PRINCE2 Contracts with Work from Home Options

PRINCE 2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 116 112
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +60
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 270 558 1,019
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.75% 2.14% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.38% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 423 785
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £575
90th Percentile £640 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £522 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +4.34% +5.26% +9.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 30 40
10th Percentile £33.19 - -
25th Percentile - £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £44.74 £45.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +1.12% +59.63%
75th Percentile £77.04 £68.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £87.80 £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £35.04
% change year-on-year -26.52% +28.43% +31.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

PRINCE2 is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,569 23,472 40,758
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.77% 89.84% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,056 16,562 29,562
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 559 545
10th Percentile £14.90 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

PRINCE2
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PRINCE2 trend for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2.

PRINCE2 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

PRINCE2 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2.

PRINCE2 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

PRINCE2 hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.37%) Moodle
3 1 (0.37%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 29 (10.74%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.59%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.74%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.48%) Loan IQ
2 4 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.37%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.41%) Azure
2 6 (2.22%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.48%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.11%) AWS
5 3 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.11%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.11%) OCI
5 3 (1.11%) SaaS
6 2 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.37%) IaaS
7 1 (0.37%) PaaS
7 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.93%) Structured Cabling
2 15 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (2.59%) LAN
4 5 (1.85%) WAN
5 4 (1.48%) SAN
5 4 (1.48%) SNA
6 3 (1.11%) 5G
7 2 (0.74%) Firewall
7 2 (0.74%) Internet
7 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.74%) Wireless
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.37%) DWDM
8 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.37%) Intranet
8 1 (0.37%) Network Security
8 1 (0.37%) SDH
8 1 (0.37%) SNMP
8 1 (0.37%) VLAN
8 1 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.85%) Power BI
2 4 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.74%) DB2
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) JMeter
2 2 (0.74%) Selenium
2 2 (0.74%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (36.30%) Finance
2 97 (35.93%) Social Skills
3 71 (26.30%) Public Sector
4 35 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.63%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (8.15%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.93%) Banking
8 14 (5.19%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.44%) Local Government
11 10 (3.70%) Marketing
11 10 (3.70%) Retail
12 9 (3.33%) Legal
12 9 (3.33%) Manufacturing
12 9 (3.33%) Military
13 6 (2.22%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
14 5 (1.85%) Electronics
15 4 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 162 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 31 (11.48%) Senior
3 24 (8.89%) IT Manager
4 22 (8.15%) Senior Manager
5 19 (7.04%) IT Project Manager
6 18 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (5.56%) Lead
8 14 (5.19%) Analyst
9 12 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (4.44%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 12 (4.44%) Security Manager
10 11 (4.07%) Architect
11 10 (3.70%) Security Project Manager
12 8 (2.96%) Infrastructure Manager
12 8 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
12 8 (2.96%) Programme Manager
13 7 (2.59%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 7 (2.59%) Scrum Master
13 7 (2.59%) Service Manager
13 7 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (1.11%) XML
2 2 (0.74%) SOAP
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.26%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.81%) PMI
3 10 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.59%) NHS
5 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.85%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.48%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.48%) Derivative
6 4 (1.48%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.48%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.48%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.48%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.11%) FMCG
7 3 (1.11%) Robotics
7 3 (1.11%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.74%) LPAR
8 2 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.74%) Linux
1 2 (0.74%) Windows
1 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
1 2 (0.74%) zOS
2 1 (0.37%) Solaris
2 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (65.93%) Project Management
2 132 (48.89%) Agile
3 69 (25.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (24.81%) Project Delivery
5 54 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 51 (18.89%) Change Management
7 48 (17.78%) Decision-Making
8 44 (16.30%) Waterfall
9 43 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (14.07%) Scrum
11 34 (12.59%) ITIL
12 29 (10.74%) Business Case
13 25 (9.26%) Budget Management
14 24 (8.89%) Migration
14 24 (8.89%) Programme Management
15 22 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (7.04%) Line Management
17 18 (6.67%) Project Governance
18 17 (6.30%) TOGAF
19 16 (5.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.22%) SQL
2 1 (0.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 72 (26.67%) PMP
2 70 (25.93%) PMI Certification
3 61 (22.59%) Security Cleared
4 56 (20.74%) SC Cleared
5 50 (18.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 46 (17.04%) Degree
7 26 (9.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 11 (4.07%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.33%) APMP
10 7 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.22%) ISEB
12 5 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.48%) CISM
13 4 (1.48%) CISSP
13 4 (1.48%) ISEB Practitioner
13 4 (1.48%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (1.11%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
16 1 (0.37%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.37%) PMO
2 11 (4.07%) COBIT
3 9 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.22%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (2.22%) ISO 22301
4 6 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.85%) P3O
5 5 (1.85%) QA
6 4 (1.48%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.74%) SLA
8 1 (0.37%) GDPR
8 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.74%) HP ALM
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 43 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.44%) SAP
3 7 (2.59%) Oracle
4 5 (1.85%) Sparx
5 2 (0.74%) Adobe
5 2 (0.74%) Cisco
5 2 (0.74%) Google
5 2 (0.74%) HP
5 2 (0.74%) IBM
5 2 (0.74%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.74%) VMware
6 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.37%) Avaya
6 1 (0.37%) Cadence
6 1 (0.37%) Capita
6 1 (0.37%) Citrix
6 1 (0.37%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.37%) EMC
6 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.37%) Progress