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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 720 728 891
Rank change year-on-year +8 +163 -152
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 176 245 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.71% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 140 129 277
10th Percentile £32,950 £42,400 £37,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +12.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +64 151 £50,000 -19.35% 51
UK excluding London +6 132 £47,500 -17.39% 39
Work from Home +10 67 £55,000 -12.75% 21
Midlands +34 43 £47,500 -15.51% 8
West Midlands +58 38 £45,000 -28.00% 4
London +79 35 £75,000 +15.38% 12
South East +13 25 £42,500 -34.62% 10
South West +12 23 £50,000 - 10
North of England +42 15 £40,000 -23.81% 5
North West +14 13 £35,000 -44.51% 2
East of England +6 10 £60,000 +50.00% 7
Scotland -76 8 - - 2
East Midlands -20 5 £52,500 +5.12% 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 -
Wales +8 3 £45,000 -26.23%
Yorkshire +83 2 £50,750 -3.33% 2

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 9 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 38 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (8.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (7.95%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Relativity
1 1 (0.57%) SAP CS
1 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.57%) SAP SM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.11%) SaaS
2 7 (3.98%) Mavenlink
3 4 (2.27%) AWS
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.27%) Slack
4 3 (1.70%) Azure
4 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.14%) OCI
6 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.57%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (8.52%) JIRA
General
1 80 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.27%) Finance
3 26 (14.77%) Telecoms
4 24 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.80%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.68%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.98%) Banking
8 6 (3.41%) Legal
9 5 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.84%) Retail
10 4 (2.27%) Law
10 4 (2.27%) Marketing
11 2 (1.14%) Electronics
11 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Back Office
12 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 132 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 29 (16.48%) IT Manager
2 29 (16.48%) IT Project Manager
3 18 (10.23%) Senior
3 18 (10.23%) Senior Manager
3 18 (10.23%) Senior Project Manager
4 15 (8.52%) Infrastructure Manager
5 12 (6.82%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 10 (5.68%) Technical Manager
6 10 (5.68%) Technical Project Manager
7 9 (5.11%) Coordinator
8 8 (4.55%) Analyst
8 8 (4.55%) Junior
8 8 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
9 7 (3.98%) Resourcing Manager
9 7 (3.98%) SAP Manager
9 7 (3.98%) SAP Project Manager
10 6 (3.41%) Junior Project Manager
10 6 (3.41%) Senior SAP Project Manager
11 5 (2.84%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) .NET
1 1 (0.57%) EDI
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.95%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.68%) PMI
3 6 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.84%) FMCG
5 4 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.70%) CCTV
6 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.70%) PKI
7 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.55%) Linux
2 5 (2.84%) Windows
3 4 (2.27%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (92.61%) PRINCE2
2 133 (75.57%) Project Management
3 60 (34.09%) Agile
4 50 (28.41%) Project Delivery
5 43 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (17.05%) PRINCE
8 26 (14.77%) Resource Management
9 20 (11.36%) Process Improvement
9 20 (11.36%) Project Planning
10 19 (10.80%) Budget Management
10 19 (10.80%) Scrum
11 18 (10.23%) Waterfall
12 17 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (9.66%) ITIL
13 16 (9.09%) Change Management
13 16 (9.09%) Time Management
14 15 (8.52%) Business Case
15 14 (7.95%) Change Control
15 14 (7.95%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.27%) C#
1 4 (2.27%) SQL
2 3 (1.70%) Java
2 3 (1.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (19.89%) Degree
2 33 (18.75%) PMI Certification
3 29 (16.48%) PMP
4 12 (6.82%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.41%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.84%) CAPM
6 5 (2.84%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.70%) ISEB
7 3 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.14%) APMG
8 2 (1.14%) APMP
9 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.57%) HNC
9 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.57%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.95%) PMO
2 11 (6.25%) QA
3 4 (2.27%) GDPR
4 2 (1.14%) P3O
5 1 (0.57%) GMP
5 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 52 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.95%) CheckPoint
3 7 (3.98%) SAP
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle
4 2 (1.14%) Sage
4 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.57%) Citrix
5 1 (0.57%) Nuix
5 1 (0.57%) Sun
5 1 (0.57%) Wrike