PRINCE2 Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - PRINCE2
UK

The median Project Manager - PRINCE2 daily rate in the UK is £421, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 561 643
Rank change year-on-year +23 +82 +195
Contract jobs requiring a PRINCE2 Project Manager 2 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.003% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.003% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £357 - -
25th Percentile £381 £254 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £258 £475
Median % change year-on-year +63.30% -45.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £460 £261 £488
90th Percentile £484 - £585
UK excluding London median daily rate £421 £258 £475
% change year-on-year +63.30% -45.79% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,559 35,319 46,870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 92.93% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,644 21,679 32,085
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,630 1,509
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.80 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.79 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.11 £43.90 £43.75
% change year-on-year -42.80% +0.34% +98.86%

PRINCE2 Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PRINCE2 Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Project Manager in the UK

PRINCE2 Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PRINCE2 Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PRINCE2 Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

PRINCE2 Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Project Manager over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Project Manager in the UK

PRINCE2 Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PRINCE2 Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PRINCE2 Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

PRINCE2 Project Manager
Top 5 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 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 +34 2 £421 +63.30% 2
UK excluding London -14 2 £421 +63.30% 2
Work from Home +13 1 £341 +32.43%
East of England - 1 £341 -
South East - 1 £500 - 2

PRINCE2 Project Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, PRINCE2 Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PRINCE2 Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management

PRINCE2 Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft