PRINCE2 Certification Contract Job Trends

PRINCE2 Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 533 514
Rank change year-on-year -123 -19 +62
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 27 25 52
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.076% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.24% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 39
10th Percentile £450 £417 £310
25th Percentile £481 £450 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £566 £644 £688
90th Percentile £596 £823 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.05% -5.21% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year - +85.82% -28.24%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,851 10,283 11,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 31.34% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,273 6,344 7,361
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -0.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £716 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,270 822 804
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.96 £14.49
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.84 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.19% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £72.54 £53.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £73.75 £75.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -47.05% -5.00%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PRINCE2 Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 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
England -110 25 £513 -6.82% 41
London -71 16 £525 -8.70% 16
Work from Home -50 12 £525 -6.67% 14
UK excluding London -106 9 £500 +11.05% 28
South West - 3 £775 - 2
Midlands -48 2 - - 9
North West -49 2 £513 -41.43% 7
North of England -69 2 £513 +13.76% 10
East of England -24 1 £450 -6.01%
West Midlands -47 1 - - 5
South East -68 1 £450 - 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 4

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (11.11%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.41%) AWS KMS
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (7.41%) GitHub
5 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) SSL
2 1 (3.70%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) eggPlant
2 1 (3.70%) Selenium
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Japanese Language
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
6 2 (7.41%) Banking
6 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.70%) Automotive
7 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Project Manager
2 4 (14.81%) IT Manager
2 4 (14.81%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (7.41%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Network Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Platform Manager
5 1 (3.70%) ERP Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Healthcare Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) ITSM Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Migration Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.70%) PMO Lead
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Test Programme Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) Web Services
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Derivative
3 1 (3.70%) Digital Signage
3 1 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (66.67%) Project Management
3 16 (59.26%) Agile
4 12 (44.44%) Project Delivery
5 10 (37.04%) Migration
5 10 (37.04%) Project Planning
6 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (22.22%) Budget Management
7 6 (22.22%) Change Control
7 6 (22.22%) People Management
7 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
9 4 (14.81%) Agile Project Management
9 4 (14.81%) DevOps
9 4 (14.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (14.81%) Project Governance
9 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Java
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) PMI Certification
1 14 (51.85%) PMP
2 7 (25.93%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (7.41%) APMP
4 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.70%) ISEB
5 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) PMO
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) P3O
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) BT
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (3.70%) IFS
4 1 (3.70%) Meraki
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Parasoft
4 1 (3.70%) Planview
4 1 (3.70%) Sage
4 1 (3.70%) SOASTA