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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 185 176
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 -67
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 96 49 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.61% 0.87% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.00% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 65 39 61
10th Percentile £37,750 £36,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,573 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,015 £51,850 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% -5.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £72,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%

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 11,092 4,897 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.40% 86.83% 80.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,832 2,827 3,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -15 52 £58,015 +11.89% 65
East Midlands -2 44 £55,000 +7.04% 48
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 (2.08%) Confluence
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (8.33%) Infor M3
2 2 (2.08%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (2.08%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.04%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (1.04%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.63%) Power Platform
2 13 (13.54%) SaaS
3 11 (11.46%) Azure
4 8 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (7.29%) AWS
6 6 (6.25%) Power Automate
6 6 (6.25%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.08%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.04%) IaaS
9 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.04%) OCI
9 1 (1.04%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.04%) PaaS
9 1 (1.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) LAN
1 5 (5.21%) WAN
2 2 (2.08%) DHCP
2 2 (2.08%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) Internet
2 2 (2.08%) Network Security
2 2 (2.08%) VLAN
2 2 (2.08%) WLAN
3 1 (1.04%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.63%) Power BI
2 3 (3.13%) Metadata
3 2 (2.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Yeoman
General
1 44 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 37 (38.54%) Finance
3 21 (21.88%) Manufacturing
4 17 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (13.54%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (11.46%) Public Sector
7 8 (8.33%) Law
7 8 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (6.25%) Retail
9 4 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (3.13%) Health Technology
10 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.08%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.08%) Legal
11 2 (2.08%) Marketing
12 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (32.29%) Project Manager
2 17 (17.71%) Lead
3 15 (15.63%) Analyst
4 11 (11.46%) IT Manager
5 10 (10.42%) Senior
6 9 (9.38%) Architect
7 8 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
8 7 (7.29%) Head of Digital
9 6 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Customer Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Programme Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Senior Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.17%) Business Analyst
11 4 (4.17%) Digital Project Manager
11 4 (4.17%) Head of IT
11 4 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 4 (4.17%) Technical Manager
11 4 (4.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.54%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.33%) FMCG
3 7 (7.29%) Data Structures
4 6 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.13%) NHS
5 3 (3.13%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.08%) CMDB
6 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.08%) EPoS
6 2 (2.08%) IoT
6 2 (2.08%) PMI
6 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (55.21%) Agile
3 52 (54.17%) Project Management
4 34 (35.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (34.38%) Project Delivery
6 24 (25.00%) ERP
7 23 (23.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (22.92%) ITIL
9 19 (19.79%) AI
9 19 (19.79%) Decision-Making
10 18 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (16.67%) Risk Management
12 15 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (15.63%) Migration
13 13 (13.54%) Computer Science
13 13 (13.54%) Data Governance
14 12 (12.50%) Data Migration
14 12 (12.50%) Logistics
15 11 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (11.46%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (30.21%) Degree
2 25 (26.04%) PMP
3 21 (21.88%) PMI Certification
4 7 (7.29%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (5.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (5.21%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.21%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (4.17%) CIPD
7 4 (4.17%) CISM
7 4 (4.17%) CISSP
8 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.08%) CCNA
9 2 (2.08%) CCNP
9 2 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.08%) CISMP
9 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.46%) PMO
2 10 (10.42%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.17%) GDPR
4 2 (2.08%) COBIT
4 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.08%) NCSC
4 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.04%) GxP
5 1 (1.04%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.33%) Infor
3 6 (6.25%) Oracle
3 6 (6.25%) SAP
4 4 (4.17%) IFS
4 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.08%) Cisco
5 2 (2.08%) Google
5 2 (2.08%) Planon
6 1 (1.04%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Workday