PRINCE2 Certification Job Trends

PRINCE2 Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 769 659 679
Rank change year-on-year -110 +20 -45
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 32 22 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.045% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.13% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 76
10th Percentile £51,150 £50,550 £38,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £86,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Certification 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,812 16,830 20,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.96% 34.30% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,850 7,568 10,458
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £36,925 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.56% -7.62% -

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PRINCE2 Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2 Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 12 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 September 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
England -89 28 £64,000 +4.49% 53
London -36 20 £65,750 -0.75% 27
Work from Home -41 16 £64,000 -8.57% 19
UK excluding London -108 12 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Midlands -36 4 £55,000 -29.03% 8
North of England -55 3 £53,500 -0.93% 8
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North West - 3 £53,500 - 5
West Midlands -27 2 £57,264 -26.11% 5
East Midlands -33 2 £55,000 - 3
Scotland - 1 £30,000 -
South West - 1 - - 3

PRINCE2 Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (15.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.25%) Shopify
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
1 5 (15.63%) SaaS
2 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (9.38%) Smartsheet
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) LAN
1 2 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
4 4 (12.50%) Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
6 2 (6.25%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.13%) Games
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 9 (28.13%) IT Manager
2 9 (28.13%) IT Project Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Digital Project Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Software Project Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Web Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Web Project Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Data Centre Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 20 (62.50%) Agile
3 18 (56.25%) Project Management
4 15 (46.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (34.38%) Project Delivery
6 10 (31.25%) Change Management
6 10 (31.25%) Waterfall
7 8 (25.00%) Change Control
7 8 (25.00%) CRM
7 8 (25.00%) ITIL
8 6 (18.75%) Budgeting
8 6 (18.75%) Software Delivery
9 5 (15.63%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 5 (15.63%) Business Case
9 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
9 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
10 4 (12.50%) Scrum
10 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
1 11 (34.38%) PMI Certification
1 11 (34.38%) PMP
2 4 (12.50%) BICSI Certification
2 4 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (9.38%) CAPM
4 2 (6.25%) IIBA
4 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) APMP
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) CBAP
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) QA
2 5 (15.63%) SLA
3 3 (9.38%) PMO
4 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.13%) IFRS
4 1 (3.13%) IFRS 17
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Planview
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Cognizant
3 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Meraki
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.13%) Talend