PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 534 595
Rank change year-on-year +51 +61 0
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 36 66 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.49% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 47 80
10th Percentile £385 £320 £374
25th Percentile £422 £405 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £648 £665 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 £40.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £41.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.73% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £28.75 £42.25 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.73% -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 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 12 Contract 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 30 April 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 +39 34 £481 -3.36% 34
London +39 18 £550 - 16
UK excluding London +23 15 £450 -5.26% 23
Work from Home +33 9 £550 +22.22% 16
South East +33 5 £450 -10.00% 10
North of England +29 5 £450 - 6
East of England +30 3 £525 +75.00% 1
Yorkshire +15 3 £450 - 2
North West - 2 £488 - 4
Midlands +16 1 £450 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +8 1 £450 -10.00%
Scotland +8 1 £300 - 1

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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (5.56%) Trello
5 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.56%) Asana
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) ATM
1 1 (2.78%) Firewall
1 1 (2.78%) Intranet
1 1 (2.78%) Network Security
1 1 (2.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.78%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) QlikView
2 1 (2.78%) Tableau
2 1 (2.78%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 22 (61.11%) Finance
2 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Banking
4 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Local Government
5 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.33%) Legal
6 3 (8.33%) Retail Banking
7 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Automotive
8 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.78%) International Banking
8 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Project Manager
2 7 (19.44%) IT Manager
3 5 (13.89%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Digital Programme Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Migration Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Migration Project Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Programme Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Digital Transformation
5 3 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Transformation Programme Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Technical Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Assistant Project Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Change Project Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (5.56%) .NET
2 2 (5.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.56%) PMI
2 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.78%) Educational Technology
2 1 (2.78%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.78%) Replication
2 1 (2.78%) Robotics
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (97.22%) PRINCE2
2 25 (69.44%) Project Management
3 20 (55.56%) Agile
4 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (27.78%) Project Delivery
5 10 (27.78%) Waterfall
6 8 (22.22%) Scrum
7 7 (19.44%) Resource Allocation
8 6 (16.67%) Budget Management
9 5 (13.89%) Migration
9 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
10 4 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (11.11%) Change Management
10 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 3 (8.33%) Business Case
11 3 (8.33%) Customer Experience
11 3 (8.33%) DevOps
11 3 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
11 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
11 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) C#
1 2 (5.56%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Degree
2 11 (30.56%) PMI Certification
3 10 (27.78%) PMP
4 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.78%) APMP
6 1 (2.78%) CISSP
6 1 (2.78%) ISEB
6 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) PMO
2 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.11%) NEC
4 3 (8.33%) SAP
4 3 (8.33%) VMware
5 1 (2.78%) Citrix
5 1 (2.78%) Google
5 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.78%) Workday