PRINCE 2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 253 197
Rank change year-on-year +23 -56 -33
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 858 593 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.21% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.34% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 422 424 1,017
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,110 £37,199
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,418 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,700 £75,000 £65,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -16.67%

All Process & 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 73,631 44,290 76,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 90.03% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50,962 24,903 52,597
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

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 21 July 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 +37 632 £55,000 -4.35% 338
England -13 608 £60,000 -4.00% 385
Work from Home +69 391 £60,000 -4.00% 143
London -3 165 £74,000 +5.71% 123
North of England +4 149 £55,000 - 94
Northern Ireland +13 126 - - 9
South East -19 90 £50,001 -29.08% 97
North West +15 87 £55,000 +3.29% 56
Midlands -21 83 £55,000 +4.76% 49
South West -15 58 £69,973 +22.90% 32
West Midlands -11 52 £55,000 - 27
Scotland +45 49 £51,962 -20.06% 18
East of England -20 42 £60,000 +15.38% 39
Yorkshire -52 39 £58,675 +6.68% 29
Wales -28 36 £70,000 +9.38% 8
East Midlands -18 32 £55,000 +15.79% 22
North East -26 23 £44,447 -25.30% 9

PRINCE2
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 33 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.33%) Confluence
3 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 155 (18.07%) Microsoft Project
2 83 (9.67%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.28%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.82%) Trello
7 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.58%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.47%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.47%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.35%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.23%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Workfront
7 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 156 (18.18%) Azure
2 68 (7.93%) Entra ID
3 66 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.61%) SaaS
6 27 (3.15%) AWS
7 25 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (2.45%) Power Automate
9 20 (2.33%) PowerApps
10 19 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.98%) Smartsheet
12 16 (1.86%) GCP
13 14 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (1.52%) OCI
15 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.70%) PaaS
16 5 (0.58%) Copilot Studio
16 5 (0.58%) IaaS
16 5 (0.58%) Miro
17 4 (0.47%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.33%) WAN
2 18 (2.10%) SD-WAN
3 17 (1.98%) LAN
4 16 (1.86%) Firewall
5 14 (1.63%) CHAP
6 10 (1.17%) Network Security
7 9 (1.05%) Wireless
8 7 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.47%) Intranet
9 4 (0.47%) VoIP
9 4 (0.47%) VPN
9 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.35%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.35%) VLAN
11 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
11 2 (0.23%) DHCP
11 2 (0.23%) DNS
12 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.90%) Power BI
2 9 (1.05%) Metadata
3 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.23%) Db2
5 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Big Data
6 1 (0.12%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.12%) GIS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.12%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 75 (8.74%) JIRA
2 3 (0.35%) Taiga
2 3 (0.35%) VersionOne
2 3 (0.35%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.23%) Git
3 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 518 (60.37%) Social Skills
2 316 (36.83%) Finance
3 163 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (10.84%) Legal
5 77 (8.97%) Law
6 76 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (5.71%) Public Sector
8 47 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (5.01%) Manufacturing
10 40 (4.66%) Retail
11 35 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.91%) Banking
14 20 (2.33%) Marketing
15 19 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 18 (2.10%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.17%) Local Government
17 10 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 291 (33.92%) Project Manager
2 218 (25.41%) Senior
3 177 (20.63%) Senior Manager
4 101 (11.77%) Senior Project Manager
5 96 (11.19%) IT Manager
6 72 (8.39%) Head of QA
7 67 (7.81%) Programme Manager
8 55 (6.41%) Lead
9 51 (5.94%) Infrastructure Manager
10 49 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
11 44 (5.13%) Security Manager
12 41 (4.78%) Analyst
13 36 (4.20%) Business Analyst
14 30 (3.50%) Change Manager
14 30 (3.50%) Technical Manager
15 24 (2.80%) Project Change Manager
16 23 (2.68%) Architect
16 23 (2.68%) Consultant
17 22 (2.56%) Technical Project Manager
18 19 (2.21%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.82%) REST
1 7 (0.82%) SOAP
2 6 (0.70%) EDI
2 6 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.58%) Middleware
4 3 (0.35%) .NET
5 2 (0.23%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.23%) Kafka
5 2 (0.23%) Web Services
6 1 (0.12%) FHIR
6 1 (0.12%) JSON
6 1 (0.12%) TAPI
6 1 (0.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 50 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.36%) PMI
4 32 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 16 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.63%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.52%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.40%) Life Science
11 10 (1.17%) NHS
12 9 (1.05%) FMCG
13 8 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.82%) Blockchain
14 7 (0.82%) EPoS
14 7 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.70%) Data Fabric
16 5 (0.58%) Cyber Security Posture
16 5 (0.58%) Driving Licence
16 5 (0.58%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.40%) Windows
2 4 (0.47%) Unix
3 3 (0.35%) Linux
3 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.23%) AIX
4 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (57.11%) Project Management
2 449 (52.33%) Agile
3 325 (37.88%) Project Delivery
4 284 (33.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 275 (32.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 258 (30.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 198 (23.08%) ITIL
8 180 (20.98%) Change Management
9 160 (18.65%) Customer Experience
10 150 (17.48%) Programme Management
11 137 (15.97%) Coaching
12 134 (15.62%) Problem-Solving
13 128 (14.92%) Mentoring
14 124 (14.45%) Budget Management
15 122 (14.22%) Decision-Making
16 119 (13.87%) Actionable Insight
16 119 (13.87%) Service Delivery
17 106 (12.35%) Analytics
18 101 (11.77%) Cybersecurity
19 100 (11.66%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 13 (1.52%) SQL
2 9 (1.05%) Python
3 5 (0.58%) ABAP
4 4 (0.47%) Java
5 3 (0.35%) C#
6 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.12%) Bicep
7 1 (0.12%) C
7 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 243 (28.32%) PMP
2 236 (27.51%) PMI Certification
3 218 (25.41%) Degree
4 114 (13.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 72 (8.39%) CISSP
5 72 (8.39%) IRCA
6 69 (8.04%) CISM
7 58 (6.76%) Security Cleared
8 51 (5.94%) Network+ Certification
9 50 (5.83%) A+ Certification
10 32 (3.73%) DBS Check
11 28 (3.26%) SC Cleared
12 27 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 19 (2.21%) CISA
14 18 (2.10%) DV Cleared
15 15 (1.75%) APMP
16 14 (1.63%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.63%) CGEIT
16 14 (1.63%) FFIEC
16 14 (1.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (13.29%) QA
2 112 (13.05%) GDPR
3 94 (10.96%) PMO
4 77 (8.97%) ISO 9001
5 17 (1.98%) COBIT
6 16 (1.86%) NIST
7 15 (1.75%) SLA
8 11 (1.28%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.05%) GRC
9 9 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.82%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.70%) GMP
12 6 (0.70%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.58%) Automotive SPICE
13 5 (0.58%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.47%) GxP
15 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.23%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.05%) Ansible
3 8 (0.93%) Terraform
4 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.23%) Autotask
5 2 (0.23%) Grafana
5 2 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 198 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.83%) CyberArk
3 43 (5.01%) SAP
4 32 (3.73%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.10%) Oracle
6 12 (1.40%) Cisco
7 11 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.17%) CheckPoint
8 10 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.05%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.70%) Google
11 5 (0.58%) Planview
12 4 (0.47%) IFS
12 4 (0.47%) Sage
13 3 (0.35%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.35%) Planon
13 3 (0.35%) Remedy
14 2 (0.23%) Aruba
14 2 (0.23%) NETGEAR
14 2 (0.23%) OpenText