PRINCE2 Practitioner Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 517 490
Rank change year-on-year +31 -27 +72
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 24 42 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.30% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 24 45
10th Percentile £40,215 £45,497 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,787 £50,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +11.90% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £69,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £66,042
UK median annual salary £55,233 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year -3.94% +5.90% -1.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Practitioner falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,964 13,908 10,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.27% 38.48% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,081 5,323 6,882
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,457 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +7.21% +2.60%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PRINCE2 Practitioner relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PRINCE2 Practitioner job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PRINCE2 Practitioner

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK excluding London

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Midlands +17 8 £62,500 +15.74% 4
South East +28 7 £70,000 +9.80% 7
West Midlands +29 6 £62,500 +15.74% 3
North of England +9 5 £41,075 -35.57% 4
Yorkshire -13 5 £41,075 - 3
East of England +17 2 £54,550 +19.38% 2
East Midlands -6 2 £62,500 +15.74% 1
South West - 2 £42,500 -
PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Billing
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
5 1 (4.17%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Project Officer
2 3 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
2 3 (12.50%) Support Officer
3 2 (8.33%) Development Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Systems Development Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Junior
4 1 (4.17%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.17%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.17%) PMI
2 1 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (75.00%) Project Management
3 13 (54.17%) Agile
4 12 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (25.00%) ERP
9 5 (20.83%) Budget Management
9 5 (20.83%) Business Case
9 5 (20.83%) Decision-Making
9 5 (20.83%) Minimum Viable Product
10 4 (16.67%) Change Management
10 4 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
10 4 (16.67%) Project Planning
10 4 (16.67%) Supplier Management
11 3 (12.50%) Business Continuity
11 3 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
11 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) C#
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
1 2 (8.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) APMP
4 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
5 3 (12.50%) PMP
6 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.17%) MAPM
6 1 (4.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) PMO
1 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) NEC
2 2 (8.33%) Infor
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow