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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 99 106
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 -14
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 166 67 79
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.51% 1.92% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.15% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 40 49
10th Percentile £375 £153 £361
25th Percentile £490 £381 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £653 £702
England median daily rate £550 £525 £522
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.63% -0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 10
10th Percentile £59.93 - £26.97
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +215.79%
75th Percentile £83.56 - £74.69
90th Percentile £89.35 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £32.29
% change year-on-year -14.29% +116.79% +37.38%

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 5,340 3,110 3,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.59% 89.16% 82.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,212 1,940 2,302
10th Percentile £280 £220 £256
25th Percentile £425 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £656 £693
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 614 307 266
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.50 £31.44
Median hourly rate £52.43 £20.75 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +152.65% -63.82% +9.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £71.86
90th Percentile £85.82 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 95 £559 +6.43% 60
Berkshire +2 57 £575 +9.52% 29
Hampshire -9 50 £550 - 26
Buckinghamshire -2 36 £552 +7.64% 19
Surrey -7 13 £538 -17.31% 16
Kent -2 2 £550 +254.84% 12
Oxfordshire -24 2 £253 - 14
West Sussex -29 2 - - 3
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 6 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.81%) Confluence
2 3 (1.81%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (16.27%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.22%) NEC Housing
2 5 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.41%) Primavera
4 2 (1.20%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.27%) Azure
2 13 (7.83%) Power Platform
3 11 (6.63%) AWS
3 11 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.02%) SaaS
5 6 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.61%) Smartsheet
6 5 (3.01%) GCP
7 4 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.41%) IaaS
8 3 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.60%) GitHub
10 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.61%) Firewall
1 6 (3.61%) LAN
1 6 (3.61%) SD-WAN
1 6 (3.61%) WAN
2 4 (2.41%) DNS
3 3 (1.81%) BGP
3 3 (1.81%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.81%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.81%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.81%) IPsec
3 3 (1.81%) MPLS
3 3 (1.81%) Network Security
3 3 (1.81%) OSPF
3 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.81%) VLAN
3 3 (1.81%) VPN
3 3 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.83%) Power BI
2 7 (4.22%) Metadata
3 3 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (9.04%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 53 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.70%) Finance
3 27 (16.27%) Aerospace
4 20 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.64%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (7.23%) Manufacturing
7 10 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.61%) Local Government
9 2 (1.20%) Billing
9 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Legal
9 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Aviation
10 1 (0.60%) Back Office
10 1 (0.60%) Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (29.52%) Project Manager
2 31 (18.67%) Delivery Manager
3 25 (15.06%) Product Manager
4 19 (11.45%) Senior
5 16 (9.64%) Product Delivery Manager
5 16 (9.64%) Test Manager
6 12 (7.23%) Analyst
6 12 (7.23%) Senior Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Lead
8 8 (4.82%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (4.82%) Technical Manager
9 7 (4.22%) Architect
9 7 (4.22%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (3.61%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.61%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.61%) Project Officer
10 6 (3.61%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (3.01%) Programme Manager
11 5 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.01%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.81%) ADO
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.65%) Management Information System
1 21 (12.65%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.02%) PMI
3 8 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.22%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.81%) Mobile Payment
7 3 (1.81%) NHS
7 3 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.81%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.20%) FMCG
8 2 (1.20%) PKI
8 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.61%) Windows
2 3 (1.81%) Linux
2 3 (1.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (63.86%) Agile
2 81 (48.80%) Project Management
3 67 (40.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (36.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (35.54%) ITIL
6 44 (26.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 42 (25.30%) Project Delivery
7 42 (25.30%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 32 (19.28%) Roadmaps
9 31 (18.67%) Change Management
10 30 (18.07%) Change Control
10 30 (18.07%) Waterfall
11 29 (17.47%) Risk Management
12 27 (16.27%) Scrum
12 27 (16.27%) Service Management
13 26 (15.66%) Project Planning
14 25 (15.06%) Computer Science
15 22 (13.25%) Decision-Making
15 22 (13.25%) Programme Management
16 20 (12.05%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.41%) SQL
2 2 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 99 (59.64%) Security Cleared
2 62 (37.35%) Degree
3 60 (36.14%) SC Cleared
4 36 (21.69%) DV Cleared
5 35 (21.08%) PMP
6 34 (20.48%) PMI Certification
7 33 (19.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 16 (9.64%) ISTQB
9 9 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (4.22%) ISEB
10 7 (4.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 6 (3.61%) CCNP
12 4 (2.41%) CISM
12 4 (2.41%) CISSP
12 4 (2.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.81%) CLAS
13 3 (1.81%) CREST Certified
13 3 (1.81%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.02%) PMO
2 9 (5.42%) QA
3 8 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.22%) GDPR
4 7 (4.22%) NIST
5 5 (3.01%) GRC
6 4 (2.41%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.41%) NCSC
7 3 (1.81%) ISO 31000
7 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 3 (1.81%) ISA Server
1 3 (1.81%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.81%) CASB
1 3 (1.81%) MOM
2 2 (1.20%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.23%) Oracle
3 9 (5.42%) Cisco
4 8 (4.82%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.22%) NEC
6 6 (3.61%) F5
6 6 (3.61%) Google
6 6 (3.61%) SAP
6 6 (3.61%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.81%) Aruba
7 3 (1.81%) Centrify
7 3 (1.81%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.81%) EMC
7 3 (1.81%) Juniper
7 3 (1.81%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.81%) Qualys
7 3 (1.81%) Splunk
7 3 (1.81%) Tripwire
7 3 (1.81%) VMware