 169
Rank change year-on-year -35 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 28 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.42% 0.056% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.14% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 9
10th Percentile £450 - £411
25th Percentile £453 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £474
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.11%
75th Percentile £575 - £510
90th Percentile £578 - £551
England median daily rate £525 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.23% +1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £59.05 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile £68.60 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 - £63.50
% change year-on-year - - +395.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,950 1,405 2,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.34% 39.57% 44.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,993 903 1,300
10th Percentile £350 £238 £350
25th Percentile £463 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £730 £675 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 121 172
10th Percentile £18.25 - £18.37
25th Percentile £38.03 £18.87 £37.85
Median hourly rate £63.00 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +150.50% -56.15% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £64.52 £70.61
90th Percentile £95.40 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -9.09%

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PRINCE2 Practitioner job vacancy trend in the South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PRINCE2 Practitioner

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner in the South East over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PRINCE2 Practitioner

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner in the South East over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the South East

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 August 2026. 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
Hampshire -15 15 £450 - 5
Thames Valley - 7 £572 - 2
Surrey - 5 £525 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 5 £569 - 1
Berkshire - 2 £575 - 1
Kent - 1 £550 -
PRINCE2 Practitioner
England

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) NEC Housing
2 3 (10.71%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (14.29%) SaaS
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
4 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Project Manager
2 8 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Transition Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Construction Planner
4 3 (10.71%) Project Planner
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Commercial Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Systems Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Transition Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 19 (67.86%) Project Management
3 13 (46.43%) Project Planning
4 12 (42.86%) Software Testing
5 10 (35.71%) Project Delivery
5 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (32.14%) Agile
6 9 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (32.14%) Defect Management
7 8 (28.57%) Change Control
8 7 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (25.00%) ITIL
8 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (25.00%) Risk Management
8 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (21.43%) SDLC
10 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
10 5 (17.86%) Business Analysis
10 5 (17.86%) Waterfall
11 4 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Degree
1 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 9 (32.14%) ISTQB
4 4 (14.29%) ISEB
4 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 4 (14.29%) PMP
5 3 (10.71%) CBAP
5 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
5 3 (10.71%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (3.57%) APMP
7 1 (3.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) Data Quality
1 5 (17.86%) QA
2 4 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) NEC
3 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint