PRINCE Contracts

PRINCE
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PRINCE over the 6 months to 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 592 667
Rank change year-on-year +35 +75 -42
Contract jobs citing PRINCE 33 94 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 74 137
10th Percentile £223 £333 £330
25th Percentile £334 £452 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £588
90th Percentile £633 £659 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £513 £438
% change year-on-year -9.27% +17.14% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £41.92
25th Percentile £14.00 - £55.47
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £63.00
75th Percentile £17.00 - £67.88
90th Percentile - - £76.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +220.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PRINCE 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 37,177 49,806 79,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 89.64% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,769 34,463 55,610
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,687 1,847
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +66.67% +0.65%

PRINCE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE in the UK

PRINCE
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +48 29 £465 -11.43% 35
UK excluding London +11 24 £465 -9.27% 30
Work from Home +86 10 £465 -15.45% 18
South West +8 10 £465 -
London +62 6 £370 -32.73% 8
East of England +9 6 £172 - 2
South East +12 4 £530 +7.62% 5
Scotland +37 2 £425 -22.73%
North of England +23 2 £600 +9.09% 6
Midlands +3 2 £450 -15.49% 11
East Midlands +8 1 £450 +7.14% 4
West Midlands +6 1 - - 7
North East - 1 £650 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £550 - 2

PRINCE
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 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) SAN
1 2 (6.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.03%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (48.48%) Public Sector
3 11 (33.33%) Finance
4 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Local Government
5 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics
7 1 (3.03%) Italian Language
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.03%) Marketing
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Project Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Senior
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) IT Manager
3 4 (12.12%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Associate Director
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Lead
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Systems Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) NHS
3 2 (6.06%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (6.06%) PACS
3 2 (6.06%) Smartcard
3 2 (6.06%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) HACMP
4 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) PMI
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
2 2 (6.06%) Android
2 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.03%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) PRINCE2
2 23 (69.70%) Project Management
3 17 (51.52%) Agile
4 13 (39.39%) Project Delivery
5 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (24.24%) Contract Management
6 8 (24.24%) Project Governance
7 6 (18.18%) Business Case
7 6 (18.18%) ITIL
7 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (18.18%) Waterfall
8 5 (15.15%) Migration
8 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
9 4 (12.12%) Change Management
9 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
9 4 (12.12%) Digital Strategy
9 4 (12.12%) Information Management
9 4 (12.12%) Service Management
10 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
10 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 7 (21.21%) Degree
4 6 (18.18%) PMP
5 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
5 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
6 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (6.06%) MCITP
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.03%) APMG
7 1 (3.03%) CBAP
7 1 (3.03%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) COBIT
3 1 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) MOM
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Cerner
2 2 (6.06%) Planview
2 2 (6.06%) Veeam
2 2 (6.06%) VMware
3 1 (3.03%) IBM
3 1 (3.03%) SAP