PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 336 380
Rank change year-on-year -23 +44 -25
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 12 31 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.50% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 41
10th Percentile £405 £313 £363
25th Percentile £439 £397 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £518 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +1.47% +9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £575
90th Percentile £888 £738 £600
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £515
% change year-on-year - +6.80% +8.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,360 6,183 7,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.96% 34.61% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,235 3,666 4,588
10th Percentile £219 £288 £300
25th Percentile £395 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £711 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 669 581 589
10th Percentile £17.87 £16.30 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.77%
75th Percentile £41.55 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
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 PRINCE2 Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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 -11 5 £451 -30.69% 4
East of England +7 3 £479 -12.95% 1
Midlands -9 3 £490 +36.11% 7
West Midlands -14 3 £490 +36.11% 6
North West - 3 £875 -
Yorkshire -12 2 £450 - 1
South East +3 1 - - 3
PRINCE2 Certification
UK

PRINCE2 Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Smartsheet
2 1 (8.33%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Programme Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Environment Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) EPoS Manager
4 1 (8.33%) EPoS Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Project Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Software Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) EPoS
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) API Integration
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Fintech
5 2 (16.67%) Kanban
5 2 (16.67%) Order Management
5 2 (16.67%) Presales
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) PMI Certification
1 5 (41.67%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 19650
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint