PRINCE 2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 199 227
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 +12
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 1,512 1,959 2,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.89% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.97% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 1,413 2,190
10th Percentile £37,199 £41,250 £37,635
25th Percentile £43,098 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,150 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,225 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,700 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -10.09% +12.75% +9.68%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PRINCE2.

Salary trend for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PRINCE2 in the UK

PRINCE2
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 1,397 £53,150 -11.42% 339
UK excluding London -2 1,120 £51,700 -10.09% 255
Work from Home +4 603 £55,000 - 154
London +1 317 £60,750 -2.80% 93
North of England +41 299 £52,500 -10.28% 63
South East -45 270 £52,500 -12.50% 72
Midlands +39 228 £55,000 -4.35% 43
North West +19 172 £55,000 -8.33% 40
West Midlands +42 151 £50,000 -12.66% 23
South West -20 140 £50,000 -9.09% 41
East of England +30 125 £50,000 -2.44% 22
Yorkshire +32 67 £52,500 -4.55% 14
North East +31 60 £48,734 -15.25% 10
East Midlands -15 58 £52,500 -8.70% 20
Scotland -99 35 £45,000 -18.18% 13
Wales -8 18 £50,000 -13.04% 7
Northern Ireland +32 5 £54,408 +3.63% 1

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 88 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.79%) CMS
3 26 (1.72%) Confluence
3 26 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.66%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) MS Project Server
6 6 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.13%) Captiva
9 2 (0.13%) Documentum
10 1 (0.066%) IIS
10 1 (0.066%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 148 (9.79%) Microsoft Project
2 111 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.79%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.46%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.066%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.19%) Primavera
4 10 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.13%) iTrent
9 2 (0.13%) SAP BRIM
9 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.066%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.066%) Relativity
10 1 (0.066%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 101 (6.68%) Azure
2 96 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.04%) Power Platform
4 36 (2.38%) AWS
5 32 (2.12%) SaaS
6 28 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (0.86%) PaaS
9 11 (0.73%) IaaS
9 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 10 (0.66%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.60%) Smartsheet
12 7 (0.46%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.46%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.46%) WhatsApp
13 6 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.33%) GCP
14 5 (0.33%) Slack
15 4 (0.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (0.26%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
2 53 (3.51%) Firewall
3 49 (3.24%) LAN
4 48 (3.17%) WAN
5 35 (2.31%) VPN
6 30 (1.98%) DHCP
6 30 (1.98%) DNS
7 24 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (1.59%) Wireless
8 22 (1.46%) Network Security
8 22 (1.46%) VLAN
9 20 (1.32%) MPLS
10 11 (0.73%) SAN
11 10 (0.66%) LTE
11 10 (0.66%) TETRA
12 9 (0.60%) IPsec
12 9 (0.60%) IPv4
12 9 (0.60%) IPv6
13 5 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.58%) Power BI
2 37 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.79%) Big Data
6 12 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.46%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 7 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.26%) DB2
10 4 (0.26%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.26%) Tableau
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.13%) EDMS
11 2 (0.13%) GIS
11 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 107 (7.08%) JIRA
2 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.46%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.066%) Hudson
5 1 (0.066%) JMeter
5 1 (0.066%) Selenium
General
1 631 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 377 (24.93%) Finance
3 205 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
5 91 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
6 84 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 82 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 75 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 75 (4.96%) Telecoms
9 68 (4.50%) Marketing
10 65 (4.30%) Retail
11 52 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (3.11%) Legal
13 34 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (1.52%) Advertising
15 22 (1.46%) Law
15 22 (1.46%) Local Government
16 21 (1.39%) Health Technology
17 18 (1.19%) Banking
18 15 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 869 (57.47%) Project Manager
2 227 (15.01%) Senior
3 207 (13.69%) IT Manager
4 191 (12.63%) Senior Manager
