PRINCE 2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PRINCE2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 197 204
Rank change year-on-year -23 +7 +18
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 722 1,504 1,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.53% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.78% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 517 1,200 1,370
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,199 £41,117
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £53,075 £58,513
Median % change year-on-year +16.82% -9.29% +6.39%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,075 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.80% -7.27% +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -42 640 £60,000 +13.21% 568
UK excluding London -13 511 £56,000 +9.80% 435
Work from Home +16 272 £62,500 +13.64% 190
North of England +3 188 £56,000 +6.67% 114
London -23 142 £65,000 +7.44% 198
North West -14 126 £56,000 +1.82% 80
South East -14 109 £65,000 +23.81% 136
Midlands -16 102 £51,245 -6.32% 63
East of England +8 66 £51,000 -3.77% 62
West Midlands -22 63 £52,344 +10.20% 29
Yorkshire +69 60 £55,000 +4.76% 30
East Midlands +23 31 £46,000 -12.38% 28
Scotland +123 26 £60,000 +33.33% 30
South West -15 11 £56,373 +12.75% 31
Wales +30 3 £64,000 +25.49% 8
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 -
Northern Ireland +32 2 £50,000 -8.10% 8
North East -7 2 £48,250 +0.28% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -

PRINCE2
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 29 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.46%) Confluence
3 12 (1.66%) CMS
4 11 (1.52%) Kentico
5 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.42%) Apache
6 3 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 91 (12.60%) Microsoft Project
2 57 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.35%) Trello
6 16 (2.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.55%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.42%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) Finacle
7 1 (0.14%) iTrent
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.97%) Azure
2 52 (7.20%) SaaS
3 43 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (2.91%) Power Platform
6 16 (2.22%) Smartsheet
7 15 (2.08%) AWS
8 11 (1.52%) Google Workspace
9 10 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.39%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.39%) IaaS
9 10 (1.39%) Kontent
10 9 (1.25%) GCP
11 6 (0.83%) Asana
12 5 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.69%) GitHub
12 5 (0.69%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.69%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.55%) Lucidchart
13 4 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.94%) Firewall
2 13 (1.80%) WAN
3 11 (1.52%) Wireless
4 9 (1.25%) LAN
5 7 (0.97%) DNS
5 7 (0.97%) VPN
6 6 (0.83%) DHCP
7 5 (0.69%) IPsec
8 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.42%) Network Security
9 3 (0.42%) SAN
10 2 (0.28%) MPLS
10 2 (0.28%) OSPF
10 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.28%) VoIP
10 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.14%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.14%) FTP
11 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.05%) Electronic Patient Records
3 19 (2.63%) Power BI
4 15 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.69%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.69%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.42%) Tableau
7 2 (0.28%) Big Data
7 2 (0.28%) GIS
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 104 (14.40%) JIRA
2 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
2 5 (0.69%) Git
3 2 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
3 2 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 342 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 281 (38.92%) Finance
3 133 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 59 (8.17%) Law
5 59 (8.17%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (7.34%) Marketing
7 49 (6.79%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.29%) Electronics
10 26 (3.60%) Telecoms
11 23 (3.19%) Retail
12 22 (3.05%) Health Technology
13 21 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.63%) Legal
15 15 (2.08%) Banking
16 13 (1.80%) Local Government
17 8 (1.11%) Police
18 6 (0.83%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 307 (42.52%) Project Manager
2 102 (14.13%) Senior
3 73 (10.11%) Senior Manager
4 71 (9.83%) IT Manager
5 67 (9.28%) Lead
6 60 (8.31%) Senior Project Manager
7 57 (7.89%) IT Project Manager
8 55 (7.62%) Analyst
9 48 (6.65%) Programme Manager
