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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 498 550
Rank change year-on-year -56 +52 +59
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 36 37 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.12% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 33
10th Percentile £372 £389 £304
25th Percentile £475 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +11.39%
75th Percentile £653 £575 £594
90th Percentile £745 £700 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £475 £545
% change year-on-year +19.47% -12.84% +18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.75
Median hourly rate - - £41.50
75th Percentile - - £42.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £41.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.78%

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 12,661 9,539 12,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.05% 29.94% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 5,794 8,090
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 946 462 754
10th Percentile £15.69 £19.33 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -21.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56.69 £66.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -40.12% -16.00% +11.11%

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 16 January 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 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 16 January 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 -49 29 £550 +7.84% 14
UK excluding London -47 25 £568 +19.47% 12
London -17 8 £500 +1.27% 5
Work from Home -18 8 £568 +22.70% 12
Midlands - 6 £550 - 2
West Midlands - 6 £550 - 2
South West -11 5 £750 +66.67% 1
South East -22 5 £635 +4.96% 5
Scotland +6 4 £509 +31.29% 1
North West -16 2 £875 +66.67%
East of England -19 2 £479 -8.81% 1
North of England -51 2 £875 +94.44% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 -

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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.11%) SaaS
4 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (38.89%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Front Office
7 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Military
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Integration Manager
4 4 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 4 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business IT Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) IT Programme Manager
6 2 (5.56%) NHS Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) RESTful
1 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) CMDB
2 3 (8.33%) EPoS
3 2 (5.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.78%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.78%) IPTV
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) New Media
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Solaris
1 1 (2.78%) Unix
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
1 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 28 (77.78%) Project Management
3 26 (72.22%) Agile
4 13 (36.11%) Waterfall
5 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.22%) DevOps
8 7 (19.44%) Change Management
8 7 (19.44%) ITIL
9 6 (16.67%) Budget Management
9 6 (16.67%) Scrum
9 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (13.89%) Analytics
10 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
10 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
11 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (11.11%) Kanban
11 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
11 4 (11.11%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) PMP
2 16 (44.44%) Degree
3 14 (38.89%) PMI Certification
4 5 (13.89%) APMP
5 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.78%) ISEB
7 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.78%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) PMO
2 3 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.33%) ISO 19650
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.78%) MiFID
3 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) SAP
2 4 (11.11%) Oracle
2 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.33%) IBM
4 1 (2.78%) Ariba
4 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) Concur
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.78%) OpenLink
4 1 (2.78%) Triple Point
4 1 (2.78%) Workday