5 175 (11.57%) IT Project Manager
6 149 (9.85%) Senior Project Manager
7 118 (7.80%) Analyst
8 96 (6.35%) Lead
9 78 (5.16%) Portfolio Manager
10 50 (3.31%) Digital Project Manager
11 49 (3.24%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.98%) Business Manager
13 44 (2.91%) Programme Manager
14 43 (2.84%) Infrastructure Manager
15 37 (2.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 34 (2.25%) Software Project Manager
17 32 (2.12%) Technical Manager
18 31 (2.05%) Senior Portfolio Manager
19 30 (1.98%) Service Manager
20 29 (1.92%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.65%) EDI
2 9 (0.60%) .NET
3 6 (0.40%) CSS
3 6 (0.40%) HTML
3 6 (0.40%) IDoc
3 6 (0.40%) REST
4 5 (0.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.26%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.26%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.26%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.26%) HTML5
6 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.20%) CSS3
6 3 (0.20%) D3.js
6 3 (0.20%) FHIR
6 3 (0.20%) Highcharts JS
6 3 (0.20%) jQuery
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.20%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 158 (10.45%) PMI
2 75 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.24%) Data Centre
4 48 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 41 (2.71%) NHS
6 40 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 19 (1.26%) IoT
8 19 (1.26%) Virtual Team
9 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.06%) Freedom of Information
12 14 (0.93%) PKI
13 12 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.73%) FMCG
14 11 (0.73%) Social Media
15 9 (0.60%) Digital Signage
15 9 (0.60%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.46%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.50%) Windows
2 30 (1.98%) Linux
3 27 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.66%) Android
4 10 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE
5 6 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.26%) VMS
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,144 (75.66%) Project Management
2 707 (46.76%) Agile
3 420 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 308 (20.37%) ITIL
5 262 (17.33%) Change Management
6 232 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 199 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 189 (12.50%) Business Case
9 172 (11.38%) Waterfall
10 146 (9.66%) Decision-Making
11 137 (9.06%) Scrum
12 134 (8.86%) Risk Management
13 131 (8.66%) Programme Management
14 119 (7.87%) Coaching
15 115 (7.61%) Mentoring
16 113 (7.47%) Portfolio Management
17 112 (7.41%) Budget Management
17 112 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 110 (7.28%) Customer Service
18 110 (7.28%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 53 (3.51%) SQL
2 20 (1.32%) T-SQL
3 17 (1.12%) PL/SQL
4 11 (0.73%) Java
5 10 (0.66%) C#
6 8 (0.53%) Python
7 7 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.40%) VBA
9 4 (0.26%) Bash
9 4 (0.26%) RPG
10 3 (0.20%) C
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 394 (26.06%) Degree
2 375 (24.80%) PMI Certification
3 342 (22.62%) PMP
4 198 (13.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 167 (11.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 134 (8.86%) APMP
7 119 (7.87%) Security Cleared
8 92 (6.08%) SC Cleared
9 39 (2.58%) CAPM
10 35 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
11 32 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.92%) PgMP
13 26 (1.72%) APMG
14 22 (1.46%) ISEB
15 21 (1.39%) CISSP
16 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (1.06%) DV Cleared
18 15 (0.99%) ACCA
18 15 (0.99%) CIMA
18 15 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (10.78%) PMO
2 60 (3.97%) QA
3 28 (1.85%) GDPR
4 21 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 21 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.39%) SLA
5 13 (0.86%) ISO 9001
6 9 (0.60%) P3O
6 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.40%) COBIT
7 6 (0.40%) GRC
8 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.26%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
11 2 (0.13%) EMIR
11 2 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.066%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.066%) TickIT
System Software
1 44 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.066%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (1.26%) WSUS
2 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) SCCM
4 2 (0.13%) Terraform
5 1 (0.066%) CASB
5 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 292 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.56%) SAP
3 49 (3.24%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.45%) Oracle
5 31 (2.05%) VMware
6 28 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.65%) Cisco
8 20 (1.32%) Ruckus Wireless
9 14 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 12 (0.79%) NEC
11 11 (0.73%) OpenText
11 11 (0.73%) Sage
11 11 (0.73%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.66%) Adobe
12 10 (0.66%) BT
12 10 (0.66%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.66%) Sun
13 8 (0.53%) Yardi
14 6 (0.40%) IBM
15 5 (0.33%) Sitecore