PRINCE2 Practitioner Contracts

PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 501 554
Rank change year-on-year -3 +53 +45
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 26 86 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.66% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 69 106
10th Percentile £350 £310 £300
25th Percentile £393 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £574 £619 £555
90th Percentile £730 £650 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £462 £475
% change year-on-year +14.21% -2.76% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £3.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £3.65
% change year-on-year - - -87.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 9,581 12,940 14,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 29.82% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,919 7,996 9,928
10th Percentile £275 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -5.30% +0.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 1,112 731
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.81 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.94 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -31.61% -26.70% +25.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.28 £43.00 £54.11
% change year-on-year -38.88% -20.54% +50.31%

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Practitioner as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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 +10 24 £528 +0.63% 71
UK excluding London +21 21 £528 +14.21% 43
Work from Home +10 8 £500 - 25
South East +41 6 £543 +14.51% 11
North of England +12 4 £550 +164.42% 8
West Midlands +9 4 £575 -8.00% 6
London +7 4 £613 +11.36% 32
Midlands +5 4 £575 -8.00% 7
East of England +22 3 £350 -12.50% 7
Yorkshire - 3 - - 2
South West +30 2 £471 -5.71% 5
Scotland -3 2 £468 +33.57% 2
North East - 1 £550 - 1

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Asana
1 2 (7.69%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Billing
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Project Manager
2 6 (23.08%) IT Manager
3 5 (19.23%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Business Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Programme Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Network Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Network Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Programme Director
6 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.85%) WAN Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (11.54%) PMI
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 17 (65.38%) Project Management
2 17 (65.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (46.15%) Agile
4 9 (34.62%) Project Delivery
5 8 (30.77%) Project Governance
5 8 (30.77%) Risk Management
6 5 (19.23%) Business Case
6 5 (19.23%) Change Management
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
7 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Resource Management
8 3 (11.54%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (11.54%) Contract Management
8 3 (11.54%) Cost Management
8 3 (11.54%) ITIL
8 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
8 3 (11.54%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
3 10 (38.46%) Degree
4 6 (23.08%) APMP
4 6 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 6 (23.08%) PMP
5 4 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) ISEB
6 1 (3.85%) APMG
6 1 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PMBOK
1 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Cisco
1 2 (7.69%) Wrike
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Snow