PRINCE2 Contracts

PRINCE 2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PRINCE2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE2 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 185 135 133
Rank change year-on-year -50 -2 -18
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 425 769 1,169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.76% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.04% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 559 887
10th Percentile £316 £305 £300
25th Percentile £418 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £600
90th Percentile £750 £713 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +0.79% - +9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 37
10th Percentile £25.64 £18.35 £25.24
25th Percentile £29.62 £21.64 £42.50
Median hourly rate £39.03 £33.07 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.04% -26.52% +28.43%
75th Percentile £75.00 £44.74 £57.50
90th Percentile - £87.80 £73.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £33.07 £45.00
% change year-on-year -3.95% -26.52% +165.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 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 -39 378 £513 -2.38% 439
UK excluding London -25 230 £479 +0.79% 308
London -45 162 £550 -4.35% 163
Work from Home -35 142 £500 - 173
South East +41 76 £488 -7.14% 87
North of England +32 60 £525 +16.67% 91
North West +3 32 £525 +34.44% 68
Scotland -24 26 £450 +5.88% 25
South West -25 26 £450 -9.27% 18
East of England +17 24 £545 +81.67% 30
Yorkshire +24 21 £500 -2.44% 21
Midlands -5 18 £488 -2.50% 45
West Midlands -8 10 £525 -3.67% 20
East Midlands +5 8 £459 +1.94% 23
North East +4 7 £575 +9.52% 3

PRINCE2
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 23 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.76%) Confluence
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.24%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 71 (16.71%) Microsoft Project
2 31 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.35%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.65%) Trello
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.18%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.94%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.47%) Maximo
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.47%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (7.53%) Azure
2 15 (3.53%) Entra ID
2 15 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.06%) AWS
4 9 (2.12%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.41%) GCP
5 6 (1.41%) SaaS
5 6 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.94%) Asana
7 4 (0.94%) OCI
7 4 (0.94%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.47%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.24%) Miro
10 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.06%) Firewall
2 12 (2.82%) WAN
3 9 (2.12%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.65%) LAN
5 5 (1.18%) DNS
5 5 (1.18%) Network Security
6 4 (0.94%) 5G
7 3 (0.71%) 4G
7 3 (0.71%) DHCP
7 3 (0.71%) Internet
7 3 (0.71%) Skype
7 3 (0.71%) WLAN
8 2 (0.47%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.24%) SWIFTNet
9 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.12%) Power BI
2 5 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.94%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.71%) MS Access
5 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.47%) Tableau
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.24%) Big Data
6 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.24%) GIS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.24%) QlikView
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (11.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.24%) Postman
2 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 210 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 189 (44.47%) Finance
3 68 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (6.35%) Banking
8 23 (5.41%) Legal
9 21 (4.94%) Telecoms
10 20 (4.71%) Manufacturing
11 17 (4.00%) Local Government
12 14 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.59%) Billing
13 11 (2.59%) Retail
14 8 (1.88%) Marketing
15 7 (1.65%) Back Office
16 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (1.18%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.94%) Automotive
18 4 (0.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 203 (47.76%) Project Manager
2 39 (9.18%) Programme Manager
3 31 (7.29%) IT Manager
3 31 (7.29%) Senior
4 30 (7.06%) Senior Manager
5 26 (6.12%) Lead
6 25 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 25 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
7 23 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
8 20 (4.71%) Analyst
9 18 (4.24%) Infrastructure Manager
10 16 (3.76%) Implementation Manager
10 16 (3.76%) SAP Manager
10 16 (3.76%) Technical Manager
11 15 (3.53%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 15 (3.53%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 15 (3.53%) Technical Project Manager
12 13 (3.06%) ERP Manager
13 12 (2.82%) Migration Manager
14 11 (2.59%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.71%) .NET
3 2 (0.47%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.47%) ADO
3 2 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.24%) FHIR
4 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.29%) PMI
2 30 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.65%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.18%) Life Science
7 5 (1.18%) NHS
8 4 (0.94%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.71%) CCTV
9 3 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.71%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.71%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.71%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.71%) Windows
2 5 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.47%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Unix
3 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.24%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Solaris
4 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (70.35%) Project Management
2 218 (51.29%) Agile
3 164 (38.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (23.76%) Project Delivery
6 94 (22.12%) Change Management
7 83 (19.53%) Waterfall
8 64 (15.06%) Risk Management
9 59 (13.88%) ITIL
10 56 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 53 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (12.24%) Budget Management
12 52 (12.24%) Programme Management
13 50 (11.76%) Scrum
14 49 (11.53%) Decision-Making
15 43 (10.12%) Project Planning
16 40 (9.41%) Business Case
16 40 (9.41%) Roadmaps
17 38 (8.94%) Migration
17 38 (8.94%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.35%) SQL
2 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.47%) C#
4 2 (0.47%) VB
5 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.24%) VB6
Qualifications
1 170 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 158 (37.18%) PMP
3 125 (29.41%) Degree
4 64 (15.06%) Security Cleared
5 46 (10.82%) SC Cleared
6 35 (8.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 24 (5.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (3.29%) APMP
9 12 (2.82%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.88%) ISEB
12 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.18%) CISSP
15 3 (0.71%) APMG
15 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.47%) CBAP
16 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 2 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (14.59%) PMO
2 18 (4.24%) QA
3 10 (2.35%) P3O
4 8 (1.88%) GDPR
5 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.18%) PMBOK
6 4 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.47%) GxP
8 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.47%) ITGC
8 2 (0.47%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 8 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (1.41%) Amdocs OSS
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.94%) SCCM
4 2 (0.47%) SCOM
5 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.24%) Ansible
5 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.24%) Terraform
5 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.53%) SAP
3 22 (5.18%) Oracle
4 15 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.35%) Cisco
6 8 (1.88%) Apple
6 8 (1.88%) Samsung
6 8 (1.88%) SOTI
7 6 (1.41%) Ariba
7 6 (1.41%) Google
7 6 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.41%) VMware
7 6 (1.41%) Workday
8 5 (1.18%) NEC
8 5 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.94%) Amdocs
9 4 (0.94%) Databricks
9 4 (0.94%) Ericsson
9 4 (0.94%) NetCracker
9 4 (0.94%) Nokia