PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PRINCE 2
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 140 114
Rank change year-on-year +2 -26 -26
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 463 280 351
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.69% 1.84% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.06% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 203 223
10th Percentile £319 £313 £243
25th Percentile £408 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +8.11% -6.33%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £563
90th Percentile £688 £650 £662
UK median daily rate £538 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +4.88% +2.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 11 27
10th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £18.35
25th Percentile £60.38 £43.15 £22.77
Median hourly rate £84.50 £75.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% +126.83% -26.52%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £69.50
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £32.29
% change year-on-year +20.00% +116.79% -28.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,304 13,574 15,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.58% 89.22% 83.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,058 8,218 9,170
10th Percentile £300 £241 £250
25th Percentile £406 £368 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,304 1,587
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.85 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.34 £17.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £23.30 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +88.67% -43.09% +2.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £46.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.68 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +69.69% -37.63% -5.12%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
South East -13 164 £550 +4.76% 124
North of England -38 91 £500 +2.56% 96
South West +6 78 £475 +5.56% 40
North West -9 54 £511 -5.32% 56
Midlands -42 44 £525 -4.55% 55
Scotland +3 43 £525 +17.06% 28
East of England -16 40 £508 -3.33% 35
Yorkshire -33 35 £505 +12.22% 30
West Midlands -50 35 £540 -1.82% 36
East Midlands -11 9 £463 -1.86% 19
Wales -8 4 £600 +125.29% 14
Northern Ireland +5 2 £775 +40.91% 11
North East -44 2 £438 -5.41% 12
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 43 (9.29%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.18%) Confluence
3 11 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.86%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Moodle
5 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 75 (16.20%) Microsoft Project
2 62 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (6.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) Trello
8 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.94%) Primavera
3 8 (1.73%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.73%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (1.73%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (1.51%) NEC Housing
5 5 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.43%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 68 (14.69%) Azure
2 40 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (8.21%) Power Platform
4 23 (4.97%) SaaS
5 22 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.89%) AWS
6 18 (3.89%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.94%) Smartsheet
9 7 (1.51%) IaaS
10 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.08%) PaaS
11 3 (0.65%) GCP
11 3 (0.65%) Miro
11 3 (0.65%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.65%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.43%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.59%) Firewall
1 12 (2.59%) WAN
1 12 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.94%) LAN
2 9 (1.94%) Structured Cabling
3 7 (1.51%) Network Security
3 7 (1.51%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.08%) 3G
4 5 (1.08%) 4G
4 5 (1.08%) 5G
4 5 (1.08%) DNS
5 4 (0.86%) MPLS
5 4 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.86%) Wireless
6 3 (0.65%) BGP
6 3 (0.65%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.65%) Internet
6 3 (0.65%) IPsec
6 3 (0.65%) OSPF
6 3 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.70%) Power BI
2 3 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.43%) Power Query
4 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.22%) GIS
4 1 (0.22%) Metadata
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (11.23%) JIRA
2 26 (5.62%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 185 (39.96%) Social Skills
2 173 (37.37%) Finance
3 68 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (12.53%) Public Sector
5 54 (11.66%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (9.29%) Aerospace
7 28 (6.05%) Telecoms
8 26 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.75%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.10%) Legal
11 9 (1.94%) Local Government
12 8 (1.73%) Banking
12 8 (1.73%) General Ledger
12 8 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.73%) Military
13 6 (1.30%) Automotive
13 6 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.30%) Retail
14 5 (1.08%) Law
15 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 173 (37.37%) Project Manager
2 49 (10.58%) Delivery Manager
3 48 (10.37%) Senior
4 39 (8.42%) Lead
4 39 (8.42%) Product Manager
5 33 (7.13%) Product Delivery Manager
6 30 (6.48%) Analyst
6 30 (6.48%) Senior Manager
7 28 (6.05%) Project Officer
8 23 (4.97%) Programme Manager
8 23 (4.97%) Senior Project Manager
9 22 (4.75%) Architect
9 22 (4.75%) Systems Manager
10 21 (4.54%) Systems Delivery Manager
11 19 (4.10%) IT Manager
12 17 (3.67%) IT Project Manager
13 14 (3.02%) Consultant
13 14 (3.02%) Project Control Officer
13 14 (3.02%) Project Support Officer
13 14 (3.02%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.73%) ADO
2 3 (0.65%) .NET
2 3 (0.65%) Middleware
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.65%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.43%) FHIR
3 2 (0.43%) REST
3 2 (0.43%) RESTful
3 2 (0.43%) Web Services
4 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.22%) CSS
4 1 (0.22%) HTML
4 1 (0.22%) jQuery
4 1 (0.22%) Node.js
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.37%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.18%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.18%) PMI
3 22 (4.75%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.10%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.67%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.38%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.73%) NHS
8 7 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.86%) FMCG
11 4 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.65%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.65%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.54%) Windows
2 10 (2.16%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Solaris
4 2 (0.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (61.34%) Agile
2 238 (51.40%) Project Management
3 219 (47.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (29.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 133 (28.73%) Project Delivery
6 115 (24.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 98 (21.17%) Change Control
8 87 (18.79%) ITIL
9 82 (17.71%) Waterfall
10 79 (17.06%) Change Management
11 76 (16.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 74 (15.98%) Risk Management
13 65 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
14 61 (13.17%) Decision-Making
15 56 (12.10%) Programme Management
16 55 (11.88%) Migration
17 52 (11.23%) Scrum
18 51 (11.02%) Project Governance
19 48 (10.37%) Budget Management
19 48 (10.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.51%) SQL
2 3 (0.65%) C#
2 3 (0.65%) Python
3 2 (0.43%) ABAP
3 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.43%) VB
4 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.22%) Korn
4 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 182 (39.31%) Security Cleared
2 124 (26.78%) Degree
3 116 (25.05%) PMP
4 108 (23.33%) PMI Certification
5 92 (19.87%) SC Cleared
6 72 (15.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 58 (12.53%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 11 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.94%) ISTQB
11 8 (1.73%) ACCA
11 8 (1.73%) CIMA
11 8 (1.73%) ISEB
12 7 (1.51%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.51%) CCNA
12 7 (1.51%) CCNP
12 7 (1.51%) CISM
12 7 (1.51%) CISSP
12 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (17.06%) PMO
2 20 (4.32%) QA
3 14 (3.02%) NIST
4 13 (2.81%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.94%) GDPR
6 8 (1.73%) GRC
7 7 (1.51%) P3O
8 5 (1.08%) SLA
9 4 (0.86%) NCSC
10 2 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.43%) HL7
10 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.22%) GAAP
11 1 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.22%) IFRS
11 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.86%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.43%) Docker
4 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) NDS
5 1 (0.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.43%) Ansible
3 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) OPNET
3 2 (0.43%) SCCM
3 2 (0.43%) SCOM
3 2 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (26.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.26%) Oracle
4 26 (5.62%) IBM
5 22 (4.75%) SAP
6 12 (2.59%) Cisco
7 9 (1.94%) NEC
7 9 (1.94%) VMware
8 8 (1.73%) Citrix
8 8 (1.73%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.51%) Apple
9 7 (1.51%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (1.30%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.86%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.86%) F5
11 4 (0.86%) Google
12 3 (0.65%) Aruba
12 3 (0.65%) Databricks
12 3 (0.65%) Juniper
12 3 (0.65%) Salesforce