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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 73 113
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -25
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 139 75 84
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.33% 2.57% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 2.81% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 44 61
10th Percentile £340 £300 £355
25th Percentile £425 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £622 £545 £588
90th Percentile £670 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.47% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 4
10th Percentile £80.75 £66.39 -
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 - - £20.43
90th Percentile - - £24.18
England median hourly rate £88.00 £54.15 £32.29
% change year-on-year +62.51% +67.70% -28.24%

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 4,808 2,666 4,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.44% 91.43% 84.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 1,718 2,676
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £412 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.05% -0.65%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 172 443
10th Percentile £15.08 £13.28 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.00 £18.26
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £61.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.55 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.67% -21.78% -2.67%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 95 £534 +18.58% 20
Berkshire +17 81 £529 +17.62% 7
Hampshire -8 41 £525 -1.87% 15
Buckinghamshire -38 12 £560 +17.89% 7
Surrey -12 4 £570 +11.13% 9
Oxfordshire -26 2 £350 -30.00% 6
Kent - 2 £375 - 3
West Sussex -20 1 £700 +30.23% 1
East Sussex - 1 £725 - 6
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 12 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 27 (19.42%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Primavera
2 4 (2.88%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.44%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.44%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.83%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.07%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.35%) SaaS
5 12 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.32%) AWS
7 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.44%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.44%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.72%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.72%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.72%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.72%) GCP
9 1 (0.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.72%) Kong
9 1 (0.72%) Miro
9 1 (0.72%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.04%) WAN
2 6 (4.32%) Firewall
3 4 (2.88%) LAN
3 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.16%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.16%) Wireless
5 2 (1.44%) NAS
5 2 (1.44%) Network Security
5 2 (1.44%) SAN
6 1 (0.72%) BGP
6 1 (0.72%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.72%) DHCP
6 1 (0.72%) DNS
6 1 (0.72%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.72%) OSPF
6 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.72%) VoIP
6 1 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) Power BI
2 9 (6.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 7 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (18.71%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (5.76%) JIRA
General
1 46 (33.09%) Finance
2 37 (26.62%) Social Skills
3 36 (25.90%) Aerospace
4 17 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.76%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.44%) Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Billing
8 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Automotive
9 1 (0.72%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.72%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Military
9 1 (0.72%) Police
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (33.81%) Project Manager
2 40 (28.78%) Delivery Manager
3 31 (22.30%) Product Delivery Manager
3 31 (22.30%) Product Manager
4 21 (15.11%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 21 (15.11%) Systems Manager
5 11 (7.91%) Senior
6 10 (7.19%) Lead
6 10 (7.19%) Project Planner
7 9 (6.47%) Senior Manager
7 9 (6.47%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (5.76%) Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) Integration Manager
9 7 (5.04%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.32%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Programme Manager
10 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 5 (3.60%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.60%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) ADO
2 1 (0.72%) Kafka
2 1 (0.72%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.72%) OAuth
2 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.74%) Product Ownership
2 22 (15.83%) Data Structures
3 11 (7.91%) PMI
4 8 (5.76%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.16%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.44%) FMCG
7 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.44%) PKI
7 2 (1.44%) SCADA
7 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.72%) CCTV
8 1 (0.72%) iSeries
8 1 (0.72%) Replication
8 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
2 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (63.31%) Agile
2 61 (43.88%) Project Management
3 46 (33.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 45 (32.37%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 42 (30.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (29.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (28.78%) Change Control
8 38 (27.34%) Programme Management
9 33 (23.74%) Computer Science
10 31 (22.30%) Waterfall
11 30 (21.58%) Systems Engineering
12 29 (20.86%) Project Delivery
13 27 (19.42%) ITIL
14 26 (18.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 25 (17.99%) Requirements Management
16 23 (16.55%) SysML
16 23 (16.55%) UML
17 22 (15.83%) DoDAF
17 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
18 21 (15.11%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) Bicep
1 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (53.96%) Security Cleared
2 51 (36.69%) Degree
3 34 (24.46%) PMI Certification
4 32 (23.02%) PMP
5 30 (21.58%) SC Cleared
6 17 (12.23%) DV Cleared
7 9 (6.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.44%) APMG
9 2 (1.44%) CCNA
9 2 (1.44%) CCNP
9 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.44%) ISEB
10 1 (0.72%) APMP
10 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.72%) CISM
10 1 (0.72%) CISSP
10 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.72%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.27%) PMO
2 9 (6.47%) NIST
3 8 (5.76%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.32%) QA
5 4 (2.88%) NCSC
6 3 (2.16%) GDPR
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.72%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.72%) P3O
7 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.72%) Grafana
1 1 (0.72%) Istio
1 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.72%) linkerd
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.72%) SCCM
1 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) IBM
2 11 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.91%) Oracle
3 7 (5.04%) SAP
4 6 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.88%) Cisco
6 2 (1.44%) Aruba
6 2 (1.44%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.44%) IFS
6 2 (1.44%) Juniper
6 2 (1.44%) Meraki
6 2 (1.44%) NEC
6 2 (1.44%) NetApp
6 2 (1.44%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.44%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) BT
7 1 (0.72%) F5
7 1 (0.72%) Planview
7 1 (0.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) Veeam