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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 152 119
Rank change year-on-year -6 -33 +14
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 56 116 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.99% 1.30% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.61% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48 67 107
10th Percentile £31,775 £40,750 £44,600
25th Percentile £41,024 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,094 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62,813 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £65,000 £66,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and 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 4,810 7,213 4,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 84.71% 80.93% 92.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,047 3,268 3,622
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +4.80% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £63,982
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +26 41 £55,000 - 66
East Midlands -7 15 £50,269 -6.91% 55
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 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 2 (3.57%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.79%) Primavera
2 1 (1.79%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.64%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.71%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.14%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.36%) SaaS
5 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.57%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.57%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) Power BI
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.57%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (3.57%) SAP HANA
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.79%) GIS
4 1 (1.79%) MySQL
4 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (33.93%) Finance
3 15 (26.79%) Public Sector
4 10 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (12.50%) Legal
8 6 (10.71%) Manufacturing
9 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (7.14%) Law
10 3 (5.36%) Local Government
11 2 (3.57%) Marketing
12 1 (1.79%) German Language
12 1 (1.79%) Police
12 1 (1.79%) Polish Language
12 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 8 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 7 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Senior
4 6 (10.71%) Senior Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Lead
5 5 (8.93%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Change Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Coordinator
6 4 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (5.36%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Administrator
8 2 (3.57%) Change Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Developer
8 2 (3.57%) PMO Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Project Change Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Report Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) EDI
2 3 (5.36%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.79%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
3 1 (1.79%) XML
3 1 (1.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.57%) IoT
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) 3D Printing
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.79%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.79%) PMI
5 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) AIX
1 2 (3.57%) Linux
1 2 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (3.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (69.64%) Project Management
2 25 (44.64%) Agile
3 19 (33.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (32.14%) Project Delivery
5 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (23.21%) Change Management
7 13 (23.21%) Decision-Making
8 11 (19.64%) ERP
8 11 (19.64%) ITIL
9 10 (17.86%) Business Case
9 10 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (14.29%) Mentoring
11 7 (12.50%) Project Planning
11 7 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 6 (10.71%) Information Security
13 5 (8.93%) Process Improvement
13 5 (8.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) C#
3 2 (3.57%) Bash
3 2 (3.57%) Korn
3 2 (3.57%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (3.57%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.79%) C++
4 1 (1.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (33.93%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) PMI Certification
3 10 (17.86%) PMP
4 8 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 6 (10.71%) APMG
7 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (3.57%) CISM
8 2 (3.57%) CISSP
8 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.79%) GIAC
9 1 (1.79%) GSLC
9 1 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (30.36%) PMO
2 6 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.93%) QA
4 3 (5.36%) COBIT
4 3 (5.36%) GDPR
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
5 1 (1.79%) NIST
5 1 (1.79%) P3O
5 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
1 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Ansible
1 2 (3.57%) Grafana
1 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.57%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (3.57%) Terraform
1 2 (3.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) SAP
3 3 (5.36%) IBM
3 3 (5.36%) Infor
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle
4 2 (3.57%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.57%) VMware
5 1 (1.79%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.79%) Epicor
5 1 (1.79%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.79%) NEC
5 1 (1.79%) Planon
5 1 (1.79%) Snow
5 1 (1.79%) Workday