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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 507 554
Rank change year-on-year -32 +47 +20
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 21 43 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.39% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 28 63
10th Percentile £423 £407 £313
25th Percentile £468 £459 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £682 £700 £597
90th Percentile £833 £738 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £520
% change year-on-year - +5.77% +9.47%
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 10,514 10,988 13,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.93% 29.30% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,580 6,650 8,756
10th Percentile £283 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 571 746
10th Percentile £17.59 £18.13 £16.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.43 £25.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%
75th Percentile £40.41 £68.00 £69.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £79.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.64% +15.31%

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 13 October 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 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 13 October 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 -1 17 £550 -4.35% 15
UK excluding London -31 12 £550 - 14
Work from Home +18 9 £550 +10.00% 7
London +7 5 £625 - 4
North of England -24 4 £663 - 6
Midlands -9 3 £490 +50.77% 1
West Midlands -15 3 £490 +50.77% 1
South East +9 2 £568 -18.93% 2
East of England -12 2 £479 -12.95% 1
Yorkshire -21 2 £450 - 2
North West - 2 £875 - 3
South West +11 1 £750 +53.85% 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Smartsheet
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.52%) International Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Project Manager
2 6 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) HR Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Integration Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) IT Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Software Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Testing Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) EPoS
2 2 (9.52%) Replication
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 14 (66.67%) Project Management
3 12 (57.14%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (19.05%) Waterfall
5 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 3 (14.29%) Change Management
6 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) Scrum
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (9.52%) ITIL
7 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
7 2 (9.52%) Project Governance
7 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) PMP
2 8 (38.10%) PMI Certification
3 6 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.76%) APMP
5 1 (4.76%) ISEB
5 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) ISO 19650
2 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Workday
2 1 (4.76%) Ariba
2 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) OpenLink
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Triple Point