PRINCE2 Contracts in Scotland

PRINCE 2
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 87 63
Rank change year-on-year +6 -24 +17
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 46 87 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.15% 3.23% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.49% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 62 108
10th Percentile £188 £237 £208
25th Percentile £335 £400 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% +8.47%
75th Percentile £488 £530 £476
90th Percentile £578 £599 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year -26.52% +28.30% +32.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,869 2,492 3,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.17% 92.43% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 1,739 2,252
10th Percentile £219 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 51
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.24 £11.25 £17.61
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2 in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in Scotland

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +2 9 £470 +10.59% 1
Glasgow 0 9 £475 - 7
South Lanarkshire - 9 - -
Dundee +5 6 £288 -50.00%
West Lothian +3 5 £188 -59.46%
Aberdeen +1 2 £600 - 1
Fife - 1 - - 1
PRINCE2
UK

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (19.57%) Confluence
2 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (8.70%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) OCI
1 2 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) Internet
1 2 (4.35%) LAN
1 2 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) JIRA
General
1 39 (84.78%) Public Sector
2 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Finance
4 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Back Office
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Project Manager
2 11 (23.91%) Delivery Manager
2 11 (23.91%) Senior
3 9 (19.57%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 9 (19.57%) Senior Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Business Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Change Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Business Change Manager
6 3 (6.52%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Business IT Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) ERP Manager
7 2 (4.35%) IT Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Product Lead
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.17%) Finance Manager
8 1 (2.17%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) PMI
3 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.17%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Unix
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
1 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (65.22%) Project Management
2 26 (56.52%) Agile
3 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 11 (23.91%) Scrum
4 9 (19.57%) Project Delivery
4 9 (19.57%) Software Delivery
5 7 (15.22%) Change Management
6 6 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
7 5 (10.87%) Budget Management
7 5 (10.87%) ERP
7 5 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.87%) Project Governance
8 4 (8.70%) Business Analysis
8 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (6.52%) Customer-Centricity
9 3 (6.52%) Programme Management
9 3 (6.52%) UML
9 3 (6.52%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Degree
1 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
1 9 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) PMP
3 4 (8.70%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (4.35%) ACCA
5 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.35%) CIMA
5 2 (4.35%) CIPD
5 2 (4.35%) CIPFA
5 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.17%) APMG
6 1 (2.17%) APMP
6 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.17%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.35%) COBIT
2 2 (4.35%) P3O
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) NEBOSH
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Oracle
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.70%) SAP
4 2 (4.35%) Avaya
4 2 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.17%) Ariba
5 1 (2.17%) IFS