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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 590 586
Rank change year-on-year +81 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Certification 70 104 279
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.67% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 73 204
10th Percentile £313 £370 £313
25th Percentile £400 £460 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £467
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +17.71% +1.58%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £586
90th Percentile £738 £629 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £550 £458
% change year-on-year -15.91% +20.22% +7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 10
10th Percentile - - £35.70
25th Percentile £40.75 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -
75th Percentile £42.25 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +82 61 £496 -9.82% 51
UK excluding London +30 48 £463 -15.91% 40
Work from Home +82 27 £450 -14.29% 25
London +87 16 £550 - 9
South East +16 15 £500 +8.70% 10
South West +5 11 £496 -9.82% 3
West Midlands +15 9 £395 -28.18% 6
Midlands +10 9 £395 -28.18% 10
East of England +15 6 £300 -50.00% 6
North of England +21 4 £450 -4.26% 9
Scotland +38 3 £800 +60.00% 1
Yorkshire +15 3 £450 -10.00% 2
North East +13 1 £650 +62.50% 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 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) Confluence
3 1 (1.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.29%) AWS
2 1 (1.43%) Azure
2 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.43%) OCI
2 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.29%) Network Security
2 3 (4.29%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.86%) Wireless
4 1 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.43%) Firewall
4 1 (1.43%) LAN
4 1 (1.43%) SNMP
4 1 (1.43%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.43%) VLAN
4 1 (1.43%) VoIP
4 1 (1.43%) VPN
4 1 (1.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 21 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.14%) Finance
3 15 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.86%) Electronics
6 2 (2.86%) Law
6 2 (2.86%) Marketing
7 1 (1.43%) Back Office
7 1 (1.43%) French Language
7 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Local Government
7 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (68.57%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.71%) IT Manager
3 10 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (8.57%) Programme Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Lead
6 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Desktop Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Developer
6 3 (4.29%) Finance Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Lead Project Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 2 (2.86%) Analyst
7 2 (2.86%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.86%) Finance Systems Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Network Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Product Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.86%) Credit Risk
2 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.86%) FMCG
2 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.43%) HACMP
3 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.43%) Smartcard
3 1 (1.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.71%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Linux
2 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.43%) AIX
3 1 (1.43%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.43%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (98.57%) PRINCE2
2 35 (50.00%) Project Management
3 19 (27.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (21.43%) Agile
5 13 (18.57%) Budget Management
5 13 (18.57%) Migration
6 12 (17.14%) Risk Management
7 11 (15.71%) Change Management
8 10 (14.29%) ITIL
8 10 (14.29%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.43%) Matrix Management
10 7 (10.00%) Project Planning
11 6 (8.57%) Business Case
11 6 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (8.57%) Identity Access Management
12 5 (7.14%) Data Migration
12 5 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (5.71%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
13 4 (5.71%) ITSM
13 4 (5.71%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (28.57%) PMP
2 19 (27.14%) PMI Certification
3 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
4 11 (15.71%) SC Cleared
5 10 (14.29%) Degree
6 4 (5.71%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.29%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.43%) APMP
8 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.43%) ISEB
8 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.43%) PgMP
8 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) QA
2 3 (4.29%) PMO
3 1 (1.43%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.43%) P3O
3 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.43%) PowerHA
2 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (1.43%) Cisco
3 1 (1.43%) EMC
3 1 (1.43%) IBM
3 1 (1.43%) Isilon
3 1 (1.43%) NEC
3 1 (1.43%) Oracle
3 1 (1.43%) VMware