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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 197 200
Rank change year-on-year -85 +3 +41
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 606 1,500 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.45% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.73% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 433 1,195 1,357
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,199 £41,117
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,049 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,150 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.30% -11.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,650 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.50% -14.17% +19.59%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -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 30 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 30 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 -117 533 £62,500 +17.59% 843
UK excluding London -89 398 £60,000 +16.50% 845
Work from Home -62 252 £64,000 +16.36% 310
London -7 144 £65,000 +5.69% 136
North of England -73 134 £62,500 +19.05% 184
South East -56 91 £65,000 +23.81% 302
Midlands -30 81 £50,000 -8.59% 138
North West -86 77 £65,000 +18.18% 91
Yorkshire +45 56 £55,000 +7.32% 71
East of England -13 56 £52,000 -5.45% 85
West Midlands -28 49 £51,447 +8.31% 73
East Midlands +14 28 £47,000 -10.48% 56
Scotland +105 21 £63,500 +45.14% 46
South West -16 6 £62,500 +25.00% 76
Wales +32 4 £64,000 +25.49% 28
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 -
Northern Ireland +40 2 £50,000 -8.10% 19
North East -11 1 £59,000 +19.51% 27
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 - 2

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 18 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.32%) CMS
2 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.16%) Confluence
3 7 (1.16%) Kentico
4 5 (0.83%) IIS
5 3 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.33%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 79 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 46 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (3.47%) Trello
5 20 (3.30%) MS Visio
6 17 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.99%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.66%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) iTrent
6 1 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) Primavera
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (9.57%) Azure
2 45 (7.43%) SaaS
3 34 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.31%) Power Platform
6 11 (1.82%) Google Workspace
6 11 (1.82%) Smartsheet
7 10 (1.65%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.49%) AWS
8 9 (1.49%) IaaS
9 7 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.16%) GCP
9 7 (1.16%) Kontent
10 5 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.66%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.50%) BigCommerce
12 3 (0.50%) Google Sheets
12 3 (0.50%) Nutanix
12 3 (0.50%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.31%) WAN
2 10 (1.65%) LAN
3 9 (1.49%) Firewall
3 9 (1.49%) Wireless
4 8 (1.32%) DNS
5 7 (1.16%) VPN
6 6 (0.99%) DHCP
7 5 (0.83%) IPsec
7 5 (0.83%) Network Security
8 4 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.50%) SAN
9 3 (0.50%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.50%) VoIP
10 2 (0.33%) MPLS
10 2 (0.33%) OSPF
11 1 (0.17%) BGP
11 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.17%) FTP
11 1 (0.17%) Internet
11 1 (0.17%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.14%) Electronic Patient Records
3 15 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.31%) Power BI
5 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.66%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.66%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.33%) GIS
6 2 (0.33%) Tableau
7 1 (0.17%) Big Data
7 1 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.17%) Redis
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 81 (13.37%) JIRA
2 4 (0.66%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.66%) Selenium
General
1 293 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 215 (35.48%) Finance
3 127 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 66 (10.89%) Law
6 49 (8.09%) Marketing
7 35 (5.78%) Manufacturing
8 33 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.29%) Telecoms
10 22 (3.63%) Electronics
10 22 (3.63%) Legal
10 22 (3.63%) Retail
11 19 (3.14%) Health Technology
11 19 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (2.31%) Banking
15 12 (1.98%) Local Government
16 5 (0.83%) Aviation
16 5 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 257 (42.41%) Project Manager
2 60 (9.90%) IT Manager
3 53 (8.75%) Senior
4 50 (8.25%) Analyst
5 47 (7.76%) IT Project Manager
6 45 (7.43%) Programme Manager
7 44 (7.26%) Senior Manager
8 38 (6.27%) Lead
8 38 (6.27%) Senior Project Manager
9 24 (3.96%) Infrastructure Manager
10 21 (3.47%) Head of IT
11 19 (3.14%) Business Analyst
12 17 (2.81%) EPR Project Manager
13 16 (2.64%) Delivery Project Manager
14 15 (2.48%) Head of Delivery
15 14 (2.31%) Applications Manager
15 14 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
15 14 (2.31%) ERP Manager
16 12 (1.98%) Applications Support Manager
16 12 (1.98%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.66%) .NET
2 2 (0.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.33%) ADO
2 2 (0.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.33%) CSS
2 2 (0.33%) EDI
2 2 (0.33%) HTML
2 2 (0.33%) JSON
2 2 (0.33%) Middleware
2 2 (0.33%) MSMQ
3 1 (0.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.17%) React
3 1 (0.17%) Restlet
3 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.25%) PMI
2 29 (4.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.47%) Social Media
5 20 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.14%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.97%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.48%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.99%) IoT
13 5 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.83%) NHS
14 4 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (0.50%) Cloud Native
15 3 (0.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 3 (0.50%) Operational Technology
15 3 (0.50%) SCADA
15 3 (0.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.45%) Windows
2 16 (2.64%) Linux
3 15 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.99%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (75.58%) Project Management
2 333 (54.95%) Agile
3 226 (37.29%) Project Delivery
4 201 (33.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 186 (30.69%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (21.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (18.15%) ITIL
8 105 (17.33%) Risk Management
9 87 (14.36%) Change Management
9 87 (14.36%) Process Improvement
9 87 (14.36%) Waterfall
10 79 (13.04%) Scrum
11 74 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
12 71 (11.72%) Budget Management
13 70 (11.55%) Programme Management
14 60 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (9.08%) Mentoring
16 51 (8.42%) Roadmaps
17 50 (8.25%) Migration
18 49 (8.09%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.45%) SQL
2 4 (0.66%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.33%) ABAP
3 2 (0.33%) C#
3 2 (0.33%) Java
3 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.33%) PL/SQL
3 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.17%) PHP
4 1 (0.17%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 181 (29.87%) PMI Certification
2 177 (29.21%) Degree
3 168 (27.72%) PMP
4 50 (8.25%) Security Cleared
5 42 (6.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 32 (5.28%) Master's Degree
7 26 (4.29%) DBS Check
8 23 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.97%) CBAP
9 18 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
11 16 (2.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 12 (1.98%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.32%) APMP
13 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.16%) MAPM
15 6 (0.99%) APMG
15 6 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.99%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.74%) PMO
2 51 (8.42%) QA
3 18 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.97%) ISO 9001
4 17 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.31%) GDPR
6 11 (1.82%) P3O
7 6 (0.99%) COBIT
7 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.99%) GRC
7 6 (0.99%) GxP
8 5 (0.83%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.83%) NIST
8 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.66%) SLA
10 3 (0.50%) PMBOK
11 2 (0.33%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) Docker
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Varnish
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.66%) Ansible
3 3 (0.50%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.33%) CASB
4 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.33%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.17%) Netcool
5 1 (0.17%) Terraform
5 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 137 (22.61%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.59%) SAP
3 25 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.47%) Google
5 17 (2.81%) YouTube
6 16 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.48%) VMware
8 13 (2.15%) Facebook
9 11 (1.82%) Oracle
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco
11 7 (1.16%) Planview
12 5 (0.83%) Liquidlogic
12 5 (0.83%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.83%) PeopleSoft
12 5 (0.83%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.66%) Databricks
13 4 (0.66%) Pegasus
13 4 (0.66%) Teradata
13 4 (0.66%) Workday
13 4 (0.66%) Zoho