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 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 38 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 +19
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 4 3 17
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.65% 0.87% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.02% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 12
10th Percentile £538 £265 £120
25th Percentile £556 £266 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £266 £151
Median % change year-on-year +125.29% +76.66% -58.95%
75th Percentile £631 £321 £242
90th Percentile £643 £353 £596
UK median daily rate £536 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +4.63% +2.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £85.28
25th Percentile - - £85.70
Median hourly rate - - £86.40
75th Percentile - - £87.10
90th Percentile - - £87.52
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £31.44
% change year-on-year +20.00% +122.65% -30.13%

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 447 294 306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 72.68% 85.71% 76.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 185 175
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £293 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £544
90th Percentile £694 £650 £595
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 48 51
10th Percentile £12.61 £13.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £15.58 £15.00 £18.52
Median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -8.89% +15.44%
75th Percentile £40.48 £25.15 £48.13
90th Percentile £54.00 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%

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
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 August 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 -14 2 £600 +125.29% 9
North Wales - 2 - - 3
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 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) E-Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) APMG
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle