PRINCE2 Contracts with Work from Home Options

PRINCE 2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 128 119 106
Rank change year-on-year -9 -13 +57
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 256 498 1,056
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.75% 2.05% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.29% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 373 799
10th Percentile £300 £330 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £584
90th Percentile £638 £683 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 44
10th Percentile £35.71 £42.30 -
25th Percentile - £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £44.74 £45.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +1.12% +30.86%
75th Percentile £77.04 £58.13 £49.25
90th Percentile £87.80 £75.00 -
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

PRINCE2
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PRINCE2 trend for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2.

PRINCE2 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

PRINCE2 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PRINCE2.

PRINCE2 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

PRINCE2 hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PRINCE2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (3.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.39%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.39%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.42%) Azure
2 5 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.56%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.56%) SaaS
3 4 (1.56%) Smartsheet
4 3 (1.17%) AWS
4 3 (1.17%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.17%) OCI
5 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.39%) IaaS
6 1 (0.39%) PaaS
6 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.86%) Structured Cabling
1 15 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (3.13%) LAN
3 5 (1.95%) WAN
4 3 (1.17%) 5G
4 3 (1.17%) SAN
5 2 (0.78%) Firewall
5 2 (0.78%) Internet
5 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.78%) SNA
5 2 (0.78%) Wireless
5 2 (0.78%) WLAN
6 1 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.39%) Intranet
6 1 (0.39%) Network Security
6 1 (0.39%) SNMP
6 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.17%) Power BI
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.39%) DB2
4 1 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.47%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) JMeter
2 2 (0.78%) Selenium
2 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 100 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 89 (34.77%) Finance
3 59 (23.05%) Public Sector
4 28 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.59%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.64%) Local Government
8 15 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (4.69%) Banking
9 12 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.73%) Legal
10 7 (2.73%) Military
10 7 (2.73%) Retail
11 6 (2.34%) Marketing
12 5 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.17%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 154 (60.16%) Project Manager
2 32 (12.50%) Senior
3 23 (8.98%) IT Manager
3 23 (8.98%) Senior Manager
4 19 (7.42%) Senior Project Manager
5 17 (6.64%) Delivery Manager
5 17 (6.64%) IT Project Manager
6 14 (5.47%) Lead
7 13 (5.08%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 11 (4.30%) Analyst
9 10 (3.91%) Security Manager
10 9 (3.52%) Architect
10 9 (3.52%) Security Project Manager
11 8 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (3.13%) Programme Manager
12 6 (2.34%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 6 (2.34%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
12 6 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.95%) Coordinator
13 5 (1.95%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.17%) XML
3 2 (0.78%) SOAP
4 1 (0.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.52%) PMI
2 9 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.73%) NHS
4 5 (1.95%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.56%) Taxonomies
6 3 (1.17%) FMCG
6 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.17%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (1.17%) Robotics
7 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.78%) Freedom of Information Act
7 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.39%) CMDB
8 1 (0.39%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.17%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Linux
2 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.39%) Solaris
3 1 (0.39%) Unix
3 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (66.02%) Project Management
2 126 (49.22%) Agile
3 68 (26.56%) Project Delivery
4 66 (25.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (17.97%) Risk Management
6 43 (16.80%) Change Management
7 40 (15.63%) Decision-Making
8 39 (15.23%) Scrum
9 38 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (12.89%) ITIL
10 33 (12.89%) Waterfall
11 29 (11.33%) Business Case
12 27 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (9.38%) Budget Management
14 23 (8.98%) Programme Management
15 20 (7.81%) Line Management
16 19 (7.42%) Project Governance
17 16 (6.25%) Project Planning
18 14 (5.47%) Migration
19 13 (5.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.34%) SQL
2 1 (0.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 68 (26.56%) PMP
2 66 (25.78%) PMI Certification
3 57 (22.27%) Security Cleared
4 52 (20.31%) SC Cleared
5 44 (17.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 43 (16.80%) Degree
7 27 (10.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (5.08%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.73%) APMP
10 7 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.56%) CISM
11 4 (1.56%) CISSP
12 3 (1.17%) ISEB
12 3 (1.17%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.39%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.55%) PMO
2 7 (2.73%) COBIT
2 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.73%) P3O
3 6 (2.34%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (2.34%) ISO 22301
3 6 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (1.95%) SLA
5 4 (1.56%) QA
6 3 (1.17%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.78%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.39%) GDPR
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.30%) Oracle
3 8 (3.13%) SAP
4 5 (1.95%) Sparx
5 4 (1.56%) Cadence
5 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.78%) Adobe
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco
7 2 (0.78%) Google
7 2 (0.78%) HP
7 2 (0.78%) IFS
7 2 (0.78%) VMware
8 1 (0.39%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.39%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.39%) Infor
8 1 (0.39%) Isilon
8 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.39%) Zscaler