PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2 Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 127 138
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.098% 0.094% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.25% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £525 -
25th Percentile - £554 £788
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £605 £825
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% -26.67% +94.12%
75th Percentile - £654 £863
90th Percentile - £682 -
South East median daily rate £619 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -11.61% +7.69% +62.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

PRINCE2 Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 812 806 1,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 39.98% 38.04% 41.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 488 662
10th Percentile £255 £249 £210
25th Percentile £363 £396 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £510 £521
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% -2.16% +4.25%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £622
90th Percentile £635 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 42 66
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.93 £24.38
25th Percentile £20.50 £41.66 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.69 £60.89
Median % change year-on-year -57.15% -3.62% +189.96%
75th Percentile £66.75 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.35 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

PRINCE2 Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
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 PRINCE2 Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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 +1 2 £670 +10.74% 1
PRINCE2 Certification
South East

PRINCE2 Certification
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS Manager
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle