PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

PRINCE 2
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 78 74
Rank change year-on-year -28 -4 +27
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 31 31 40
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.37% 1.85% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 2.15% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 18 30
10th Percentile £319 £301 £336
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £699 £608 £651
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.23
25th Percentile - - £21.79
Median hourly rate - £23.60 £23.35
Median % change year-on-year - +1.07% -20.85%
75th Percentile - - £24.29
90th Percentile - - £24.48
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.69 £22.10
% change year-on-year +48.15% +38.85% -50.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,969 1,444 1,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.09% 86.31% 85.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 910 1,047
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £582 £612 £600
90th Percentile £674 £714 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 49 48
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.42
25th Percentile £16.10 £16.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +29.94%
75th Percentile £30.00 £33.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £40.28 £52.50 £67.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the West Midlands

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
Birmingham +5 14 £497 -17.25% 16
Warwickshire -5 11 £600 - 7
Solihull - 3 £403 - 1
Coventry -16 2 £616 - 1
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (3.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) CA PPM
1 1 (3.23%) SAP PM
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) OpenShift
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) SaaS
3 2 (6.45%) Smartsheet
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) JIRA
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 17 (54.84%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Legal
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Law
7 1 (3.23%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.90%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Business Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Business Project Manager
3 3 (9.68%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Scrum Master
4 2 (6.45%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Educational Technology
2 3 (9.68%) Learning Management System
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) CMDB
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) FMCG
3 1 (3.23%) Housing Association
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) SCADA
3 1 (3.23%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Project Management
2 22 (70.97%) Agile
3 15 (48.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (48.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (29.03%) Scrum
6 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (25.81%) Waterfall
7 7 (22.58%) Project Delivery
8 6 (19.35%) Budget Management
8 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
8 6 (19.35%) Project Governance
9 5 (16.13%) Change Management
9 5 (16.13%) Coaching
9 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
9 5 (16.13%) Project Planning
10 4 (12.90%) Continuous Delivery
10 4 (12.90%) Kanban
10 4 (12.90%) Migration
10 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Degree
2 13 (41.94%) PMP
3 12 (38.71%) PMI Certification
4 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.23%) APMG
6 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.23%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) PMO
2 5 (16.13%) Data Quality
3 4 (12.90%) QA
4 3 (9.68%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Planview
2 3 (9.68%) Progress
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.23%) Intapp