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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 519 568
Rank change year-on-year -19 +49 -9
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 32 32 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.087% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.30% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 19 52
10th Percentile £366 £434 £288
25th Percentile £450 £459 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £700 £600
90th Percentile £743 £732 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +1.42% -3.64% +20.22%
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 11,739 10,735 13,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.06% 29.30% 29.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,523 6,511 8,676
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 507 757
10th Percentile £17.47 £19.17 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.18 £26.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £44.81 £66.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -47.05% -8.46% +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 15 November 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 14 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 15 November 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 -36 23 £525 -6.67% 19
UK excluding London -28 18 £538 +1.42% 19
Work from Home +10 11 £559 +17.63% 5
London -3 10 £500 -13.04% 3
Scotland 0 4 £509 +7.11%
North of England -39 4 £663 - 3
West Midlands - 4 £490 - 2
Midlands - 4 £490 - 5
South East +2 2 £568 -18.93% 7
East of England -22 2 £479 -12.95% 4
Yorkshire -30 2 £450 - 1
North West - 2 £875 - 2
South West 0 1 £750 +66.67%
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 2

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 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.25%) Smartsheet
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Banking
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) Front Office
5 1 (3.13%) International Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) IT Manager
3 4 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Programme Manager
4 3 (9.38%) SAP Manager
4 3 (9.38%) SAP Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Business IT Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.25%) HR Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Integration Manager
5 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) IT Business Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) IT Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Release Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Software Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) RESTful
1 1 (3.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) CMDB
2 3 (9.38%) EPoS
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.13%) IPTV
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) New Media
4 1 (3.13%) Replication
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Solaris
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
1 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 24 (75.00%) Project Management
3 22 (68.75%) Agile
4 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (25.00%) ITIL
6 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (18.75%) Change Management
7 6 (18.75%) DevOps
7 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
8 5 (15.63%) Scrum
8 5 (15.63%) Waterfall
9 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (12.50%) Migration
10 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
10 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
10 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (9.38%) Dependency Management
10 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) PMP
2 15 (46.88%) PMI Certification
3 11 (34.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.13%) APMP
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ISEB
5 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.13%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) ISO 19650
2 1 (3.13%) MiFID
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) SAP
1 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.38%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Workday
4 1 (3.13%) Ariba
4 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) Concur
4 1 (3.13%) OpenLink
4 1 (3.13%) Triple Point