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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 84 122
Rank change year-on-year +11 +38 -39
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 128 73 84
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.68% 2.31% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 2.56% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 60 70
10th Percentile £340 £268 £363
25th Percentile £458 £411 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -8.26% +18.48%
75th Percentile £607 £588 £677
90th Percentile £670 £700 £1,071
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.64 - £19.00
75th Percentile £91.31 - £21.00
90th Percentile £96.05 - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £28.37 £33.07
% change year-on-year +60.27% -14.21% -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 4,001 2,857 4,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.70% 90.47% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 1,758 2,880
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £612 £614
90th Percentile £694 £675 £694
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 104 356
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.29 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.94 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% -7.49% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.78 £75.35 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -2 72 £535 +18.89% 30
Berkshire +9 61 £543 +20.56% 17
Hampshire +7 42 £525 +1.45% 15
Buckinghamshire -3 8 £513 +5.18% 8
West Sussex -7 8 £525 +40.00% 6
Surrey -12 8 £513 -10.87% 5
East Sussex - 5 £725 - 6
Oxfordshire -15 3 £438 -16.67% 9
Kent -8 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 25 (19.53%) SharePoint
2 16 (12.50%) Confluence
3 7 (5.47%) CMS
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 41 (32.03%) Microsoft Project
2 31 (24.22%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (17.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.81%) Primavera
2 5 (3.91%) 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 18 (14.06%) Azure
2 16 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.94%) SaaS
4 5 (3.91%) AWS
5 3 (2.34%) Miro
6 2 (1.56%) GCP
6 2 (1.56%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
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%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) Kong
7 1 (0.78%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.91%) WAN
1 5 (3.91%) Wireless
2 4 (3.13%) 5G
2 4 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.34%) Firewall
4 2 (1.56%) 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 14 (10.94%) Power BI
2 9 (7.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 8 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Metadata
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (14.06%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 62 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 41 (32.03%) Finance
3 16 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.81%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.34%) Automotive
8 3 (2.34%) Banking
8 3 (2.34%) Retail
9 2 (1.56%) Back Office
9 2 (1.56%) Billing
9 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Electronics
10 1 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Military
10 1 (0.78%) Police
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (38.28%) Project Manager
2 16 (12.50%) Project Planner
3 13 (10.16%) Delivery Manager
4 10 (7.81%) Lead
5 9 (7.03%) Analyst
6 8 (6.25%) Senior
7 7 (5.47%) Integration Manager
7 7 (5.47%) PMO Analyst
7 7 (5.47%) PMO Lead
7 7 (5.47%) Programme Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Data Centre Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Oracle Project Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Project Officer
9 5 (3.91%) Project Support Officer
9 5 (3.91%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) ADO
2 2 (1.56%) 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 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 8 (6.25%) Mobile App
1 8 (6.25%) PMI
2 5 (3.91%) Virtual Team
3 4 (3.13%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.13%) SCADA
3 4 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.56%) NHS
5 2 (1.56%) PKI
6 1 (0.78%) CCTV
6 1 (0.78%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (0.78%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.78%) iSeries
6 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.78%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (57.81%) Project Management
2 61 (47.66%) Agile
3 40 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (28.13%) Project Delivery
5 31 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (22.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (21.09%) Waterfall
8 25 (19.53%) ITIL
9 19 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (14.84%) Risk Management
10 18 (14.06%) Change Management
10 18 (14.06%) Matrix Organization
11 17 (13.28%) DevOps
12 16 (12.50%) Programme Management
13 14 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (10.94%) Scrum
14 13 (10.16%) Budget Management
14 13 (10.16%) Decision-Making
14 13 (10.16%) Project Governance
14 13 (10.16%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.78%) Bicep
1 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.25%) PMI Certification
1 40 (31.25%) PMP
2 37 (28.91%) Security Cleared
3 34 (26.56%) Degree
4 24 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 17 (13.28%) DV Cleared
6 9 (7.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (4.69%) CISM
7 6 (4.69%) CISSP
8 4 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.34%) APMG
10 2 (1.56%) APMP
10 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.56%) ISEB
10 2 (1.56%) 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 (32.03%) PMO
2 10 (7.81%) QA
3 7 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.47%) NIST
4 5 (3.91%) NCSC
4 5 (3.91%) P3O
5 3 (2.34%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.56%) GDPR
7 1 (0.78%) COBIT
7 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.78%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.13%) 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 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.94%) Oracle
3 9 (7.03%) SAP
4 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.56%) Cisco
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%) Meraki
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