PRINCE2 Certification Contracts

PRINCE2 Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 578 566
Rank change year-on-year +72 -12 +36
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 69 104 284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.68% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 77 208
10th Percentile £313 £363 £313
25th Percentile £400 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +15.79% +3.26%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £738 £654 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £461
% change year-on-year -18.18% +19.24% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 11
10th Percentile £33.14 - -
25th Percentile £34.41 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £36.90 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.01% - -
75th Percentile £39.76 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £41.25 - £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -7.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

PRINCE2 Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 Certification in the UK

PRINCE2 Certification
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +52 60 £496 -9.82% 51
UK excluding London +13 46 £450 -18.18% 43
Work from Home +84 27 £438 -20.45% 25
London +81 16 £550 - 12
South East +5 14 £500 +33.33% 8
South West +1 11 £496 -9.82% 4
Midlands +15 7 £385 -30.00% 9
West Midlands +8 7 £385 -30.00% 5
East of England +8 6 £300 -45.45% 7
North of England +14 5 £450 -11.11% 11
Yorkshire +15 4 £450 -10.00% 3
Scotland +34 3 £800 +60.00% 1
North East - 1 £650 - 1

PRINCE2 Certification
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 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.45%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (1.45%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.45%) OCI
2 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.35%) Network Security
2 3 (4.35%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.90%) Wireless
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.45%) Firewall
4 1 (1.45%) LAN
4 1 (1.45%) SNMP
4 1 (1.45%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.45%) VLAN
4 1 (1.45%) VoIP
4 1 (1.45%) VPN
4 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Finance
3 15 (21.74%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.25%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.90%) Electronics
7 2 (2.90%) Law
7 2 (2.90%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Back Office
8 1 (1.45%) French Language
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 47 (68.12%) Project Manager
2 10 (14.49%) IT Manager
3 9 (13.04%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (8.70%) Programme Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Lead
6 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Desktop Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Developer
6 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Lead Project Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 2 (2.90%) Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Contracts Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.90%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Implementation Project Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Product Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (2.90%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.90%) Credit Risk
2 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.90%) FMCG
2 2 (2.90%) NHS
3 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.45%) HACMP
3 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.45%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.45%) AIX
3 1 (1.45%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (98.55%) PRINCE2
2 37 (53.62%) Project Management
3 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (23.19%) Agile
5 12 (17.39%) Migration
5 12 (17.39%) Risk Management
6 11 (15.94%) Budget Management
6 11 (15.94%) Change Management
7 10 (14.49%) ITIL
7 10 (14.49%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.59%) Matrix Management
9 6 (8.70%) Business Case
9 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.70%) Project Planning
10 4 (5.80%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 4 (5.80%) Data Migration
10 4 (5.80%) Resource Allocation
10 4 (5.80%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) PMP
2 19 (27.54%) PMI Certification
3 13 (18.84%) Security Cleared
4 11 (15.94%) SC Cleared
5 9 (13.04%) Degree
6 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.45%) APMP
8 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.45%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.45%) ISEB
8 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.45%) PgMP
8 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.45%) P3O
3 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) PowerHA
2 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) SAP
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco
3 1 (1.45%) Civica
3 1 (1.45%) EMC
3 1 (1.45%) IBM
3 1 (1.45%) Isilon
3 1 (1.45%) NEC
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle
3 1 (1.45%) Planview
3 1 (1.45%) VMware