PRINCE2 Contracts

PRINCE 2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 128 127 113
Rank change year-on-year -1 -14 +45
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 763 1,133 2,101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.77% 2.01% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.24% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 869 1,561
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £688 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 89
10th Percentile £18.35 £18.03 -
25th Percentile £24.71 £42.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year -26.52% +28.30% +32.16%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £87.24 £73.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.07 £45.00 £16.93
% change year-on-year -26.52% +165.80% -35.42%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK 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
England -1 645 £523 -0.31% 407
UK excluding London -19 408 £475 - 321
London +34 288 £565 +2.73% 106
Work from Home -9 256 £500 - 149
South West +13 102 £496 -5.52% 39
South East -38 84 £500 - 75
North of England -24 53 £450 -10.00% 81
Midlands -31 53 £500 +5.26% 61
Scotland +6 46 £425 -5.56% 12
East of England -4 42 £300 -36.84% 38
North West -6 39 £391 -20.91% 49
West Midlands -19 39 £550 +15.79% 32
Wales +22 20 £463 +156.94% 18
East Midlands -22 14 £450 -2.70% 28
Yorkshire -12 11 £513 -6.82% 18
Northern Ireland +7 9 £165 -61.18% 4
North East +9 3 £525 +56.72% 14

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 64 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.97%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) govService
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 99 (12.98%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 34 (4.46%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 21 (2.75%) MS Visio
7 11 (1.44%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.39%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.39%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.13%) Primavera
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 55 (7.21%) Azure
2 33 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.10%) AWS
4 13 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (1.57%) SaaS
6 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.79%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.66%) OCI
10 4 (0.52%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.39%) FinancialForce
11 3 (0.39%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.39%) IaaS
11 3 (0.39%) PaaS
12 2 (0.26%) Apple Pay
12 2 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.26%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
1 22 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.36%) LAN
3 13 (1.70%) WAN
4 11 (1.44%) Firewall
5 8 (1.05%) Internet
6 7 (0.92%) SAN
7 5 (0.66%) Intranet
7 5 (0.66%) Network Security
8 4 (0.52%) DHCP
8 4 (0.52%) DNS
8 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.52%) VPN
9 3 (0.39%) 5G
9 3 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.39%) Skype
9 3 (0.39%) SMTP
9 3 (0.39%) VoIP
9 3 (0.39%) Wireless
9 3 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.05%) Electronic Patient Records
2 7 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.66%) Power BI
4 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.13%) Adabas
7 1 (0.13%) DB2
7 1 (0.13%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 65 (8.52%) JIRA
2 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.26%) JMeter
3 2 (0.26%) Selenium
3 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 312 (40.89%) Social Skills
2 286 (37.48%) Finance
3 189 (24.77%) Public Sector
4 122 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
6 60 (7.86%) Influencing Skills
7 47 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (5.77%) Local Government
9 42 (5.50%) Marketing
10 40 (5.24%) Banking
11 35 (4.59%) Legal
11 35 (4.59%) Telecoms
12 32 (4.19%) Manufacturing
13 22 (2.88%) Retail
14 18 (2.36%) Military
15 16 (2.10%) Electronics
16 15 (1.97%) Law
17 12 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 7 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 376 (49.28%) Project Manager
2 91 (11.93%) Senior
3 67 (8.78%) Senior Manager
4 63 (8.26%) IT Manager
5 60 (7.86%) Lead
6 49 (6.42%) IT Project Manager
7 44 (5.77%) Delivery Manager
8 42 (5.50%) Programme Manager
9 39 (5.11%) Senior Project Manager
10 33 (4.33%) Analyst
11 30 (3.93%) Contracts Manager
12 28 (3.67%) Project Leader
13 27 (3.54%) Infrastructure Manager
13 27 (3.54%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 25 (3.28%) Security Manager
15 23 (3.01%) Architect
16 20 (2.62%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 17 (2.23%) Security Project Manager
18 15 (1.97%) Coordinator
18 15 (1.97%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.92%) CSS
1 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.66%) .NET
3 4 (0.52%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.52%) ADO
3 4 (0.52%) HTML
3 4 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (0.52%) REST
3 4 (0.52%) Visualforce
4 3 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (0.39%) jQuery
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.39%) Middleware
4 3 (0.39%) XML
5 2 (0.26%) EDI
5 2 (0.26%) SOAP
6 1 (0.13%) Ajax
6 1 (0.13%) EntireX
6 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.67%) PMI
3 22 (2.88%) NHS
4 17 (2.23%) Data Centre
5 14 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.05%) Product Ownership
8 7 (0.92%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (0.92%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.79%) FMCG
9 6 (0.79%) Mobile Banking
10 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.52%) Freedom of Information Act
11 4 (0.52%) Robotics
11 4 (0.52%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.39%) PKI
12 3 (0.39%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.33%) Windows
2 14 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.44%) Linux
4 10 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.66%) Unix
5 5 (0.66%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (68.55%) Project Management
2 386 (50.59%) Agile
3 217 (28.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 192 (25.16%) Project Delivery
5 140 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (17.30%) Change Management
7 124 (16.25%) Risk Management
8 112 (14.68%) ITIL
9 102 (13.37%) Decision-Making
10 97 (12.71%) Scrum
11 90 (11.80%) Programme Management
12 85 (11.14%) Business Case
13 83 (10.88%) Waterfall
14 76 (9.96%) Project Planning
15 67 (8.78%) Migration
16 66 (8.65%) Budget Management
17 63 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (7.21%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 53 (6.95%) Workshop Facilitation
20 47 (6.16%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.23%) SQL
2 11 (1.44%) PowerShell
3 7 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.26%) C#
6 1 (0.13%) Natural
Qualifications
1 193 (25.29%) Security Cleared
2 175 (22.94%) PMP
3 172 (22.54%) PMI Certification
4 171 (22.41%) Degree
5 132 (17.30%) SC Cleared
6 97 (12.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 68 (8.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 67 (8.78%) DV Cleared
9 50 (6.55%) APMP
10 20 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
11 17 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.70%) ISEB
13 12 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.57%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (1.31%) CISM
15 10 (1.31%) CISSP
16 8 (1.05%) CCNA
16 8 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (12.58%) PMO
2 19 (2.49%) QA
3 16 (2.10%) P3O
4 15 (1.97%) SLA
5 13 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (1.05%) COBIT
8 6 (0.79%) ISO 22301
8 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.52%) GDPR
10 3 (0.39%) GRC
10 3 (0.39%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 24 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.05%) PingFederate
2 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (0.39%) OPNET
2 3 (0.39%) SCCM
2 3 (0.39%) SCOM
3 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.13%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 175 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.37%) SAP
3 20 (2.62%) Oracle
4 12 (1.57%) Adobe
4 12 (1.57%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.57%) VMware
5 10 (1.31%) Cadence
6 8 (1.05%) Cisco
7 7 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.92%) Sparx
8 6 (0.79%) Google
8 6 (0.79%) NEC
9 4 (0.52%) HP
9 4 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.39%) Capita
10 3 (0.39%) Planview
10 3 (0.39%) Remedy
10 3 (0.39%) Sage
10 3 (0.39%) Siemens
10 3 (0.39%) Symantec