PRINCE Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

PRINCE
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PRINCE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 12 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.57% - 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% - 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £535 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £518 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -20.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

PRINCE 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,830 1,798 2,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.56% 89.01% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,054 1,449
10th Percentile £267 £283 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 55 102
10th Percentile £15.01 £18.97 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.63 £30.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.80% +137.45%
75th Percentile £57.25 £63.22 £64.20
90th Percentile £89.63 £68.81 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

PRINCE job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PRINCE
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in the Thames Valley

PRINCE
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE

PRINCE
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Berkshire - 12 £500 - 3
PRINCE
South East

PRINCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (8.33%) DWDM
2 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) PMO Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Telephony Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Telephony Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Fibre Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Designer
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (16.67%) Handset
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Project Management
2 8 (66.67%) Change Management
2 8 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Matrix Management
4 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 4 (33.33%) Business Case
4 4 (33.33%) Dependency Management
4 4 (33.33%) Line Management
4 4 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 4 (33.33%) PMP
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco
2 1 (8.33%) Juniper
2 1 (8.33%) Nokia
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle