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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 518 554
Rank change year-on-year -31 +36 +49
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 38 34 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.099% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.33% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 41
10th Percentile £372 £419 £285
25th Percentile £475 £452 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £670 £666 £600
90th Percentile £745 £700 £651
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +11.27% -7.27% +18.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
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 12,387 10,203 13,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.67% 29.65% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,064 6,269 8,201
10th Percentile £311 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,011 487 728
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.51 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -25.23% +18.89%
75th Percentile £51.53 £65.81 £67.61
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.35
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.79% +17.91%

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 17 December 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 13 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 17 December 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 -38 29 £550 - 23
UK excluding London -47 24 £568 +11.27% 20
Work from Home 0 10 £568 +13.50% 13
London -13 9 £500 -9.09% 8
Midlands - 6 £550 - 4
West Midlands - 6 £550 - 3
South West +2 5 £750 +66.67%
Scotland +8 4 £509 +31.29%
South East -15 4 £635 -9.29% 6
East of England -15 2 £479 -12.95% 2
North of England -48 2 £875 - 8
North West - 2 £875 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 1

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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.89%) AWS
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.89%) SaaS
4 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (23.68%) JIRA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Banking
5 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.63%) Front Office
7 1 (2.63%) International Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Military
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Project Manager
2 9 (23.68%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (18.42%) IT Manager
4 6 (15.79%) Technical Manager
5 4 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (10.53%) SAP Manager
5 4 (10.53%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Integration Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Programme Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Service Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Contracts Manager
7 2 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Release Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) RESTful
1 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) CMDB
2 3 (7.89%) EPoS
3 2 (5.26%) NHS
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.63%) IPTV
4 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) New Media
4 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.63%) Replication
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
1 1 (2.63%) Solaris
1 1 (2.63%) Unix
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 31 (81.58%) Project Management
3 26 (68.42%) Agile
4 12 (31.58%) Waterfall
5 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (21.05%) ITIL
8 7 (18.42%) Change Management
8 7 (18.42%) DevOps
8 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (15.79%) Budget Management
9 6 (15.79%) Scrum
10 5 (13.16%) Analytics
10 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
10 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
11 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (10.53%) Kanban
11 4 (10.53%) Process Improvement
11 4 (10.53%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) PMP
2 16 (42.11%) Degree
2 16 (42.11%) PMI Certification
3 5 (13.16%) APMP
4 3 (7.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.63%) ISEB
6 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.63%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) PMO
2 3 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.89%) ISO 19650
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.63%) MiFID
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.63%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) SAP
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.89%) IBM
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) Workday
4 1 (2.63%) Ariba
4 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) Concur
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.63%) OpenLink
4 1 (2.63%) Triple Point