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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 518 570
Rank change year-on-year -15 +52 -6
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 25 51 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.45% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 35 66
10th Percentile £420 £318 £313
25th Percentile £450 £416 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £641 £694 £575
90th Percentile £807 £738 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £518 £510
% change year-on-year -9.13% +1.47% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £32.29 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.82% - -
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 10,321 11,327 14,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.36% 29.39% 27.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,426 7,008 9,140
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £736 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 674 721
10th Percentile £17.88 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £67.95 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.35 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.87%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification 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 13 September 2025.

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 11 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 13 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
England -6 21 £550 -2.22% 20
UK excluding London -25 12 £470 -9.13% 15
Work from Home +29 11 £563 +25.00% 7
London +27 8 £600 -4.00% 5
North of England -17 5 £451 -30.69% 4
East of England +8 3 £479 -12.95% 1
Midlands -7 3 £490 +36.11% 7
West Midlands -12 3 £490 +36.11% 6
North West - 3 £875 -
Yorkshire -13 2 £450 - 1
South East +8 1 - - 3

PRINCE2 Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (4.00%) Asana
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (60.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.00%) International Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (24.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Business IT Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.00%) HR Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Integration Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) IT Programme Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) EPoS
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Replication
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 17 (68.00%) Project Management
3 16 (64.00%) Agile
4 8 (32.00%) Waterfall
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.00%) Scrum
6 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.00%) Change Management
7 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (16.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
8 3 (12.00%) Budgeting
8 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
8 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (12.00%) Project Governance
8 3 (12.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) PMP
2 11 (44.00%) PMI Certification
3 8 (32.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.00%) ISEB
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.00%) Workday
2 1 (4.00%) Ariba
2 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Citrix
2 1 (4.00%) OpenLink
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) Triple Point