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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 88 106
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 172 76 79
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.61% 2.14% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.24% 2.41% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 48 50
10th Percentile £378 £177 £362
25th Percentile £500 £409 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £591 £584
90th Percentile £688 £650 £701
England median daily rate £550 £525 £523
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.31% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 10
10th Percentile £59.95 - £26.97
25th Percentile - £91.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £92.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.14% +54.17% +215.79%
75th Percentile £71.00 £93.75 £74.69
90th Percentile £86.50 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £31.44
% change year-on-year +50.00% +27.23% +27.80%

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 5,305 3,154 3,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.53% 88.97% 82.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,137 1,966 2,222
10th Percentile £275 £219 £255
25th Percentile £420 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £625
90th Percentile £706 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 643 314 219
10th Percentile £13.44 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.91 £30.00
Median hourly rate £48.81 £22.13 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +120.56% -62.04% +11.05%
75th Percentile £69.91 £50.00 £70.84
90th Percentile £87.83 £69.38 £78.75
England median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +3 94 £570 +12.49% 89
Berkshire -8 57 £575 +15.00% 38
Hampshire +5 53 £550 - 35
Buckinghamshire -3 34 £552 +7.64% 35
Surrey -4 15 £538 -8.51% 23
West Sussex -24 4 - - 7
Oxfordshire -28 3 £253 - 17
Kent -5 2 £550 +254.84% 12
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 6 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.91%) IIS
3 2 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (13.95%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.07%) NEC Housing
2 5 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.33%) Primavera
4 2 (1.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.95%) Azure
2 14 (8.14%) Power Platform
3 12 (6.98%) AWS
4 11 (6.40%) SaaS
5 7 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.49%) GCP
6 6 (3.49%) Smartsheet
7 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.33%) IaaS
9 3 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.58%) GitHub
11 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.49%) Firewall
1 6 (3.49%) LAN
1 6 (3.49%) SD-WAN
1 6 (3.49%) WAN
2 4 (2.33%) DNS
3 3 (1.74%) BGP
3 3 (1.74%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.74%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.74%) IPsec
3 3 (1.74%) MPLS
3 3 (1.74%) Network Security
3 3 (1.74%) OSPF
3 3 (1.74%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.74%) VLAN
3 3 (1.74%) VPN
3 3 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.14%) Power BI
2 7 (4.07%) Metadata
3 3 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (6.98%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 56 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 40 (23.26%) Finance
3 29 (16.86%) Aerospace
4 21 (12.21%) Public Sector
5 18 (10.47%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (8.72%) Manufacturing
7 15 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (5.23%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.07%) Local Government
10 2 (1.16%) Automotive
10 2 (1.16%) Billing
10 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Legal
10 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Aviation
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Military
11 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (26.16%) Project Manager
2 31 (18.02%) Delivery Manager
3 24 (13.95%) Product Manager
4 21 (12.21%) Senior
5 18 (10.47%) Test Manager
6 14 (8.14%) Analyst
7 13 (7.56%) Product Delivery Manager
8 11 (6.40%) Architect
9 10 (5.81%) Senior Manager
10 9 (5.23%) Lead
11 8 (4.65%) Technical Manager
12 7 (4.07%) Engineering Manager
12 7 (4.07%) IT Manager
13 6 (3.49%) Business Analyst
13 6 (3.49%) Project Officer
14 5 (2.91%) IT Project Manager
14 5 (2.91%) Security Analyst
14 5 (2.91%) Senior Product Manager
14 5 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
14 5 (2.91%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) ADO
2 2 (1.16%) Terraform
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.79%) Management Information System
2 19 (11.05%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.40%) PMI
4 9 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.65%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.07%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.91%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.91%) Mobile Payment
7 5 (2.91%) Smartcard
8 4 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.74%) NHS
9 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) FMCG
11 1 (0.58%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.33%) Linux
1 4 (2.33%) Windows
1 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (63.95%) Agile
2 80 (46.51%) Project Management
3 73 (42.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (40.12%) ITIL
5 63 (36.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (27.33%) Project Delivery
7 45 (26.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (23.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 38 (22.09%) Roadmaps
10 34 (19.77%) Change Management
10 34 (19.77%) Service Management
11 32 (18.60%) Risk Management
12 31 (18.02%) Waterfall
13 30 (17.44%) Scrum
14 29 (16.86%) Change Control
14 29 (16.86%) Project Planning
15 25 (14.53%) Computer Science
16 24 (13.95%) Decision-Making
17 23 (13.37%) Digital Engineering
18 21 (12.21%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.33%) SQL
2 2 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 99 (57.56%) Security Cleared
2 67 (38.95%) Degree
3 63 (36.63%) SC Cleared
4 39 (22.67%) DV Cleared
5 37 (21.51%) PMI Certification
5 37 (21.51%) PMP
6 34 (19.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 18 (10.47%) ISTQB
8 10 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (4.07%) ISEB
9 7 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (3.49%) CCNP
10 6 (3.49%) CISM
10 6 (3.49%) CISSP
11 5 (2.91%) CISA
11 5 (2.91%) IISP
12 4 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (2.33%) CLAS
12 4 (2.33%) CREST Certified
12 4 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) PMO
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 9 (5.23%) GDPR
2 9 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.65%) NIST
4 7 (4.07%) GRC
5 6 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.49%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.91%) ISO 31000
6 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 5 (2.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (2.33%) NCSC
8 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 4 (2.33%) ISA Server
2 3 (1.74%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.33%) CASB
2 3 (1.74%) MOM
3 2 (1.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (15.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.98%) Oracle
3 10 (5.81%) Cisco
4 8 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.07%) F5
5 7 (4.07%) Google
5 7 (4.07%) NEC
6 6 (3.49%) SAP
6 6 (3.49%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.33%) Centrify
7 4 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (2.33%) Qualys
7 4 (2.33%) Splunk
7 4 (2.33%) Tripwire
8 3 (1.74%) Aruba
8 3 (1.74%) EMC
8 3 (1.74%) Juniper
8 3 (1.74%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.74%) VMware
9 2 (1.16%) CA Agile Central