10 28 (3.88%) Infrastructure Manager
11 22 (3.05%) Head of IT
12 20 (2.77%) EPR Project Manager
13 19 (2.63%) Head of Delivery
13 19 (2.63%) Senior IT Manager
14 17 (2.35%) Business Analyst
14 17 (2.35%) Senior IT Project Manager
15 16 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
16 15 (2.08%) Delivery Project Manager
17 14 (1.94%) ERP Manager
17 14 (1.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.97%) .NET
2 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
2 5 (0.69%) ASP.NET
2 5 (0.69%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (0.69%) CSS
2 5 (0.69%) CSS3
2 5 (0.69%) EDI
2 5 (0.69%) Entity Framework
2 5 (0.69%) HTML
2 5 (0.69%) HTML5
2 5 (0.69%) LESS
2 5 (0.69%) Sass
3 3 (0.42%) XML
4 2 (0.28%) ADO
4 2 (0.28%) Middleware
5 1 (0.14%) JDBC
5 1 (0.14%) LDAP
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.14%) SAML
5 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.03%) PMI
2 48 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (3.19%) Social Media
5 20 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.49%) Driving Licence
6 18 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.97%) NHS
13 6 (0.83%) IoT
14 5 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
16 3 (0.42%) Cloud Native
16 3 (0.42%) LIMS
17 2 (0.28%) Smartphone
17 2 (0.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.85%) Windows
2 18 (2.49%) Linux
3 14 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.11%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (78.67%) Project Management
2 353 (48.89%) Agile
3 259 (35.87%) Project Delivery
4 214 (29.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 193 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 125 (17.31%) ITIL
8 105 (14.54%) Risk Management
9 97 (13.43%) Waterfall
10 89 (12.33%) Scrum
11 88 (12.19%) Change Management
12 85 (11.77%) Budget Management
13 83 (11.50%) Process Improvement
14 76 (10.53%) Mentoring
15 75 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
16 74 (10.25%) Programme Management
17 57 (7.89%) Computer Science
17 57 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 54 (7.48%) ERP
19 51 (7.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.26%) SQL
2 9 (1.25%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.11%) Java
4 7 (0.97%) C#
4 7 (0.97%) T-SQL
5 6 (0.83%) ABAP
6 5 (0.69%) C
6 5 (0.69%) C++
6 5 (0.69%) Objective-C
6 5 (0.69%) PHP
6 5 (0.69%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.28%) Go
7 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.14%) Bash
8 1 (0.14%) Perl
8 1 (0.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 204 (28.25%) Degree
2 194 (26.87%) PMI Certification
3 172 (23.82%) PMP
4 56 (7.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (6.93%) Security Cleared
6 46 (6.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 44 (6.09%) Master's Degree
8 39 (5.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 28 (3.88%) DBS Check
10 22 (3.05%) DV Cleared
11 18 (2.49%) CBAP
12 16 (2.22%) HND
12 16 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.80%) SC Cleared
15 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.25%) MAPM
17 8 (1.11%) APMP
17 8 (1.11%) MBA
17 8 (1.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.86%) PMO
2 53 (7.34%) QA
3 18 (2.49%) ISO 9001
4 16 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.08%) GDPR
6 14 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.83%) COBIT
9 6 (0.83%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.83%) GxP
9 6 (0.83%) NEBOSH
9 6 (0.83%) P3O
10 5 (0.69%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.55%) NIST
11 4 (0.55%) SLA
12 3 (0.42%) GRC
12 3 (0.42%) PMBOK
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Docker
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.69%) Ansible
2 5 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.28%) CASB
3 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.14%) Netcool
4 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.14%) Puppet
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.14%) Terraform
4 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 166 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.48%) SAP
3 27 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.19%) Google
5 17 (2.35%) VMware
5 17 (2.35%) YouTube
6 13 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.66%) Oracle
8 9 (1.25%) Cisco
9 8 (1.11%) Planview
10 7 (0.97%) Facebook
11 6 (0.83%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.69%) Databricks
12 5 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
12 5 (0.69%) Teradata
12 5 (0.69%) Xamarin
13 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.55%) Zoho
14 3 (0.42%) Acronis
14 3 (0.42%) MobileIron