PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the South East

PRINCE 2
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 90 128
Rank change year-on-year +15 +38 -50
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 116 76 76
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.69% 2.26% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 2.54% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 59 62
10th Percentile £360 £266 £363
25th Percentile £463 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +12.67%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £700
90th Percentile £653 £700 £1,141
England median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% +52.63% -57.78%
75th Percentile £94.38 £36.69 £21.00
90th Percentile £99.20 £46.93 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £29.00 £23.35
% change year-on-year +56.76% +24.20% -48.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,629 2,988 4,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.22% 88.98% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 1,848 2,840
10th Percentile £226 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 257
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the South East

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the South East

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the South East

PRINCE2
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Thames Valley +9 67 £535 +18.76% 25
Berkshire +11 56 £543 +20.56% 11
Hampshire +3 34 £525 -4.55% 14
Buckinghamshire +3 8 £513 +2.55% 9
West Sussex -1 8 £525 +65.35% 3
Surrey -8 7 £500 -13.04% 8
East Sussex +7 4 - - 4
Kent -1 4 £265 -51.82% 8
Oxfordshire -12 3 £525 +2.44% 5
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (22.41%) SharePoint
2 15 (12.93%) Confluence
3 7 (6.03%) CMS
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 38 (32.76%) Microsoft Project
2 32 (27.59%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Primavera
2 3 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.52%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (13.79%) Azure
3 14 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (11.21%) Power Platform
4 13 (11.21%) SaaS
5 3 (2.59%) AWS
5 3 (2.59%) Miro
6 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.72%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.86%) GCP
7 1 (0.86%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.45%) 5G
2 3 (2.59%) DNS
2 3 (2.59%) Firewall
2 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.59%) WAN
2 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.59%) Wireless
3 2 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.86%) 2G
4 1 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) Power BI
2 9 (7.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 7 (6.03%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) Metadata
4 1 (0.86%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 56 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 35 (30.17%) Finance
3 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.17%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.45%) Retail
6 4 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.59%) Automotive
7 3 (2.59%) Back Office
7 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Law
7 3 (2.59%) Legal
8 2 (1.72%) Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Billing
9 1 (0.86%) Electronics
9 1 (0.86%) Marketing
9 1 (0.86%) Military
9 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (43.97%) Project Manager
2 13 (11.21%) Project Planner
3 7 (6.03%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (6.03%) Integration Manager
3 7 (6.03%) Senior
3 7 (6.03%) Support Officer
4 6 (5.17%) Analyst
4 6 (5.17%) Lead
5 5 (4.31%) Data Centre Manager
5 5 (4.31%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 5 (4.31%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 5 (4.31%) IT Manager
5 5 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (4.31%) Oracle Project Manager
5 5 (4.31%) PMO Analyst
5 5 (4.31%) Programme Manager
5 5 (4.31%) Project Officer
5 5 (4.31%) Project Support Officer
5 5 (4.31%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 5 (4.31%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) ADO
2 2 (1.72%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 7 (6.03%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.03%) PMI
3 5 (4.31%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.72%) Life Science
5 2 (1.72%) NHS
5 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.72%) PKI
5 2 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.72%) SCADA
6 1 (0.86%) CCTV
6 1 (0.86%) EPoS
6 1 (0.86%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.86%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (57.76%) Project Management
2 53 (45.69%) Agile
3 35 (30.17%) Project Delivery
3 35 (30.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (18.97%) Waterfall
7 21 (18.10%) ITIL
8 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (14.66%) Matrix Organization
8 17 (14.66%) Risk Management
9 16 (13.79%) DevOps
10 15 (12.93%) Project Governance
11 14 (12.07%) Change Management
12 13 (11.21%) Programme Management
13 12 (10.34%) CRM
14 11 (9.48%) Budget Management
14 11 (9.48%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (9.48%) Scrum
15 10 (8.62%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (31.90%) PMI Certification
2 35 (30.17%) PMP
3 31 (26.72%) Degree
4 28 (24.14%) Security Cleared
5 17 (14.66%) DV Cleared
6 15 (12.93%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.17%) CISM
7 6 (5.17%) CISSP
8 5 (4.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (4.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.86%) APMG
10 1 (0.86%) APMP
10 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.86%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (30.17%) PMO
2 10 (8.62%) QA
3 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.17%) NIST
4 4 (3.45%) GDPR
4 4 (3.45%) P3O
5 3 (2.59%) JSP 440
5 3 (2.59%) NCSC
6 2 (1.72%) COBIT
6 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.72%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.72%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.86%) SCCM
1 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.34%) Oracle
3 8 (6.90%) SAP
4 3 (2.59%) Citrix
4 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.59%) VMware
5 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.86%) BT
6 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.86%) NetApp
6 1 (0.86%) Planview