PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends

PRINCE 2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 176 133
Rank change year-on-year +16 -43 -3
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 635 508 814
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.51% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.71% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 316 616
10th Percentile £341 £330 £281
25th Percentile £420 £429 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -2.14% +4.32%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £628
90th Percentile £700 £725 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £499 £500
% change year-on-year +0.20% -0.20% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 22 11
10th Percentile £17.25 £23.49 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.81 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.69 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% +38.85% -50.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.76 £33.04
90th Percentile £71.88 £74.88 £42.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £30.01 £22.10
% change year-on-year +51.51% +35.77% -50.89%

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 32,744 29,791 38,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.06% 88.28% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 18,168 25,704
10th Percentile £300 £308 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,071 964 1,544
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%
75th Percentile £51.23 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.31 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.58 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.16% -30.00% +40.63%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the UK

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 December 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 +5 545 £525 +0.96% 747
UK excluding London -8 361 £500 +0.20% 682
London +22 210 £540 -1.82% 148
Work from Home +39 194 £520 +1.96% 276
South East +18 121 £525 +5.00% 184
North of England -61 62 £463 -8.87% 153
Midlands -30 56 £550 +10.44% 135
South West -15 49 £575 +16.46% 79
Scotland +24 35 £450 - 18
North West -26 33 £500 -3.15% 87
West Midlands -32 31 £550 -2.22% 75
East of England -14 30 £463 -7.50% 89
East Midlands -1 27 £472 -0.74% 55
Yorkshire -37 27 £417 -15.07% 60
Wales +4 10 £305 +88.05% 21
Northern Ireland -4 4 £425 - 14
North East -17 2 £775 +34.78% 8

PRINCE2
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 61 (9.61%) SharePoint
2 45 (7.09%) Confluence
3 9 (1.42%) CMS
4 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.63%) Apache
5 4 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 112 (17.64%) Microsoft Project
2 83 (13.07%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 48 (7.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.83%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.26%) Trello
7 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.57%) Primavera
3 8 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.79%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.47%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.47%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.47%) Workfront
7 2 (0.31%) Maximo
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 60 (9.45%) Azure
2 42 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (6.46%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (3.62%) SaaS
5 22 (3.46%) AWS
6 15 (2.36%) Smartsheet
7 13 (2.05%) OpenShift
8 10 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.79%) GCP
11 5 (0.79%) Miro
12 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.63%) OCI
13 3 (0.47%) Asana
13 3 (0.47%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.62%) Firewall
2 12 (1.89%) WAN
3 11 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.57%) DNS
4 10 (1.57%) VPN
5 8 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (1.10%) Network Security
6 7 (1.10%) Wireless
7 6 (0.94%) 5G
7 6 (0.94%) LAN
8 5 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.79%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.47%) DHCP
11 2 (0.31%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.31%) VoIP
12 1 (0.16%) 2G
12 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.16%) Multicast
12 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.83%) Power BI
2 6 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 6 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (0.94%) Tableau
3 4 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.47%) EDMS
5 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.31%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.16%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.16%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) KNIME
6 1 (0.16%) Metadata
6 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 90 (14.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 351 (55.28%) Social Skills
2 257 (40.47%) Finance
3 92 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (13.70%) Public Sector
5 60 (9.45%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (8.35%) Banking
7 33 (5.20%) Legal
8 30 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 28 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (4.25%) Retail
11 20 (3.15%) Local Government
12 17 (2.68%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.52%) Law
14 15 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.89%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.57%) Fire and Rescue
17 10 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.42%) Marketing
19 7 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 299 (47.09%) Project Manager
2 58 (9.13%) Lead
3 55 (8.66%) Analyst
4 51 (8.03%) Senior
5 48 (7.56%) IT Manager
6 40 (6.30%) IT Project Manager
7 38 (5.98%) Programme Manager
8 36 (5.67%) Infrastructure Manager
9 33 (5.20%) Senior Manager
10 32 (5.04%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 29 (4.57%) Senior Project Manager
12 28 (4.41%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (4.09%) Technical Manager
14 25 (3.94%) PMO Analyst
15 21 (3.31%) Project Officer
16 19 (2.99%) Business Analyst
17 18 (2.83%) Transformation Manager
18 16 (2.52%) SAP Manager
18 16 (2.52%) Transformation Project Manager
19 15 (2.36%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.73%) EDI
2 8 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.94%) Middleware
4 4 (0.63%) ADO
5 3 (0.47%) FHIR
6 2 (0.31%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.16%) .NET
7 1 (0.16%) HTML
7 1 (0.16%) JSON
7 1 (0.16%) RESTful
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.16%) SOAP
7 1 (0.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.87%) PMI
2 43 (6.77%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.72%) Virtual Team
4 26 (4.09%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 20 (3.15%) NHS
7 14 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.57%) Life Science
8 10 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.10%) CMDB
11 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.10%) SCADA
12 6 (0.94%) EPoS
13 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.63%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.63%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.62%) Windows
2 13 (2.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.79%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (0.63%) Linux
4 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (65.83%) Project Management
2 396 (62.36%) Agile
3 238 (37.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 193 (30.39%) Project Delivery
5 184 (28.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 159 (25.04%) Change Management
7 127 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 113 (17.80%) ITIL
9 110 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (15.28%) Risk Management
11 93 (14.65%) Project Governance
12 82 (12.91%) Migration
13 73 (11.50%) Budget Management
14 71 (11.18%) Scrum
15 68 (10.71%) Decision-Making
16 66 (10.39%) DevOps
16 66 (10.39%) Programme Management
17 53 (8.35%) Business Case
18 51 (8.03%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.42%) SQL
2 2 (0.31%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.31%) Korn
3 1 (0.16%) Java
3 1 (0.16%) PHP
3 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 260 (40.94%) PMI Certification
2 256 (40.31%) PMP
3 192 (30.24%) Degree
4 97 (15.28%) Security Cleared
5 65 (10.24%) SC Cleared
6 39 (6.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 38 (5.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 33 (5.20%) APMP
9 29 (4.57%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.99%) Master's Degree
11 15 (2.36%) CISSP
12 14 (2.20%) CISM
13 7 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.79%) APMG
15 5 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.63%) MBA
16 4 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (18.90%) PMO
2 47 (7.40%) QA
3 28 (4.41%) GDPR
4 21 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.99%) P3O
6 16 (2.52%) NIST
7 9 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.26%) SLA
9 7 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (1.10%) GRC
9 7 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.63%) COBIT
11 4 (0.63%) MiFID
11 4 (0.63%) PMBOK
12 3 (0.47%) Basel III
12 3 (0.47%) GMP
12 3 (0.47%) JSP 440
System Software
1 19 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.63%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (0.63%) Ansible
2 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.16%) SCCM
4 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 109 (17.17%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.82%) SAP
3 35 (5.51%) Oracle
4 24 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.62%) Planview
6 15 (2.36%) Workday
7 9 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.26%) Cisco
9 6 (0.94%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.94%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.94%) VMware
10 5 (0.79%) Adobe
10 5 (0.79%) Ariba
10 5 (0.79%) CheckPoint
10 5 (0.79%) Citrix
10 5 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.79%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.63%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.63%) Remedy
12 3 (0.47%) IBM