PRINCE2 Job Trends in the North of England

PRINCE 2
England > North of England

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 128 177
Rank change year-on-year -73 +49 -24
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 72 161 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.67% 1.77% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.95% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 54 106 101
10th Percentile £30,725 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £46,625 £45,398
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,458 £56,350 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% +7.33% -
75th Percentile £56,750 £67,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,350 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the North of England

PRINCE2
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the North of England

PRINCE2
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West -40 38 £52,000 -6.31% 29
Yorkshire -36 30 £50,915 -12.74% 19
North East +11 4 £32,500 -42.68% 10
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 7 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) LiveLink
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.94%) Azure
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Power BI
General
1 31 (43.06%) Finance
2 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 17 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (15.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (9.72%) Law
6 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.72%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.78%) Banking
7 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Marketing
7 2 (2.78%) Police
7 2 (2.78%) Retail
8 1 (1.39%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (34.72%) Project Manager
2 18 (25.00%) Senior
3 12 (16.67%) Support Officer
4 10 (13.89%) IT Manager
4 10 (13.89%) Project Officer
4 10 (13.89%) Project Support Officer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Project Officer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Project Support Officer
6 6 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (8.33%) IT Support
7 5 (6.94%) Commercial Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Commercial Project Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (4.17%) Change Manager
9 3 (4.17%) Senior PMO
10 2 (2.78%) Assistant IT Manager
10 2 (2.78%) Head of PMO
10 2 (2.78%) IT Relationships Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Social Media
2 4 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.78%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.78%) PMI
4 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (59.72%) Project Management
2 40 (55.56%) Agile
3 32 (44.44%) Project Delivery
4 24 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (31.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (30.56%) Budget Management
6 22 (30.56%) Change Management
7 19 (26.39%) Project Governance
8 18 (25.00%) ITIL
9 13 (18.06%) Business Case
9 13 (18.06%) Waterfall
10 12 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 12 (16.67%) Process Improvement
10 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
11 10 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (11.11%) Validation
13 7 (9.72%) Cost Control
13 7 (9.72%) Decision-Making
13 7 (9.72%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.78%) COBOL
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (36.11%) Degree
2 19 (26.39%) PMI Certification
3 17 (23.61%) PMP
4 8 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (9.72%) RIBA
5 7 (9.72%) Security Cleared
6 6 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (6.94%) DBS Check
8 4 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.39%) ISEB
10 1 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.22%) PMO
2 9 (12.50%) QA
3 6 (8.33%) SLA
4 4 (5.56%) P3O
5 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 16 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.17%) Openreach
4 2 (2.78%) SAP
5 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.39%) F5