PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

PRINCE 2
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 93 53
Rank change year-on-year +27 -40 -1
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 49 38 100
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 2.89% 1.74% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.04% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 79
10th Percentile £388 £408 £275
25th Percentile £450 £428 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -9.09% +19.57%
75th Percentile £600 £533 £681
90th Percentile £638 £698 £1,013
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £534
% change year-on-year +2.50% -6.32% +10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.21
25th Percentile £91.25 - £13.27
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £13.37
75th Percentile £93.75 - £13.47
90th Percentile - - £13.53
South East median hourly rate £92.50 £60.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +54.17% +215.79% -57.78%

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 1,544 1,866 2,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.93% 85.52% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 1,039 1,637
10th Percentile £257 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £677 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.49% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 81 84
10th Percentile £14.60 £18.70 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.59 £30.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +14.57% +158.48%
75th Percentile £42.67 £67.00 £66.11
90th Percentile £79.25 £76.99 £74.94
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -61.72% +7.37% +86.77%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the Thames Valley

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 October 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 40 £500 +4.17% 22
Buckinghamshire 0 7 £513 +5.26% 7
Oxfordshire -8 2 - - 6
PRINCE2
South East

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (26.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (14.29%) Confluence
3 3 (6.12%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
1 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
2 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Miro
2 5 (10.20%) SaaS
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.04%) AWS
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) 5G
1 5 (10.20%) Wireless
2 1 (2.04%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Finance
3 8 (16.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Retail
6 3 (6.12%) Automotive
6 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.08%) Back Office
7 2 (4.08%) Local Government
7 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Law
8 1 (2.04%) Legal
8 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Project Manager
2 6 (12.24%) Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 3 (6.12%) Architect
4 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (6.12%) IT Manager
4 3 (6.12%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (6.12%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Service Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Service Design Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Transformation Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Virtual Team
2 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.08%) Life Science
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.04%) EPoS
4 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) Project Management
2 19 (38.78%) Agile
3 17 (34.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (30.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (30.61%) Project Delivery
5 14 (28.57%) ITIL
5 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (26.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (16.33%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (14.29%) DevOps
8 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 7 (14.29%) Waterfall
9 6 (12.24%) Change Management
9 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (12.24%) Programme Management
9 6 (12.24%) Project Governance
9 6 (12.24%) Scrum
9 6 (12.24%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (10.20%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) PMP
2 17 (34.69%) PMI Certification
3 13 (26.53%) Degree
4 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (10.20%) APMP
6 4 (8.16%) CISM
6 4 (8.16%) CISSP
6 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) PMO
2 8 (16.33%) QA
3 5 (10.20%) P3O
4 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (8.16%) NIST
5 3 (6.12%) SLA
6 2 (4.08%) COBIT
6 2 (4.08%) PMBOK
7 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.04%) GDPR
7 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) IFS
1 5 (10.20%) Oracle
1 5 (10.20%) SAP
2 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.04%) HubSpot
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.04%) Workday