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 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 98 94
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -29
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 81 79 122
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.21% 1.86% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.21% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 52 93
10th Percentile £203 £333 £280
25th Percentile £450 £408 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £688
90th Percentile £650 £700 £955
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £26.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £27.00 £13.37
Median hourly rate £17.50 £60.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -70.83% +342.15% -69.84%
75th Percentile £55.75 £74.69 £17.29
90th Percentile £78.55 £75.00 £19.51
England median hourly rate £25.50 £31.44 £22.05
% change year-on-year -18.89% +42.59% -51.00%

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 3,246 3,581 4,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.50% 84.36% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,172 3,288
10th Percentile £213 £261 £225
25th Percentile £393 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -2.70% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 181 257
10th Percentile £13.58 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +48.05%
75th Percentile £33.49 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.63 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

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 24 October 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 24 October 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 24 October 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 +20 52 £525 +5.00% 38
Berkshire +25 43 £525 +16.67% 26
Hampshire +3 16 £538 +13.16% 24
Buckinghamshire -1 7 £513 +5.26% 9
Kent +4 6 £155 - 11
Surrey +2 4 £513 -10.87% 8
West Sussex -4 4 £525 +65.35% 3
East Sussex 0 2 - - 12
Oxfordshire -13 2 - - 4
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 24 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 12 (14.81%) Confluence
3 6 (7.41%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Primavera
2 2 (2.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.23%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.64%) Azure
2 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (7.41%) SaaS
4 5 (6.17%) Miro
5 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.47%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.23%) AWS
7 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) 5G
1 5 (6.17%) DNS
1 5 (6.17%) Firewall
1 5 (6.17%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (6.17%) TCP/IP
1 5 (6.17%) VPN
1 5 (6.17%) Wireless
2 1 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.23%) Metadata
2 1 (1.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (16.05%) JIRA
General
1 43 (53.09%) Social Skills
2 27 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 7 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.41%) Law
5 6 (7.41%) Legal
6 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.94%) Retail
8 3 (3.70%) Automotive
8 3 (3.70%) Back Office
9 2 (2.47%) Local Government
10 1 (1.23%) Banking
10 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (39.51%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.88%) Analyst
2 8 (9.88%) Senior
3 7 (8.64%) Support Officer
4 5 (6.17%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (6.17%) Help Desk Officer
4 5 (6.17%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (6.17%) IT Support
4 5 (6.17%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Officer
4 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Support
5 3 (3.70%) Data Centre Manager
5 3 (3.70%) Data Manager
5 3 (3.70%) E-Commerce Manager
5 3 (3.70%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (3.70%) IT Manager
5 3 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) Middleware
1 1 (1.23%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.94%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.70%) PMI
3 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.47%) Life Science
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.23%) EPoS
5 1 (1.23%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.23%) SCADA
5 1 (1.23%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.64%) Windows
2 5 (6.17%) Windows 10
2 5 (6.17%) Windows Server
2 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (59.26%) Project Management
2 33 (40.74%) Agile
3 28 (34.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (27.16%) Project Delivery
6 21 (25.93%) ITIL
7 18 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (17.28%) CRM
10 12 (14.81%) Budget Management
11 11 (13.58%) Project Governance
12 10 (12.35%) Matrix Organization
12 10 (12.35%) Risk Management
13 9 (11.11%) Change Control
13 9 (11.11%) Change Management
13 9 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (11.11%) Scrum
14 8 (9.88%) DevOps
14 8 (9.88%) Programme Management
15 7 (8.64%) Contingency Planning
Qualifications
1 26 (32.10%) PMI Certification
1 26 (32.10%) PMP
2 22 (27.16%) Degree
3 16 (19.75%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.35%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.17%) APMP
5 5 (6.17%) CISM
5 5 (6.17%) CISSP
5 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.75%) PMO
2 12 (14.81%) QA
3 7 (8.64%) GDPR
3 7 (8.64%) P3O
4 5 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.94%) NIST
6 3 (3.70%) SLA
7 2 (2.47%) COBIT
7 2 (2.47%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.47%) PMBOK
8 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.23%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Active Directory
1 5 (6.17%) Hyper-V
1 5 (6.17%) Terminal Services
1 5 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) IFS
3 5 (6.17%) Citrix
3 5 (6.17%) Oracle
3 5 (6.17%) SAP
3 5 (6.17%) VMware
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.23%) Niku
5 1 (1.23%) Workday