PRINCE 2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 203 229
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 +8
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 1,500 1,902 2,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.87% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.96% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 1,372 2,198
10th Percentile £37,199 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £50,960
% change year-on-year -11.30% +12.83% +8.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE2 is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +21 1,385 £53,000 -11.67% 460
UK excluding London -3 1,116 £51,000 -11.30% 353
Work from Home -4 594 £55,000 - 188
London +5 308 £60,500 -3.20% 117
North of England +46 300 £52,500 -10.28% 95
South East -41 273 £52,500 -12.50% 93
Midlands +26 226 £54,850 -3.35% 59
North West +31 173 £55,000 -9.54% 61
West Midlands +49 149 £48,750 -14.10% 30
South West -28 138 £50,000 -9.09% 52
East of England +32 121 £50,000 -2.44% 37
Yorkshire +35 67 £52,500 -4.55% 24
North East +29 60 £48,734 -18.78% 11
East Midlands -25 58 £52,500 -6.67% 29
Scotland -96 35 £45,000 -18.18% 13
Wales +1 18 £50,000 -14.89% 11
Northern Ireland +33 5 £54,408 +3.63% 1

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 86 (5.73%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.80%) CMS
3 26 (1.73%) Confluence
4 24 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SAS
6 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
7 6 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.13%) Captiva
9 2 (0.13%) Documentum
10 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.067%) IIS
10 1 (0.067%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 147 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
2 111 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.80%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.067%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.20%) Primavera
4 9 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
5 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.13%) iTrent
8 2 (0.13%) SAP BRIM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.067%) SAP CS
9 1 (0.067%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 99 (6.60%) Azure
2 96 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.07%) Power Platform
4 36 (2.40%) AWS
5 32 (2.13%) SaaS
6 28 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (0.87%) PaaS
9 11 (0.73%) IaaS
9 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 10 (0.67%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.60%) Smartsheet
12 7 (0.47%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.47%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.40%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.33%) GCP
14 5 (0.33%) Slack
15 4 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (0.27%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
2 51 (3.40%) Firewall
3 47 (3.13%) LAN
4 46 (3.07%) WAN
5 33 (2.20%) VPN
6 28 (1.87%) DHCP
6 28 (1.87%) DNS
7 24 (1.60%) Wireless
8 22 (1.47%) Network Security
8 22 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
9 20 (1.33%) VLAN
10 18 (1.20%) MPLS
11 11 (0.73%) SAN
12 10 (0.67%) LTE
12 10 (0.67%) TETRA
13 9 (0.60%) IPsec
13 9 (0.60%) IPv4
13 9 (0.60%) IPv6
14 5 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.60%) Power BI
2 36 (2.40%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 20 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.80%) Big Data
5 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (0.27%) DB2
8 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.27%) Tableau
9 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.13%) EDMS
9 2 (0.13%) GIS
9 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 104 (6.93%) JIRA
2 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.067%) Hudson
5 1 (0.067%) JMeter
5 1 (0.067%) Selenium
General
1 624 (41.60%) Social Skills
2 377 (25.13%) Finance
3 204 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (7.93%) Presentation Skills
5 87 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 83 (5.53%) Public Sector
7 82 (5.47%) Manufacturing
8 77 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 76 (5.07%) Telecoms
10 68 (4.53%) Marketing
11 66 (4.40%) Retail
12 52 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (3.07%) Legal
14 32 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.53%) Advertising
16 22 (1.47%) Law
16 22 (1.47%) Local Government
17 21 (1.40%) Health Technology
18 18 (1.20%) Banking
19 15 (1.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 862 (57.47%) Project Manager
2 225 (15.00%) Senior
3 204 (13.60%) IT Manager
4 190 (12.67%) Senior Manager
5 173 (11.53%) IT Project Manager
6 148 (9.87%) Senior Project Manager
7 114 (7.60%) Analyst
8 96 (6.40%) Lead
9 78 (5.20%) Portfolio Manager
10 50 (3.33%) Digital Project Manager
11 47 (3.13%) Business Analyst
