PRINCE2 Contracts in the South West

PRINCE 2
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring PRINCE2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 54 76
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 -26
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 30 105 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.79% 3.34% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 4.02% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 59 86
10th Percentile £361 £263 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £595
90th Percentile £650 £602 £706
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £33.07 -
England median hourly rate £39.03 £30.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year +28.53% -32.52% +30.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,520 2,615 3,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.64% 83.12% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,666 2,285
10th Percentile £230 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 342 318
10th Percentile £18.29 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.75 £15.41
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +23.08%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -21.23% -2.14% +49.20%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the South West

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the South West.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the South West

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the South West

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the South West

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Bristol 0 18 £425 -10.15% 9
Wiltshire +24 5 £530 +0.95% 6
Gloucestershire -13 4 £488 -7.14% 16
Somerset +1 3 - - 9
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) 5G
2 1 (3.33%) DHCP
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) LAN
2 1 (3.33%) Skype
2 1 (3.33%) SMTP
2 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (50.00%) Finance
3 8 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Telecoms
4 6 (20.00%) Billing
5 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.33%) Military
7 1 (3.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.00%) OSS Project Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Business Architect
4 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 3 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Support
6 1 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.33%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) PMO Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Project Support Administrator
6 1 (3.33%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Workday Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (86.67%) Project Management
2 14 (46.67%) Agile
3 13 (43.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (36.67%) Scrum
4 11 (36.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 10 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 9 (30.00%) Decision-Making
7 8 (26.67%) Waterfall
8 7 (23.33%) Business Case
9 6 (20.00%) Business Analysis
9 6 (20.00%) CRM
9 6 (20.00%) Fault Management
9 6 (20.00%) Network Management
10 5 (16.67%) Process Management
10 5 (16.67%) Scorecard
11 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) PMI Certification
2 9 (30.00%) PMP
3 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (6.67%) Degree
5 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.33%) APMP
6 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.33%) IIBA
6 1 (3.33%) ISEB
6 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) PMBOK
2 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.33%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Amdocs
1 6 (20.00%) Ciena
1 6 (20.00%) Ericsson
1 6 (20.00%) NetCracker
1 6 (20.00%) Nokia
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) Remedy
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.33%) VMware
3 1 (3.33%) Workday