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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 89 120
Rank change year-on-year +7 +31 -49
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 117 68 83
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.62% 2.11% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 2.36% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 55 69
10th Percentile £375 £258 £393
25th Percentile £463 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £603 £581 £688
90th Percentile £670 £700 £1,080
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% +52.63% -57.78%
75th Percentile £94.38 £31.00 £21.00
90th Percentile £99.20 - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £27.67 £23.35
% change year-on-year +64.29% +18.50% -48.11%

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 3,742 2,877 4,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.71% 89.26% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,460 1,762 2,943
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +0.99%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £614
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 105 323
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.58 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.88 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% -11.40% +7.56%
75th Percentile £52.87 £62.50 £63.52
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +6 67 £535 +18.89% 35
Berkshire +10 58 £543 +20.56% 13
Hampshire +7 37 £525 -3.23% 14
Buckinghamshire -1 8 £513 +2.55% 17
West Sussex -4 8 £525 +133.33% 8
Surrey -6 7 £500 -13.04% 9
East Sussex - 5 £725 - 9
Kent -5 2 £471 -14.32% 9
Oxfordshire -15 1 £525 +2.44% 5
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 (20.51%) SharePoint
2 15 (12.82%) Confluence
3 6 (5.13%) CMS
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 41 (35.04%) Microsoft Project
2 31 (26.50%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (8.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Primavera
2 5 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) Azure
1 16 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 13 (11.11%) SaaS
4 3 (2.56%) AWS
4 3 (2.56%) Miro
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.71%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.85%) GCP
6 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) 5G
1 4 (3.42%) WAN
1 4 (3.42%) Wireless
2 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) 2G
3 1 (0.85%) BGP
3 1 (0.85%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.85%) Firewall
3 1 (0.85%) LAN
3 1 (0.85%) OSPF
3 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.85%) VoIP
3 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.40%) Power BI
2 9 (7.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 8 (6.84%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Metadata
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (14.53%) JIRA
General
1 57 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.77%) Finance
3 15 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.56%) Automotive
7 3 (2.56%) Back Office
7 3 (2.56%) Retail
8 2 (1.71%) Banking
8 2 (1.71%) Billing
8 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Electronics
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (39.32%) Project Manager
2 16 (13.68%) Project Planner
3 8 (6.84%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (5.98%) Integration Manager
4 7 (5.98%) Lead
5 6 (5.13%) Analyst
5 6 (5.13%) Programme Manager
5 6 (5.13%) Senior
6 5 (4.27%) Data Centre Manager
6 5 (4.27%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 5 (4.27%) Oracle Project Manager
6 5 (4.27%) PMO Analyst
6 5 (4.27%) Project Officer
6 5 (4.27%) Project Support Officer
6 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 5 (4.27%) Security Manager
6 5 (4.27%) Support Officer
7 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 4 (3.42%) PMO Lead
7 4 (3.42%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.56%) ADO
2 2 (1.71%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) Data Centre
1 8 (6.84%) PMI
2 7 (5.98%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.42%) SCADA
4 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.71%) NHS
5 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.71%) PKI
6 1 (0.85%) CCTV
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.85%) EPoS
6 1 (0.85%) iSeries
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.85%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (60.68%) Project Management
2 52 (44.44%) Agile
3 34 (29.06%) Project Delivery
3 34 (29.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (23.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (18.80%) Waterfall
6 19 (16.24%) ITIL
6 19 (16.24%) Risk Management
7 17 (14.53%) Change Management
7 17 (14.53%) Matrix Organization
8 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.68%) DevOps
9 14 (11.97%) Programme Management
9 14 (11.97%) Project Governance
10 12 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.26%) Scrum
11 11 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (9.40%) Decision-Making
11 11 (9.40%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (31.62%) PMI Certification
2 34 (29.06%) PMP
3 32 (27.35%) Degree
3 32 (27.35%) Security Cleared
4 19 (16.24%) SC Cleared
5 18 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (5.13%) CISM
7 6 (5.13%) CISSP
8 5 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.56%) APMG
10 2 (1.71%) APMP
10 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.85%) ISEB
11 1 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (33.33%) PMO
2 9 (7.69%) QA
3 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.13%) NIST
4 5 (4.27%) NCSC
4 5 (4.27%) P3O
5 3 (2.56%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.71%) COBIT
6 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.71%) GDPR
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.85%) SCCM
1 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.97%) Oracle
3 6 (5.13%) SAP
4 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.85%) BT
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco
6 1 (0.85%) Citrix
6 1 (0.85%) F5
6 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.85%) Meraki
6 1 (0.85%) NetApp
6 1 (0.85%) Planview
6 1 (0.85%) VMware