PRINCE2 Practitioner Job Trends

PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 605 750
Rank change year-on-year -24 +145 -44
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 102 51 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.30% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22 44 104
10th Percentile £43,997 £47,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £74,875 £71,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £79,639 £85,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.06% +16.36% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,222 17,280 27,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 38.77% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,581 7,324 17,232
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,613
90th Percentile £92,988 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,890 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.08% +1.78% -4.76%

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PRINCE2 Practitioner job vacancy trend in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2 Practitioner

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 Practitioner within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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
UK excluding London -3 97 £55,000 -14.06% 28
Work from Home +76 87 £60,250 +15.31% 18
England -57 57 £50,000 -23.08% 24
Scotland +41 34 £83,930 +76.69%
South West - 29 £55,000 - 1
South East -11 15 £50,000 -29.08% 11
Wales -36 11 £72,500 +13.28% 7
London -46 5 £83,750 +28.85% 6
North West -1 4 £55,000 -
West Midlands -16 4 £48,522 -2.96% 1
Midlands -19 4 £48,522 -2.96% 3
North of England -33 4 £55,000 -26.67% 3

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 70 (68.63%) Microsoft Project
2 66 (64.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.98%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Azure
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.92%) AWS
3 4 (3.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.92%) GCP
4 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.98%) Asana
5 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.98%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) LAN
1 4 (3.92%) SD-WAN
1 4 (3.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
General
1 90 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.73%) Finance
3 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.94%) Retail
4 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.98%) Billing
5 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (71.57%) Project Manager
2 68 (66.67%) Senior
2 68 (66.67%) Senior Manager
2 68 (66.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 19 (18.63%) Programme Manager
4 7 (6.86%) IT Manager
5 3 (2.94%) IT Programme Manager
5 3 (2.94%) PMO Manager
6 2 (1.96%) Analyst
6 2 (1.96%) Business Analyst
7 1 (0.98%) Compliance Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Head of IT
7 1 (0.98%) Head of Projects
7 1 (0.98%) IT Risk Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Risk Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Senior IT Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Senior IT Project Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Service Analyst
7 1 (0.98%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (0.98%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.92%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.98%) AI Agents
2 1 (0.98%) CMDB
2 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.98%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 94 (92.16%) Project Management
3 87 (85.29%) Project Delivery
4 79 (77.45%) Agile
5 72 (70.59%) Customer Experience
6 69 (67.65%) Budget Management
6 69 (67.65%) Programme Governance
7 67 (65.69%) Operations Management
8 66 (64.71%) Coaching
8 66 (64.71%) Conflict Management
8 66 (64.71%) Impact Analysis
9 25 (24.51%) ITIL
10 22 (21.57%) Decision-Making
11 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (13.73%) Logistics
13 12 (11.76%) Business Transformation
14 9 (8.82%) Programme Management
15 8 (7.84%) Risk Management
16 7 (6.86%) Migration
Qualifications
1 74 (72.55%) Degree
2 24 (23.53%) PMI Certification
3 23 (22.55%) PMP
4 14 (13.73%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.92%) PgMP
5 4 (3.92%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.98%) ISEB
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.80%) PMO
2 2 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.98%) GRC
3 1 (0.98%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.92%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.98%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.98%) Planon
3 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.98%) SAP