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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 88 135
Rank change year-on-year +7 +47 -54
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 129 74 69
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.64% 2.34% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.57% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 60 59
10th Percentile £340 £268 £357
25th Percentile £455 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -0.24% +13.04%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £591
90th Percentile £670 £700 £690
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - -
Median hourly rate £81.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% - -
75th Percentile £84.00 - -
90th Percentile £94.75 - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £29.23 £33.07
% change year-on-year +55.53% -11.60% -26.52%

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 4,090 2,874 4,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.66% 91.04% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,684 1,782 2,884
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £401 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £600 £610 £613
90th Percentile £693 £671 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 109 357
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.05 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -41.35% -5.15% +0.47%
75th Percentile £60.90 £62.50 £62.54
90th Percentile £84.00 £75.10 £76.53
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.31% -2.26%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +4 74 £535 +14.75% 16
Berkshire +6 63 £535 +18.89% 10
Hampshire -4 41 £513 -4.21% 7
Surrey -3 8 £513 -10.87% 2
Buckinghamshire -14 8 £513 +3.85% 4
West Sussex -7 7 £525 +5.00% 3
East Sussex - 5 £725 - 3
Oxfordshire -15 3 £438 -16.67% 6
Kent -7 2 £471 -14.32% 2
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 23 (17.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (12.40%) Confluence
3 8 (6.20%) CMS
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 41 (31.78%) Microsoft Project
2 31 (24.03%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (7.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.75%) Primavera
2 5 (3.88%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.63%) Azure
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (10.85%) Power Platform
3 13 (10.08%) SaaS
4 12 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.10%) AWS
6 2 (1.55%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.55%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.78%) Apigee
7 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.78%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) GCP
7 1 (0.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.78%) Miro
7 1 (0.78%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) WAN
1 5 (3.88%) Wireless
2 4 (3.10%) 5G
2 4 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.33%) Firewall
4 2 (1.55%) LAN
5 1 (0.78%) 2G
5 1 (0.78%) BGP
5 1 (0.78%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.78%) DNS
5 1 (0.78%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.78%) Network Security
5 1 (0.78%) OSPF
5 1 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.78%) VoIP
5 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.30%) Power BI
2 9 (6.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 8 (6.20%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (13.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 61 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 42 (32.56%) Finance
3 15 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.75%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.20%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.65%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.88%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.33%) Automotive
10 3 (2.33%) Banking
10 3 (2.33%) Retail
11 2 (1.55%) Back Office
11 2 (1.55%) Billing
11 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Marketing
12 1 (0.78%) Electronics
12 1 (0.78%) Military
12 1 (0.78%) Police
12 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (37.21%) Project Manager
2 16 (12.40%) Project Planner
3 13 (10.08%) Delivery Manager
4 11 (8.53%) Lead
5 9 (6.98%) Analyst
5 9 (6.98%) Senior
6 7 (5.43%) Integration Manager
6 7 (5.43%) PMO Analyst
6 7 (5.43%) PMO Lead
6 7 (5.43%) Programme Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Data Centre Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Project Officer
8 5 (3.88%) Project Support Officer
8 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Security Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) ADO
2 2 (1.55%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.78%) Kafka
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.20%) Data Centre
1 8 (6.20%) Mobile App
1 8 (6.20%) PMI
2 5 (3.88%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.88%) Virtual Team
3 4 (3.10%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.10%) SCADA
3 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.55%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.55%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.55%) NHS
5 2 (1.55%) PKI
6 1 (0.78%) CCTV
6 1 (0.78%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (0.78%) iSeries
6 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.78%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.78%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (56.59%) Project Management
2 58 (44.96%) Agile
3 41 (31.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (29.46%) Project Delivery
5 30 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (22.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (20.93%) ITIL
8 25 (19.38%) Waterfall
9 19 (14.73%) Change Management
9 19 (14.73%) Risk Management
10 18 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (13.18%) Programme Management
12 16 (12.40%) Matrix Organization
13 15 (11.63%) Budget Management
13 15 (11.63%) DevOps
13 15 (11.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 13 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (10.08%) Decision-Making
14 13 (10.08%) Project Governance
14 13 (10.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.78%) Bicep
1 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.01%) Security Cleared
2 39 (30.23%) PMI Certification
2 39 (30.23%) PMP
3 35 (27.13%) Degree
4 26 (20.16%) SC Cleared
5 17 (13.18%) DV Cleared
6 10 (7.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (4.65%) CISM
7 6 (4.65%) CISSP
8 4 (3.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.33%) APMG
10 2 (1.55%) APMP
10 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.55%) ISEB
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.78%) CBAP
11 1 (0.78%) CCNA
11 1 (0.78%) CCNP
11 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.78%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (31.78%) PMO
2 10 (7.75%) QA
3 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.98%) NIST
4 5 (3.88%) NCSC
4 5 (3.88%) P3O
5 3 (2.33%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.78%) COBIT
6 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.78%) GDPR
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Grafana
1 1 (0.78%) Istio
1 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.78%) linkerd
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.78%) SCCM
1 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.30%) Oracle
3 9 (6.98%) SAP
4 4 (3.10%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.55%) Cisco
7 1 (0.78%) Adobe
7 1 (0.78%) Ariba
7 1 (0.78%) Aruba
7 1 (0.78%) BT
7 1 (0.78%) Citrix
7 1 (0.78%) F5
7 1 (0.78%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.78%) IBM
7 1 (0.78%) Juniper
7 1 (0.78%) NetApp
7 1 (0.78%) Planview
7 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.78%) Splunk
7 1 (0.78%) VMware