PRINCE2 Job Trends in England

PRINCE 2
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 244 186
Rank change year-on-year -41 -58 +8
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 538 524 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 1.33% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.43% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 341 370 1,111
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,929 £37,199
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,000 £43,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +17.37% -11.25%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £53,200
% change year-on-year -4.62% +22.18% -11.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,371 36,609 77,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.97% 92.71% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42,401 19,964 56,209
10th Percentile £30,625 £29,000 £29,286
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +4.65% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,350 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in England

PRINCE2
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in England

PRINCE2
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -16 156 £80,000 +19.85% 109
North of England -37 128 £55,000 - 78
Midlands -18 77 £55,000 +5.57% 57
South East -43 72 £50,001 -24.53% 88
North West -12 70 £55,000 -12.00% 36
South West -3 55 £62,500 +6.38% 36
West Midlands -11 53 £55,000 +5.07% 25
Yorkshire -62 36 £53,750 -2.27% 34
East of England -40 33 £60,000 +15.38% 34
East Midlands -29 25 £55,000 +15.79% 32
North East -22 22 £44,447 -24.67% 8
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 20 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.23%) Confluence
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 86 (15.99%) Microsoft Project
2 44 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.93%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.56%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.56%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.56%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.37%) Workfront
7 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 89 (16.54%) Azure
2 61 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (9.67%) Power Platform
4 28 (5.20%) AWS
5 26 (4.83%) SaaS
6 21 (3.90%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.35%) Power Automate
8 17 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.97%) GCP
10 14 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (2.60%) OCI
11 13 (2.42%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.04%) PaaS
14 9 (1.67%) Smartsheet
15 6 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.12%) ChatGPT
16 5 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
16 5 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.09%) CHAP
2 17 (3.16%) WAN
3 16 (2.97%) LAN
4 14 (2.60%) SD-WAN
5 12 (2.23%) Firewall
6 10 (1.86%) Network Security
7 9 (1.67%) Wireless
8 7 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.93%) WAAS
10 4 (0.74%) VoIP
11 3 (0.56%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.56%) VPN
12 2 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
12 2 (0.37%) DHCP
12 2 (0.37%) DNS
12 2 (0.37%) VLAN
13 1 (0.19%) Intranet
13 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.81%) Power BI
2 11 (2.04%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.56%) Db2
4 3 (0.56%) Metadata
5 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.19%) Big Data
6 1 (0.19%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (7.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Git
2 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 286 (53.16%) Social Skills
2 235 (43.68%) Finance
3 107 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.43%) Law
5 37 (6.88%) Banking
6 34 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 34 (6.32%) Retail
7 33 (6.13%) Public Sector
8 31 (5.76%) Legal
9 30 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (5.39%) Financial Institution
11 24 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.97%) Marketing
15 14 (2.60%) Telecoms
16 12 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (1.12%) Automotive
18 6 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 201 (37.36%) Project Manager
2 100 (18.59%) Senior
3 78 (14.50%) IT Manager
4 70 (13.01%) Senior Manager
5 53 (9.85%) Senior Project Manager
6 47 (8.74%) Programme Manager
7 42 (7.81%) Head of QA
8 41 (7.62%) IT Project Manager
9 34 (6.32%) Lead
10 30 (5.58%) Analyst
11 27 (5.02%) Business Analyst
12 23 (4.28%) Change Manager
13 22 (4.09%) Auditor
14 21 (3.90%) Security Auditor
15 19 (3.53%) Applications Manager
15 19 (3.53%) Internal Auditor
16 17 (3.16%) Technical Manager
16 17 (3.16%) Technical Project Manager
17 16 (2.97%) IT Support
18 15 (2.79%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.67%) EDI
2 7 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.93%) Middleware
4 3 (0.56%) .NET
5 2 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.19%) FHIR
6 1 (0.19%) JSON
6 1 (0.19%) REST
6 1 (0.19%) SOAP
6 1 (0.19%) TAPI
6 1 (0.19%) Web Services
6 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.71%) Management Information System
2 46 (8.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 40 (7.43%) PMI
4 21 (3.90%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.04%) AI Agents
6 11 (2.04%) Blockchain
6 11 (2.04%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.30%) CMDB
8 7 (1.30%) EPoS
9 6 (1.12%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (0.93%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.74%) FMCG
11 4 (0.74%) IoT
11 4 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.60%) Windows
2 5 (0.93%) Android
2 5 (0.93%) Unix
3 3 (0.56%) AIX
3 3 (0.56%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (59.29%) Project Management
2 316 (58.74%) Agile
3 178 (33.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 176 (32.71%) Project Delivery
5 170 (31.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 153 (28.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 111 (20.63%) Change Management
8 105 (19.52%) ITIL
9 97 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (16.73%) Customer Experience
11 86 (15.99%) Analytics
11 86 (15.99%) Coaching
12 81 (15.06%) Decision-Making
13 78 (14.50%) Actionable Insight
13 78 (14.50%) Service Delivery
14 75 (13.94%) Waterfall
15 67 (12.45%) Risk Management
16 64 (11.90%) Budget Management
17 62 (11.52%) Roadmaps
18 57 (10.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.86%) SQL
2 9 (1.67%) Python
3 6 (1.12%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.74%) Java
5 3 (0.56%) C#
5 3 (0.56%) VBA
6 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.19%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
7 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (34.01%) PMP
2 176 (32.71%) PMI Certification
3 153 (28.44%) Degree
4 55 (10.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 42 (7.81%) IRCA
6 35 (6.51%) Security Cleared
7 28 (5.20%) CISSP
8 27 (5.02%) CISA
9 25 (4.65%) CISM
9 25 (4.65%) DBS Check
9 25 (4.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 22 (4.09%) CGEIT
10 22 (4.09%) FFIEC
10 22 (4.09%) SANS
10 22 (4.09%) SC Cleared
11 16 (2.97%) APMP
12 13 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.23%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.23%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (15.43%) GDPR
2 62 (11.52%) PMO
3 61 (11.34%) QA
4 46 (8.55%) ISO 9001
5 25 (4.65%) COBIT
6 24 (4.46%) NIST
7 17 (3.16%) SLA
8 12 (2.23%) GRC
9 10 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.12%) GMP
11 6 (1.12%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.74%) Automotive SPICE
13 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.74%) ISO 26262
13 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.37%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 12 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.67%) Ansible
2 8 (1.49%) Terraform
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.93%) SCCM
4 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.37%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 118 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.02%) SAP
3 24 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.16%) Cisco
5 15 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.42%) Oracle
7 11 (2.04%) CheckPoint
8 10 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.49%) Planon
11 6 (1.12%) Google
12 4 (0.74%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.74%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.74%) IFS
13 3 (0.56%) Citrix
13 3 (0.56%) Planview
13 3 (0.56%) Remedy
13 3 (0.56%) Sage
14 2 (0.37%) NETGEAR
14 2 (0.37%) OpenText