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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 75 135
Rank change year-on-year +9 +60 -51
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 161 80 72
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.10% 2.68% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 2.92% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 59 56
10th Percentile £353 £294 £381
25th Percentile £456 £414 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £608 £594 £595
90th Percentile £667 £660 £663
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 6 3
10th Percentile £34.37 £60.65 -
25th Percentile £84.00 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £75.00 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% +308.72% -59.22%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £81.50 £31.76 £33.07
% change year-on-year +156.61% -3.95% -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 4,303 2,740 4,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.73% 91.79% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,820 1,732 2,914
10th Percentile £273 £250 £213
25th Percentile £405 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £612
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 136 380
10th Percentile £15.04 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +3.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £79.26 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +12 103 £535 +15.68% 29
Berkshire +26 92 £535 +18.82% 20
Hampshire -5 44 £500 -3.38% 14
Surrey -10 8 £513 -10.87% 5
Buckinghamshire -15 8 £513 +3.85% 6
West Sussex -8 7 £525 - 4
East Sussex - 5 £725 - 3
Oxfordshire -18 3 £438 -16.67% 6
Kent -12 2 £471 -14.32% 4
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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 16 (9.94%) Confluence
3 8 (4.97%) CMS
4 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 44 (27.33%) Microsoft Project
2 30 (18.63%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.45%) Primavera
2 5 (3.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.94%) Azure
2 14 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 13 (8.07%) SaaS
4 12 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.11%) AWS
6 2 (1.24%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.24%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.62%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.62%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.62%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.62%) GCP
7 1 (0.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.62%) Miro
7 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) Firewall
1 5 (3.11%) WAN
1 5 (3.11%) Wireless
2 4 (2.48%) 5G
2 4 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.24%) LAN
4 1 (0.62%) 2G
4 1 (0.62%) BGP
4 1 (0.62%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.62%) DNS
4 1 (0.62%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.62%) Network Security
4 1 (0.62%) OSPF
4 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.62%) VoIP
4 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.45%) Power BI
2 9 (5.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 8 (4.97%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (14.91%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (11.18%) JIRA
General
1 66 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 47 (29.19%) Finance
3 32 (19.88%) Aerospace
4 18 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.86%) Automotive
8 3 (1.86%) Retail
8 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.24%) Banking
9 2 (1.24%) Billing
9 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Marketing
10 1 (0.62%) Back Office
10 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.62%) Military
10 1 (0.62%) Police
10 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (30.43%) Project Manager
2 38 (23.60%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (17.39%) Product Delivery Manager
3 28 (17.39%) Product Manager
4 21 (13.04%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 21 (13.04%) Systems Manager
5 16 (9.94%) Project Planner
6 14 (8.70%) Lead
7 9 (5.59%) Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) Senior
8 7 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (4.35%) Integration Manager
8 7 (4.35%) PMO Analyst
8 7 (4.35%) PMO Lead
8 7 (4.35%) Programme Manager
9 6 (3.73%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 6 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.11%) Data Centre Manager
10 5 (3.11%) Project Support Officer
10 5 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) ADO
2 2 (1.24%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.62%) Kafka
3 1 (0.62%) OAuth
3 1 (0.62%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.01%) Product Ownership
2 21 (13.04%) Data Structures
3 10 (6.21%) PMI
4 9 (5.59%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.97%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.11%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.48%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.48%) SCADA
7 4 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.24%) NHS
9 2 (1.24%) PKI
9 2 (1.24%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.62%) iSeries
10 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (54.04%) Agile
2 79 (49.07%) Project Management
3 52 (32.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 48 (29.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (26.09%) Programme Management
6 41 (25.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (24.84%) Project Delivery
7 40 (24.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 32 (19.88%) Change Control
9 31 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (18.01%) Computer Science
10 29 (18.01%) ITIL
11 28 (17.39%) Waterfall
12 27 (16.77%) Systems Engineering
13 24 (14.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 24 (14.91%) Requirements Management
14 23 (14.29%) DoDAF
14 23 (14.29%) UML
15 22 (13.66%) SysML
16 21 (13.04%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.62%) Bicep
1 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 62 (38.51%) Degree
3 43 (26.71%) PMI Certification
4 41 (25.47%) PMP
5 29 (18.01%) SC Cleared
6 18 (11.18%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (3.73%) CISM
8 6 (3.73%) CISSP
9 5 (3.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.86%) APMG
11 2 (1.24%) APMP
11 2 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.24%) ISEB
12 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.62%) CBAP
12 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.62%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (27.95%) PMO
2 10 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.21%) NIST
2 10 (6.21%) QA
3 5 (3.11%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.11%) NCSC
3 5 (3.11%) P3O
4 3 (1.86%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.62%) COBIT
5 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.62%) Grafana
1 1 (0.62%) Istio
1 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.62%) linkerd
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.62%) SCCM
1 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (14.91%) IBM
2 20 (12.42%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.45%) Oracle
4 10 (6.21%) SAP
5 5 (3.11%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.86%) Cisco
7 2 (1.24%) IFS
7 2 (1.24%) Meraki
7 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.62%) Adobe
8 1 (0.62%) Ariba
8 1 (0.62%) Aruba
8 1 (0.62%) BT
8 1 (0.62%) Citrix
8 1 (0.62%) F5
8 1 (0.62%) Juniper
8 1 (0.62%) NetApp
8 1 (0.62%) Planview
8 1 (0.62%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.62%) VMware