PRINCE2 Contracts in the Thames Valley

PRINCE 2
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 99 91
Rank change year-on-year +35 -8 -56
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 38 46 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.51% 1.71% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.97% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 32 49
10th Percentile £300 £326 £57
25th Percentile £418 £413 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £510 £460
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +10.87% +3.37%
75th Percentile £514 £578 £530
90th Percentile £600 £645 £626
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £18.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +308.72% -59.22% +35.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +29 24 £450 -14.29% 18
Buckinghamshire +8 7 £494 +5.33% 14
Oxfordshire +7 7 £563 +32.35% 11
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (10.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) AWS
1 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) GCP
2 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.63%) Lucidchart
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) LAN
1 1 (2.63%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
1 1 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 18 (47.37%) Finance
2 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Manufacturing
3 7 (18.42%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Telecoms
4 5 (13.16%) Local Government
4 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Electronics
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Police
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (13.16%) SAP Manager
2 5 (13.16%) SAP Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Senior Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) PMO Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (5.26%) Project Planner
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Life Science
1 4 (10.53%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) PMI
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Project Management
2 18 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (34.21%) Agile
4 12 (31.58%) Project Delivery
5 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (26.32%) Project Planning
6 10 (26.32%) Risk Management
7 7 (18.42%) Change Management
7 7 (18.42%) ITIL
7 7 (18.42%) Migration
7 7 (18.42%) Programme Management
8 5 (13.16%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (13.16%) Time Management
9 4 (10.53%) Budget Management
9 4 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
9 4 (10.53%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 4 (10.53%) Product Requirements
9 4 (10.53%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) Degree
1 12 (31.58%) PMI Certification
2 10 (26.32%) PMP
3 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) APMP
4 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) ISEB
5 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (5.26%) CISSP
6 2 (5.26%) PgMP
6 2 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.63%) CCDA
7 1 (2.63%) CCNA
7 1 (2.63%) CCNP
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) PMO
2 4 (10.53%) PMBOK
3 3 (7.89%) QA
4 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (5.26%) P3O
5 1 (2.63%) COBIT
5 1 (2.63%) GDPR
5 1 (2.63%) NIST
5 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) SAP
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.26%) Cramer
3 2 (5.26%) Infoblox
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) Remedy
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) IFS
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.63%) Snow