PRINCE2 Contracts in the UK excluding London

PRINCE 2
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 107 86
Rank change year-on-year -35 -21 -19
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 240 403 639
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.86% 1.99% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 2.36% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 265 490
10th Percentile £313 £261 £235
25th Percentile £401 £390 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £560 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 21 29
10th Percentile £25.44 £18.35 £22.13
25th Percentile £29.23 £23.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.76 £33.07 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -26.52% +165.80%
75th Percentile £75.00 £44.74 £47.50
90th Percentile - £87.80 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £39.03 £33.07 £45.00
% change year-on-year +18.04% -26.52% +29.73%

All Process and 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 11,649 17,108 20,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.43% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 10,200 14,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,053 1,261
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.31 £10.75
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

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 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK excluding London

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
South East +41 76 £488 -4.41% 144
North of England +22 57 £516 +14.67% 81
North West +2 33 £525 +34.44% 53
South West -25 30 £450 -5.26% 33
East of England +14 29 £525 +75.00% 41
Scotland -16 28 £447 -0.67% 27
Yorkshire +24 21 £500 -4.76% 27
Midlands -15 20 £525 +5.00% 68
West Midlands -11 13 £550 +0.46% 36
East Midlands +2 7 £459 +1.94% 30
North East -1 3 £550 +4.76% 6
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
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 17 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.42%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 45 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.50%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Maximo
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.75%) Azure
1 9 (3.75%) Entra ID
2 6 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.08%) AWS
4 4 (1.67%) OCI
4 4 (1.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.67%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.25%) Asana
6 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.83%) GCP
6 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.83%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.83%) SaaS
7 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.42%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.42%) PaaS
7 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.33%) WAN
2 6 (2.50%) 5G
3 5 (2.08%) DNS
3 5 (2.08%) Firewall
3 5 (2.08%) Internet
3 5 (2.08%) LAN
4 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.25%) 4G
5 3 (1.25%) DHCP
5 3 (1.25%) WLAN
6 2 (0.83%) Skype
6 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.42%) MPLS
7 1 (0.42%) PPP
7 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.42%) SMTP
7 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.67%) Power BI
3 2 (0.83%) Big Data
3 2 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.83%) Tableau
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.42%) GIS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.42%) QlikView
4 1 (0.42%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 21 (8.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 110 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 102 (42.50%) Finance
3 36 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.75%) Public Sector
5 24 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 21 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.58%) Billing
7 11 (4.58%) Legal
8 10 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.33%) Local Government
10 7 (2.92%) Banking
11 6 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.08%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.08%) Marketing
13 4 (1.67%) Automotive
13 4 (1.67%) Military
14 3 (1.25%) Aviation
14 3 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 117 (48.75%) Project Manager
2 22 (9.17%) Lead
3 17 (7.08%) IT Manager
4 16 (6.67%) Analyst
4 16 (6.67%) Programme Manager
5 14 (5.83%) IT Project Manager
6 13 (5.42%) Senior
6 13 (5.42%) Senior Manager
7 11 (4.58%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 11 (4.58%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Delivery Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Implementation Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Security Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Technical Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Technical Project Manager
9 8 (3.33%) Architect
9 8 (3.33%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.33%) OSS Project Manager
9 8 (3.33%) Security Project Manager
9 8 (3.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.42%) ADO
2 1 (0.42%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.67%) PMI
2 23 (9.58%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.50%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.08%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.67%) Life Science
6 4 (1.67%) NHS
7 3 (1.25%) IoT
7 3 (1.25%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.42%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.25%) Windows
2 5 (2.08%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 2 (0.83%) Linux
4 2 (0.83%) Solaris
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (73.33%) Project Management
2 105 (43.75%) Agile
3 96 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 63 (26.25%) Project Delivery
5 61 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (22.50%) Change Management
7 45 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 43 (17.92%) Risk Management
9 38 (15.83%) ITIL
10 32 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (13.33%) Waterfall
11 30 (12.50%) Project Planning
12 29 (12.08%) Decision-Making
13 28 (11.67%) Budget Management
13 28 (11.67%) Project Governance
14 25 (10.42%) Business Case
15 22 (9.17%) Programme Management
16 21 (8.75%) Time Management
17 20 (8.33%) Roadmaps
18 19 (7.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.67%) SQL
3 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (32.92%) PMI Certification
2 74 (30.83%) PMP
3 72 (30.00%) Degree
4 59 (24.58%) Security Cleared
5 40 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 24 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 15 (6.25%) APMP
7 15 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (5.42%) DV Cleared
9 10 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.92%) ISEB
11 6 (2.50%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.67%) CISSP
12 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.25%) APMG
14 2 (0.83%) CISM
14 2 (0.83%) PgMP
15 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.00%) PMO
2 10 (4.17%) QA
3 9 (3.75%) P3O
4 6 (2.50%) GDPR
5 5 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.08%) PMBOK
6 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.83%) NIST
8 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.42%) Basel III
8 1 (0.42%) COBIT
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) HL7
8 1 (0.42%) ITGC
8 1 (0.42%) MiFID
8 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.33%) Amdocs OSS
2 7 (2.92%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
3 2 (0.83%) SCOM
4 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.25%) SAP
3 14 (5.83%) Oracle
4 12 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.92%) Apple
5 7 (2.92%) Samsung
5 7 (2.92%) SOTI
6 6 (2.50%) Amdocs
6 6 (2.50%) Ciena
6 6 (2.50%) Cisco
6 6 (2.50%) Ericsson
6 6 (2.50%) NetCracker
6 6 (2.50%) Nokia
7 5 (2.08%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.67%) Workday
9 3 (1.25%) BT
9 3 (1.25%) IFS
9 3 (1.25%) Remedy
9 3 (1.25%) Snow