PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Wales

PRINCE 2
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 12 0 18
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.16% - 4.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% - 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 15
10th Percentile £211 - £175
25th Percentile £214 - £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +205.56%
75th Percentile £336 - £625
90th Percentile £450 - -
UK median daily rate £520 £513 £520
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £87.80
75th Percentile - - £87.90
90th Percentile - - £87.96
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £39.03 £33.07
% change year-on-year +108.81% +18.04% -26.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 441 263 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.32% 86.80% 79.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 188 239
10th Percentile £211 £180 £160
25th Percentile £325 £262 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £660 £625 £653
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 30 27
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.92 £11.51
25th Percentile £14.50 £20.12 £13.06
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.51 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +12.18% -1.64%
75th Percentile £35.78 £29.13 £36.68
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Wales

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Wales over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Wales

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 April 2026. 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
South Wales - 10 £300 - 10
North Wales - 1 - -
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Health
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Welsh Language
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Principal Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) E-Business Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
1 3 (25.00%) PMI
2 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (75.00%) Project Management
3 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (50.00%) Migration
5 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (33.33%) Business Case
6 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (25.00%) Line Management
7 3 (25.00%) Programme Governance
7 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
7 3 (25.00%) Resource Management
7 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 2 (16.67%) Coaching
8 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
8 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) PMI Certification
2 5 (41.67%) PMP
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (8.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) P3O
2 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle