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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 169 207
Rank change year-on-year -55 +38 +10
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 902 1,259 2,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 2.12% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 2.24% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 551 1,013 1,991
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,100 £77,500 £81,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% +2.00%

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 63,410 56,130 135,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.81% 94.41% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 31,055 40,211 76,155
10th Percentile £33,875 £32,500 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £52,700 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.47% +0.38% +5.00%

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 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 17 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 23 October 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 -64 850 £58,984 -1.69% 406
UK excluding London -63 685 £55,000 -8.33% 332
Work from Home -69 286 £58,100 +1.23% 153
North of England +21 258 £57,500 -4.17% 75
North West +50 195 £58,984 -1.69% 38
London -85 188 £73,596 +10.61% 104
South East -44 182 £52,500 -6.67% 73
Midlands -41 114 £55,000 -8.33% 80
West Midlands -62 60 £55,000 -4.35% 45
Yorkshire -5 59 £48,750 -13.33% 30
East of England -66 55 £47,500 -20.83% 29
East Midlands -15 47 £53,250 -11.25% 33
South West -92 37 £52,500 -12.50% 40
Scotland -39 24 £42,500 -26.09% 17
Wales +12 10 £51,250 -14.58% 19
North East -40 6 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Northern Ireland +23 5 £47,500 -17.39% 10

