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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 91 130
Rank change year-on-year +11 +39 -53
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 118 80 80
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.70% 2.18% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.47% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 58 64
10th Percentile £311 £264 £319
25th Percentile £463 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £531
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -4.94% +13.96%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £700
90th Percentile £650 £700 £1,124
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 2
10th Percentile - - £13.55
25th Percentile £17.25 £27.00 £14.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £67.50 £16.09
Median % change year-on-year -74.07% +319.65% -64.26%
75th Percentile £94.38 £75.00 £19.04
90th Percentile £99.20 - £20.22
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.69 £22.10
% change year-on-year +48.15% +38.85% -50.89%

All Process and 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 3,718 3,243 4,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.06% 88.29% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,430 2,018 2,885
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 122 223
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.43 £18.59
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.99 £26.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -51.22% -15.46% +45.49%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.76 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 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
Thames Valley +8 69 £535 +17.20% 19
Berkshire +12 56 £535 +18.89% 9
Hampshire -4 30 £525 -4.55% 11
Buckinghamshire +11 10 £535 +7.00% 4
West Sussex -4 8 £525 +65.35% 1
Surrey +1 7 £500 -13.04% 7
Kent +6 6 £155 -71.82% 7
East Sussex +9 4 - - 2
Oxfordshire -14 3 £525 - 6
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
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 31 (26.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (13.56%) Confluence
3 8 (6.78%) CMS
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (27.97%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (26.27%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (15.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (6.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Primavera
2 2 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.85%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.80%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (13.56%) Azure
3 15 (12.71%) Power Platform
4 14 (11.86%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (11.02%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) Miro
7 3 (2.54%) AWS
7 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.69%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.69%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.85%) GCP
9 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) 5G
1 6 (5.08%) DNS
1 6 (5.08%) Firewall
1 6 (5.08%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.24%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (4.24%) VPN
2 5 (4.24%) Wireless
3 3 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.85%) 2G
4 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.85%) VoIP
4 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.02%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (4.24%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Metadata
4 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (14.41%) JIRA
General
1 60 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.81%) Finance
3 12 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.78%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.93%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.08%) Law
7 6 (5.08%) Legal
7 6 (5.08%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.24%) Retail
9 4 (3.39%) Automotive
10 3 (2.54%) Back Office
10 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.69%) Banking
12 1 (0.85%) Billing
12 1 (0.85%) Electronics
12 1 (0.85%) Marketing
12 1 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (42.37%) Project Manager
2 11 (9.32%) Senior
3 10 (8.47%) Analyst
4 9 (7.63%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (7.63%) Support Officer
5 7 (5.93%) Project Planner
6 6 (5.08%) Lead
6 6 (5.08%) PMO Analyst
6 6 (5.08%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Data Centre Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Officer
7 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (4.24%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.24%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (4.24%) IT Support
7 5 (4.24%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Service Desk Officer
7 5 (4.24%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) ADO
2 2 (1.69%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.63%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.93%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.93%) PMI
3 6 (5.08%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.69%) Life Science
6 2 (1.69%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.69%) PKI
6 2 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.69%) SCADA
7 1 (0.85%) CCTV
7 1 (0.85%) EPoS
7 1 (0.85%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.85%) NHS
7 1 (0.85%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.85%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Windows
2 6 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.24%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (51.69%) Project Management
2 57 (48.31%) Agile
3 36 (30.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (28.81%) Project Delivery
5 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (24.58%) ITIL
7 28 (23.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (18.64%) Waterfall
9 19 (16.10%) Matrix Organization
10 17 (14.41%) DevOps
10 17 (14.41%) Project Governance
11 16 (13.56%) CRM
12 15 (12.71%) Programme Management
12 15 (12.71%) Scrum
13 14 (11.86%) Change Management
13 14 (11.86%) Risk Management
14 12 (10.17%) Budget Management
15 10 (8.47%) Business Case
15 10 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (34.75%) PMI Certification
2 38 (32.20%) PMP
3 30 (25.42%) Degree
4 27 (22.88%) Security Cleared
5 16 (13.56%) DV Cleared
6 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.08%) CISM
7 6 (5.08%) CISSP
8 5 (4.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.85%) APMG
12 1 (0.85%) APMP
12 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (25.42%) PMO
2 13 (11.02%) QA
3 7 (5.93%) GDPR
4 6 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.08%) NIST
5 4 (3.39%) P3O
6 3 (2.54%) JSP 440
6 3 (2.54%) NCSC
6 3 (2.54%) SLA
7 2 (1.69%) COBIT
7 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.69%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.08%) Hyper-V
2 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.24%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.85%) SCCM
1 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.17%) Oracle
3 9 (7.63%) SAP
4 6 (5.08%) Citrix
4 6 (5.08%) VMware
5 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.85%) NetApp
7 1 (0.85%) Planview
7 1 (0.85%) Workday