PRINCE2 Job Trends in Scotland

PRINCE 2
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 122 165
Rank change year-on-year +3 +43 +3
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 20 27 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.74% 1.00% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.08% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 24
10th Percentile £25,400 £42,125 £35,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,543 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.11% +5.20% -2.27%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £59,063
90th Percentile - £64,425 £63,675
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,202 2,489 2,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.93% 92.29% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 1,065 1,739
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,344 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Scotland

PRINCE2
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh -13 10 £27,500 - 1
Stirling -4 3 £60,000 +41.18%
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 1
Glasgow +15 1 £60,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 £60,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £60,000 -
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Asana
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Legal
3 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Change Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Life and Pensions Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Project Management
2 12 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
4 7 (35.00%) Coaching
4 7 (35.00%) Programme Management
5 6 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (30.00%) User Stories
6 5 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 5 (25.00%) Business Case
6 5 (25.00%) Change Management
6 5 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
6 5 (25.00%) ITIL
6 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 5 (25.00%) Test Planning
6 5 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (25.00%) Validation
6 5 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Degree
2 7 (35.00%) PMI Certification
2 7 (35.00%) PMP
3 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) MCSE
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.00%) CBAP
4 1 (5.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) P3O
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) VMware