PRINCE Contracts in the UK excluding London

PRINCE
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PRINCE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 373 385
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 +43
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 14 22 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.11% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 40
10th Percentile £441 £285 £268
25th Percentile £516 £422 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £519
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -10.36% +17.56%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £564
90th Percentile £600 £674 £611
UK median daily rate £538 £465 £540
% change year-on-year +15.59% -13.89% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,596 17,041 20,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.69% 84.15% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,235 10,189 14,096
10th Percentile £231 £250 £259
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,063 1,256
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.73
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PRINCE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE in the UK excluding London

PRINCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE in the UK excluding London

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in the UK excluding London

PRINCE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE in the UK excluding London

PRINCE
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
North of England +22 6 £550 -8.33% 3
Scotland +10 5 £550 +22.22% 1
Yorkshire +12 4 £550 - 1
South East +46 3 £500 -5.57% 11
North East +3 1 - -
North West - 1 £356 - 2
PRINCE
UK

PRINCE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Project Manager
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (42.86%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Security Manager
2 6 (42.86%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (28.57%) Programme Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) PMO Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Health and Safety Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Payments Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) PMO Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) PMI
2 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Project Management
2 11 (78.57%) PRINCE2
3 8 (57.14%) Contingency Planning
4 7 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
4 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (42.86%) Change Management
5 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 6 (42.86%) Project Planning
5 6 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (28.57%) Budget Management
6 4 (28.57%) Business Process Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Matrix Management
6 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (21.43%) Programme Governance
7 3 (21.43%) Programme Management
7 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
1 10 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Sitecore