PRINCE2 Practitioner Contracts

PRINCE2 Practitioner
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 551 608
Rank change year-on-year +79 +57 -44
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner 104 133 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.23% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.86% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 98 184
10th Percentile £338 £183 £319
25th Percentile £416 £321 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £465 £468
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -0.53% -1.58%
75th Percentile £619 £538 £545
90th Percentile £638 £625 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +4.31% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £3.65 £29.44
Median % change year-on-year - -87.60% +10.47%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £3.65 £29.44
% change year-on-year - -87.60% +13.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner 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 12,833 15,476 18,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.15% 27.17% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,954 10,342 12,449
10th Percentile £308 £325 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £627
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 780 767
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.82
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £58.17
90th Percentile £75.85 £79.78 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.30 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.40% +42.86% +1.33%

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PRINCE2 Practitioner in the UK

PRINCE2 Practitioner
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 Practitioner within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +91 88 £525 +10.53% 41
UK excluding London +26 52 £469 +4.31% 37
Work from Home +107 47 £500 +11.11% 14
London +111 40 £550 - 6
South West +11 16 £465 +6.90% 5
South East +2 15 £492 +40.34% 10
Scotland +38 9 £350 -22.22% 1
West Midlands +21 8 £613 +40.00% 2
Midlands +21 8 £613 +40.00% 6
North of England +17 2 £404 -23.05% 10
North West +13 2 £404 -23.05% 6
East of England +2 2 £400 -13.51% 4
Yorkshire +13 1 £600 +6.67% 2
North East +11 1 £600 +207.69% 2
Wales - 1 £325 - 2

PRINCE2 Practitioner
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 7 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (6.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (4.81%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) OPENHousing
2 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.92%) AWS
2 2 (1.92%) Azure
2 2 (1.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (9.62%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (4.81%) Internet
4 3 (2.88%) LAN
4 3 (2.88%) WAN
5 2 (1.92%) SAN
5 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.96%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 41 (39.42%) Finance
2 31 (29.81%) Public Sector
2 31 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (8.65%) Local Government
7 8 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 7 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (5.77%) Legal
10 5 (4.81%) Marketing
10 5 (4.81%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.85%) Electronics
12 3 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.92%) Banking
13 2 (1.92%) Publishing
13 2 (1.92%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 86 (82.69%) Project Manager
2 19 (18.27%) Senior
3 16 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 15 (14.42%) Senior Project Manager
5 9 (8.65%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 7 (6.73%) IT Manager
6 7 (6.73%) IT Project Manager
6 7 (6.73%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.81%) Construction Project Manager
7 5 (4.81%) Lead
7 5 (4.81%) PMO Lead
8 4 (3.85%) Contracts Manager
9 3 (2.88%) Infrastructure Manager
10 2 (1.92%) Analyst
10 2 (1.92%) Migration Project Manager
10 2 (1.92%) Professional Services Manager
10 2 (1.92%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (1.92%) Service Manager
10 2 (1.92%) Technical Manager
10 2 (1.92%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) PMI
2 5 (4.81%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.96%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.96%) NHS
4 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 80 (76.92%) Project Management
3 49 (47.12%) Agile
4 44 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (32.69%) Project Delivery
6 31 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (25.96%) Change Management
7 27 (25.96%) Programme Management
8 26 (25.00%) Decision-Making
9 21 (20.19%) Business Case
10 17 (16.35%) Project Planning
10 17 (16.35%) Workshop Facilitation
11 14 (13.46%) Risk Management
12 13 (12.50%) Line Management
13 12 (11.54%) Change Control
14 11 (10.58%) Business Analysis
14 11 (10.58%) ITIL
15 10 (9.62%) Budget Management
16 9 (8.65%) Project Governance
16 9 (8.65%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (29.81%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.38%) Degree
3 15 (14.42%) SC Cleared
4 11 (10.58%) DV Cleared
4 11 (10.58%) PMI Certification
4 11 (10.58%) PMP
5 7 (6.73%) APMP
5 7 (6.73%) ISEB
6 6 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.85%) APMG
8 3 (2.88%) RIBA
9 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.46%) PMO
2 2 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.92%) P3O
3 1 (0.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.96%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 24 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.85%) SAP
3 3 (2.88%) NEC
3 3 (2.88%) Siemens
4 2 (1.92%) Capita
4 2 (1.92%) Google
4 2 (1.92%) Northgate
4 2 (1.92%) VMware
5 1 (0.96%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco
5 1 (0.96%) Meraki
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle
5 1 (0.96%) Salesforce