PRINCE2 Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 655 790 761
Rank change year-on-year +135 -29 -115
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 86 288 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.78% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 70 234 304
10th Percentile £46,837 £38,918 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,375 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,375 £80,175 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +10.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PRINCE2 Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Salary trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +157 77 £57,500 +5.50% 50
UK excluding London +118 55 £57,500 +9.52% 36
Work from Home +158 43 £57,500 +4.55% 24
London +225 29 £65,000 -5.45% 14
Midlands +121 14 £55,000 +2.33% 13
South East +106 10 £55,000 +4.76% 8
South West +72 9 £55,000 +4.76% 6
West Midlands +129 8 £53,750 +2.38% 8
North of England +117 8 £47,709 -4.58% 5
East of England +103 7 £58,750 -6.00% 3
East Midlands +44 6 £55,000 +3.77% 5
Yorkshire +80 5 £43,155 -6.69% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £60,000 -
North West +84 3 £67,000 +27.62% 3
Scotland +54 2 £57,500 +35.29% 2
Wales +15 1 £60,000 +15.38%

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.16%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.16%) SaaS
3 1 (1.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) LAN
2 3 (3.49%) WAN
2 3 (3.49%) WLAN
3 2 (2.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Power BI
1 1 (1.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 26 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.91%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Retail
4 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.14%) Legal
4 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.65%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.65%) Law
7 3 (3.49%) Automotive
7 3 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Banking
8 2 (2.33%) Police
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.16%) Local Government
9 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.16%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (69.77%) Project Manager
2 22 (25.58%) IT Manager
3 15 (17.44%) IT Project Manager
3 15 (17.44%) Senior
4 14 (16.28%) Infrastructure Manager
5 12 (13.95%) Senior Manager
6 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 9 (10.47%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (8.14%) Portfolio Manager
9 5 (5.81%) Lead
9 5 (5.81%) Security Manager
9 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow Manager
9 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow Project Manager
10 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Portfolio Manager
10 4 (4.65%) Programme Manager
10 4 (4.65%) Project Leader
10 4 (4.65%) Senior IT Manager
11 3 (3.49%) Governance Manager
11 3 (3.49%) Senior Portfolio Manager
11 3 (3.49%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.98%) PMI
3 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) CCTV
4 3 (3.49%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.16%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.16%) NHS
6 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (97.67%) PRINCE2
2 64 (74.42%) Project Management
3 34 (39.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (36.05%) Agile
5 24 (27.91%) Project Delivery
6 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (22.09%) Waterfall
8 12 (13.95%) Change Management
8 12 (13.95%) ITIL
9 11 (12.79%) Budget Management
9 11 (12.79%) Business Analysis
10 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (10.47%) ERP
11 9 (10.47%) PRINCE
12 8 (9.30%) Roadmaps
12 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
13 7 (8.14%) Programme Management
13 7 (8.14%) Risk Management
14 6 (6.98%) Computer Science
14 6 (6.98%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 23 (26.74%) Degree
2 20 (23.26%) PMI Certification
3 16 (18.60%) PMP
4 8 (9.30%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.65%) APMG
7 3 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.33%) ISEB
9 1 (1.16%) APMP
9 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.16%) HND
9 1 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) PMO
2 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.33%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) SAP
3 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.16%) Aderant
4 1 (1.16%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.16%) iManage
4 1 (1.16%) Intapp
4 1 (1.16%) Salesforce