PRINCE2 Job Trends in the Midlands

PRINCE 2
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 122 126
Rank change year-on-year -45 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 57 137 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.73% 2.07% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 2.30% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46 88 94
10th Percentile £37,125 £36,772 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,921 £46,250 £47,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,344 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,000 £63,750 £63,438
90th Percentile £73,875 £65,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,376 5,946 4,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.62% 89.75% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,520 2,615 3,711
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PRINCE2
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the Midlands

PRINCE2
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
West Midlands -6 43 £56,994 +4.58% 37
East Midlands -46 14 £50,135 -12.20% 22
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.51%) Trello
5 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 2 (3.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.75%) Primavera
2 1 (1.75%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.30%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (14.04%) AWS
4 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.26%) SaaS
6 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.75%) Asana
7 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) Power BI
2 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
2 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.51%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.75%) GIS
4 1 (1.75%) MySQL
4 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (56.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (38.60%) Finance
3 16 (28.07%) Public Sector
4 11 (19.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (14.04%) Legal
5 8 (14.04%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (10.53%) Manufacturing
7 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (7.02%) Law
9 3 (5.26%) Local Government
10 2 (3.51%) Marketing
10 2 (3.51%) Police
10 2 (3.51%) Retail
11 1 (1.75%) Banking
11 1 (1.75%) Billing
11 1 (1.75%) German Language
11 1 (1.75%) Polish Language
11 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Project Manager
2 8 (14.04%) IT Manager
3 7 (12.28%) IT Project Manager
3 7 (12.28%) Lead
4 6 (10.53%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Change Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Coordinator
6 4 (7.02%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.51%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Developer
7 2 (3.51%) Performance Manager
7 2 (3.51%) PMO Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Report Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Risk Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Transformation Manager
8 1 (1.75%) IT Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.04%) EDI
2 3 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (1.75%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.75%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.75%) Web Services
3 1 (1.75%) XML
3 1 (1.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) PMI
4 2 (3.51%) IoT
4 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.75%) 3D Printing
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.75%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.75%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (68.42%) Project Management
2 28 (49.12%) Agile
3 21 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 21 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (35.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (29.82%) Project Delivery
6 16 (28.07%) Risk Management
7 15 (26.32%) ERP
7 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (22.81%) Decision-Making
9 12 (21.05%) Change Management
10 10 (17.54%) Business Case
10 10 (17.54%) Mentoring
11 9 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (14.04%) ITIL
12 8 (14.04%) Waterfall
13 7 (12.28%) CRM
14 6 (10.53%) Data Security
14 6 (10.53%) Programme Delivery
14 6 (10.53%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) SQL
2 3 (5.26%) C#
3 2 (3.51%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) VB.NET
3 2 (3.51%) VBA
4 1 (1.75%) C++
4 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Degree
2 19 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 18 (31.58%) PMP
4 8 (14.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (10.53%) APMG
6 5 (8.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
8 3 (5.26%) CITP
9 2 (3.51%) CAPM
9 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.75%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.75%) CISSP
10 1 (1.75%) GIAC
10 1 (1.75%) GSLC
10 1 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) PMO
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.26%) GDPR
3 3 (5.26%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) COBIT
5 1 (1.75%) GRC
5 1 (1.75%) NIST
5 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Planon
2 4 (7.02%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.26%) Infor
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
4 2 (3.51%) SAP
4 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.75%) Epicor
5 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) IBM
5 1 (1.75%) NEC
5 1 (1.75%) Workday