12 45 (3.00%) Business Manager
13 42 (2.80%) Infrastructure Manager
13 42 (2.80%) Programme Manager
14 36 (2.40%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 33 (2.20%) Software Project Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Senior Portfolio Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Service Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Technical Manager
17 29 (1.93%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.67%) EDI
2 9 (0.60%) .NET
3 6 (0.40%) CSS
3 6 (0.40%) HTML
3 6 (0.40%) IDoc
3 6 (0.40%) REST
4 5 (0.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.27%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.27%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.27%) HTML5
6 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.20%) CSS3
6 3 (0.20%) D3.js
6 3 (0.20%) Highcharts JS
6 3 (0.20%) Kafka
6 3 (0.20%) LESS
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.20%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 158 (10.53%) PMI
2 76 (5.07%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.27%) Data Centre
4 48 (3.20%) Driving Licence
5 42 (2.80%) NHS
6 40 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.27%) IoT
10 18 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
10 18 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 14 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.93%) PKI
13 12 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.73%) FMCG
14 11 (0.73%) Social Media
15 9 (0.60%) Digital Signage
15 9 (0.60%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.47%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.33%) Windows
2 30 (2.00%) Linux
3 25 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.67%) Android
4 10 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.27%) VMS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Vista
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.067%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,138 (75.87%) Project Management
2 693 (46.20%) Agile
3 411 (27.40%) Project Delivery
4 303 (20.20%) ITIL
5 261 (17.40%) Change Management
6 230 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 197 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (12.53%) Business Case
9 168 (11.20%) Waterfall
10 145 (9.67%) Decision-Making
11 136 (9.07%) Scrum
12 134 (8.93%) Risk Management
13 129 (8.60%) Programme Management
14 120 (8.00%) Coaching
15 115 (7.67%) Mentoring
16 114 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 114 (7.60%) Portfolio Management
17 112 (7.47%) Budget Management
17 112 (7.47%) Customer Service
18 110 (7.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (3.47%) SQL
2 19 (1.27%) T-SQL
3 16 (1.07%) PL/SQL
4 11 (0.73%) Java
5 10 (0.67%) C#
6 8 (0.53%) Python
7 7 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.40%) VBA
9 4 (0.27%) Bash
9 4 (0.27%) RPG
10 3 (0.20%) C
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 393 (26.20%) Degree
2 376 (25.07%) PMI Certification
3 343 (22.87%) PMP
4 198 (13.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 170 (11.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 138 (9.20%) APMP
7 117 (7.80%) Security Cleared
8 90 (6.00%) SC Cleared
9 39 (2.60%) CAPM
10 35 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
11 32 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.93%) PgMP
13 26 (1.73%) APMG
14 22 (1.47%) ISEB
15 21 (1.40%) CISSP
16 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (1.07%) DV Cleared
17 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
18 15 (1.00%) ACCA
18 15 (1.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (10.93%) PMO
2 59 (3.93%) QA
3 28 (1.87%) GDPR
4 22 (1.47%) SLA
5 21 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.87%) ISO 9001
8 9 (0.60%) P3O
8 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.40%) COBIT
10 6 (0.40%) GRC
11 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
14 2 (0.13%) EMIR
14 2 (0.13%) MiFID
15 1 (0.067%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.067%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.067%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (1.13%) WSUS
2 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) SCCM
4 2 (0.13%) Terraform
5 1 (0.067%) CASB
5 1 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 292 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.60%) SAP
3 49 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.47%) Oracle
5 29 (1.93%) VMware
6 28 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.53%) Cisco
8 18 (1.20%) Ruckus Wireless
9 14 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 12 (0.80%) NEC
11 11 (0.73%) OpenText
11 11 (0.73%) Sage
11 11 (0.73%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.67%) Adobe
12 10 (0.67%) BT
12 10 (0.67%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.67%) Sun
13 8 (0.53%) Yardi
14 6 (0.40%) IBM
15 5 (0.33%) Sitecore