PRINCE Contracts

PRINCE
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 544 605
Rank change year-on-year +45 +61 +63
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 21 38 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.087% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.079% 0.10% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 87
10th Percentile £454 £282 £398
25th Percentile £474 £385 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -15.45% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £626
90th Percentile £600 £608 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £465 £525
% change year-on-year +18.28% -11.43% +17.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PRINCE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +42 16 £500 +7.53% 49
UK excluding London +51 13 £550 +18.28% 32
London +36 8 £495 -1.10% 27
Work from Home +38 7 £538 +15.59% 21
North of England +22 6 £550 - 7
Scotland +15 5 £550 +22.22% 2
Yorkshire +11 4 £550 - 3
South East +44 2 £550 +3.87% 10
North West +17 1 £356 -35.27% 4
North East 0 1 - -

PRINCE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Intranet
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
2 8 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
4 2 (9.52%) Police
4 2 (9.52%) Publishing
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Back Office
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Project Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Programme Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 6 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) PMO Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Service Designer
5 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) PMI
2 7 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Project Management
2 12 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 9 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 8 (38.10%) Contingency Planning
4 8 (38.10%) Matrix Organization
5 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 7 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (28.57%) Change Management
6 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (23.81%) Agile
7 5 (23.81%) Budget Management
7 5 (23.81%) ITIL
7 5 (23.81%) Programme Delivery
7 5 (23.81%) Programme Management
8 4 (19.05%) Business Process Improvement
8 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
8 4 (19.05%) Programme Governance
8 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 11 (52.38%) Degree
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) PMP
5 1 (4.76%) APMP
5 1 (4.76%) ISEB
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Sitecore