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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 36 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +20
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 11 12 20
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.39% 2.65% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.41% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 20
10th Percentile £214 £120 £165
25th Percentile £265 £121 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £299 £135 £215
Median % change year-on-year +121.62% -37.05% -6.74%
75th Percentile £365 £162 £244
90th Percentile £417 £377 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £513
% change year-on-year +3.45% -1.07% +2.60%

All Process and 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 383 352 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.26% 77.70% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 199 314
10th Percentile £184 £140 £173
25th Percentile £257 £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £567
90th Percentile £625 £650 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 48 26
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.48 £15.93
25th Percentile £16.89 £20.12 £21.27
Median hourly rate £20.25 £25.09 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% -3.50% +37.17%
75th Percentile £25.14 £40.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £25.46 £49.13 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 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
South Wales +3 11 £299 +115.20% 18
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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Health
4 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Welsh Language
5 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Principal Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Clinical Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) NHS
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) PMI
3 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
3 6 (54.55%) Business Case
4 5 (45.45%) Resource Allocation
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (36.36%) Change Management
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (36.36%) Line Management
5 4 (36.36%) Migration
6 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
6 3 (27.27%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 3 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (27.27%) Informatics
6 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
6 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) Master's Degree
3 4 (36.36%) PMI Certification
4 2 (18.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Google