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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 39 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +12
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 3 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.46% 0.80% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.94% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £583 £265 £120
25th Percentile £594 £266 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £266 £135
Median % change year-on-year +134.68% +97.24% -39.99%
75th Percentile £644 £321 £162
90th Percentile £648 £353 £377
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £31.44
% change year-on-year - +90.84% +42.26%

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 457 318 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 70.20% 84.80% 78.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 195 177
10th Percentile £261 £192 £140
25th Percentile £359 £283 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £583 £488 £538
90th Percentile £675 £665 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 58 48
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £14.10 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £15.72 £20.50 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% -19.16% +1.61%
75th Percentile £24.50 £25.15 £47.81
90th Percentile £44.94 - £52.35
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 1 £650 +144.07% 17
West Wales - 1 £600 - 2
North Wales - 1 - - 6
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) AI Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) APMG
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO