PRINCE2 Job Trends in the North West

PRINCE 2
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 110 142
Rank change year-on-year -31 +32 -3
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 38 102 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.60% 2.02% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 2.22% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29 67 50
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,900 £38,463
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £56,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.68% +11.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,100 £70,346 £66,500
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,155 4,593 3,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.26% 91.15% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 2,248 3,069
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £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 West

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the North West

PRINCE2
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the North West

PRINCE2
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester +10 22 £52,000 -5.45% 11
Cumbria +1 8 £54,500 -2.68% 3
Lancashire -14 5 £45,000 -21.74% 7
Cheshire -22 3 £65,000 +8.33% 9
PRINCE2
England

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (18.42%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) LiveLink
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Law
4 6 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.26%) Police
7 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 13 (34.21%) Senior
3 6 (15.79%) Support Officer
4 5 (13.16%) Commercial Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Commercial Project Manager
4 5 (13.16%) IT Manager
4 5 (13.16%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Project Officer
5 4 (10.53%) Project Support Officer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Project Officer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Project Support Officer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior PMO
7 2 (5.26%) Assistant IT Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Assistant Project Manager
7 2 (5.26%) IT Assistant
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Consultant
8 1 (2.63%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Social Media
2 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Project Management
2 22 (57.89%) Project Delivery
3 20 (52.63%) Agile
4 15 (39.47%) Budget Management
4 15 (39.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (36.84%) Project Governance
6 13 (34.21%) Change Management
7 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (23.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 9 (23.68%) Process Improvement
9 8 (21.05%) Business Case
9 8 (21.05%) Validation
10 7 (18.42%) Mathematics
10 7 (18.42%) Physics
10 7 (18.42%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (18.42%) Verification and Validation
11 6 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (15.79%) Risk Management
11 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) Degree
2 14 (36.84%) PMI Certification
3 13 (34.21%) PMP
4 8 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (18.42%) RIBA
6 5 (13.16%) DBS Check
7 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.63%) ISEB
8 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) PMO
2 5 (13.16%) QA
3 2 (5.26%) P3O
4 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.63%) F5
2 1 (2.63%) SAP