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 26 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.00%) Confluence
3 13 (1.44%) CMS
4 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.89%) Kentico
6 7 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (0.78%) Sitefinity
6 7 (0.78%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.67%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.44%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 85 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (8.20%) Microsoft Project
3 62 (6.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.89%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.78%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.67%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
3 5 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Maximo
4 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.44%) Primavera
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.22%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.22%) iTrent
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 95 (10.53%) Azure
2 56 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (4.77%) SaaS
4 32 (3.55%) AWS
5 27 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.66%) GitHub
7 15 (1.66%) Power Platform
8 10 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.11%) GCP
9 9 (1.00%) OCI
9 9 (1.00%) PaaS
10 7 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (0.78%) Smartsheet
11 6 (0.67%) IaaS
11 6 (0.67%) WhatsApp
12 5 (0.55%) Asana
12 5 (0.55%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.44%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.55%) LAN
2 29 (3.22%) WAN
3 17 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.22%) DNS
4 11 (1.22%) Firewall
4 11 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
5 10 (1.11%) Skype
6 9 (1.00%) DHCP
7 8 (0.89%) VoIP
7 8 (0.89%) VPN
8 5 (0.55%) IPsec
8 5 (0.55%) Network Security
9 4 (0.44%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.44%) IPv6
9 4 (0.44%) iSCSI
9 4 (0.44%) Wireless
10 3 (0.33%) Broadband
10 3 (0.33%) Intranet
10 3 (0.33%) SAN
11 2 (0.22%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (1.77%) DTS
4 8 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.67%) Power BI
6 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.44%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.22%) SQLite
8 2 (0.22%) Tableau
9 1 (0.11%) GIS
9 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (10.75%) JIRA
2 24 (2.66%) Bitbucket
3 22 (2.44%) Git
4 7 (0.78%) Selenium
5 6 (0.67%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 370 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 234 (25.94%) Finance
3 126 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 62 (6.87%) Manufacturing
6 51 (5.65%) Law
7 49 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (4.77%) Legal
10 37 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (4.10%) Telecoms
11 35 (3.88%) Marketing
12 34 (3.77%) Retail
13 27 (2.99%) Local Government
14 17 (1.88%) Military
15 15 (1.66%) Police
16 13 (1.44%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.33%) Banking
18 11 (1.22%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 472 (52.33%) Project Manager
2 135 (14.97%) Senior
3 128 (14.19%) IT Manager
4 108 (11.97%) IT Project Manager
5 85 (9.42%) Senior Manager
6 70 (7.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 57 (6.32%) Programme Manager
8 48 (5.32%) Service Manager
9 45 (4.99%) Delivery Manager
10 35 (3.88%) Lead
11 34 (3.77%) Analyst
12 30 (3.33%) Portfolio Manager
12 30 (3.33%) Portfolio Project Manager
12 30 (3.33%) Project Portfolio Manager
13 27 (2.99%) Developer
14 21 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
14 21 (2.33%) Professional Services Manager
14 21 (2.33%) Resource Manager
15 20 (2.22%) Senior Developer
16 19 (2.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.66%) .NET
2 24 (2.66%) .NET Framework
2 24 (2.66%) ASP.NET
2 24 (2.66%) Entity Framework
2 24 (2.66%) HTML
3 22 (2.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 21 (2.33%) CSS
5 20 (2.22%) CSS3
5 20 (2.22%) HTML5
5 20 (2.22%) LESS
5 20 (2.22%) Sass
6 13 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.89%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.55%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.55%) React
9 3 (0.33%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.22%) AutoMapper
10 2 (0.22%) jQuery
10 2 (0.22%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.64%) Management Information System
2 50 (5.54%) PMI
3 33 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (3.44%) Driving Licence
5 24 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 18 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.77%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.77%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (1.11%) NHS
9 10 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.78%) CCTV
11 7 (0.78%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.67%) Freedom of Information
12 6 (0.67%) IoT
13 5 (0.55%) SCADA
14 4 (0.44%) PKI
14 4 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.10%) Windows
2 14 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.89%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.78%) Android
5 6 (0.67%) Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (80.82%) Project Management
2 363 (40.24%) Agile
3 287 (31.82%) Project Delivery
4 186 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (19.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 149 (16.52%) ITIL
7 122 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 108 (11.97%) Risk Management
8 108 (11.97%) Scrum
9 102 (11.31%) Change Management
10 86 (9.53%) Waterfall
11 85 (9.42%) Programme Management
12 75 (8.31%) Roadmaps
13 73 (8.09%) Budget Management
14 69 (7.65%) Portfolio Management
15 68 (7.54%) Resource Management
16 67 (7.43%) Mentoring
16 67 (7.43%) Project Governance
17 61 (6.76%) Service Management
18 58 (6.43%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (4.43%) SQL
2 33 (3.66%) JavaScript
3 30 (3.33%) C#
4 26 (2.88%) Java
5 23 (2.55%) C++
5 23 (2.55%) T-SQL
6 22 (2.44%) C
6 22 (2.44%) Objective-C
7 20 (2.22%) PHP
8 11 (1.22%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.33%) XAML
10 2 (0.22%) Go
10 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.11%) Bash
11 1 (0.11%) IronPython
11 1 (0.11%) Perl
11 1 (0.11%) Python
11 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 297 (32.93%) Degree
2 226 (25.06%) PMP
3 203 (22.51%) PMI Certification
4 108 (11.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 67 (7.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 50 (5.54%) APMP
7 33 (3.66%) Security Cleared
8 30 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.33%) HNC
10 21 (2.33%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.66%) SC Cleared
12 12 (1.33%) DV Cleared
13 11 (1.22%) CISSP
13 11 (1.22%) ISTQB
13 11 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (1.11%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.89%) APMG
15 8 (0.89%) CISM
16 7 (0.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.42%) PMO
2 51 (5.65%) QA
3 34 (3.77%) SLA
4 25 (2.77%) GDPR
5 22 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.55%) NEBOSH
7 6 (0.67%) P3O
8 5 (0.55%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.44%) NIST
9 4 (0.44%) PMBOK
10 2 (0.22%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 17 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.55%) Autotask
3 2 (0.22%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (0.22%) SCDPM
4 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.11%) Grafana
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.11%) RSA Security Analytics
4 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.32%) SAP
3 24 (2.66%) Oracle
3 24 (2.66%) Xamarin
4 19 (2.11%) Google
5 13 (1.44%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.11%) Cisco
6 10 (1.11%) VMware
7 9 (1.00%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.89%) Salesforce
8 8 (0.89%) Sitecore
9 7 (0.78%) Optimizely
10 6 (0.67%) NEC
11 5 (0.55%) Cadence
11 5 (0.55%) HP
11 5 (0.55%) Workday
12 4 (0.44%) Aruba
12 4 (0.44%) Cognos
12 4 (0.44%) IFS
12 4 (0.44%) Juniper