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

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 197 229
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 +2
Permanent jobs citing PRINCE2 1,508 1,922 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.90% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.99% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,206 1,405 2,186
10th Percentile £37,199 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,075 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,375 £80,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +18.81% +8.60%

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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +10.53%

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 11 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 11 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 +20 1,393 £53,150 -11.42% 425
UK excluding London -13 1,125 £51,000 -15.00% 325
Work from Home +8 596 £55,000 - 152
London +2 308 £61,500 -1.60% 109
North of England +24 303 £52,500 -12.50% 87
South East -43 271 £52,500 -12.50% 88
Midlands +22 228 £54,700 -7.29% 56
North West +16 176 £55,000 -9.54% 55
West Midlands +45 150 £48,750 -15.58% 27
South West -28 140 £50,000 -9.09% 45
East of England +36 124 £53,000 -11.52% 33
Yorkshire +35 67 £52,500 -10.28% 22
North East +27 60 £48,734 -19.32% 11
East Midlands -26 59 £52,500 -13.08% 29
Scotland -98 36 £45,000 -21.22% 11
Wales -7 18 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Northern Ireland +30 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 85 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.79%) CMS
3 26 (1.72%) Confluence
4 24 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.66%) SAS
6 7 (0.46%) MS Project Server
7 6 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.13%) Captiva
9 2 (0.13%) Documentum
10 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.066%) IIS
10 1 (0.066%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 148 (9.81%) Microsoft Project
2 112 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.79%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.80%) 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 18 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.19%) Primavera
3 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
4 8 (0.53%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.13%) iTrent
8 2 (0.13%) SAP BRIM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.066%) SAP CS
Cloud Services
1 100 (6.63%) Azure
2 97 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.05%) Power Platform
4 36 (2.39%) AWS
5 31 (2.06%) SaaS
6 28 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (0.93%) 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%) OCI
12 7 (0.46%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.40%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.33%) GCP
14 5 (0.33%) Slack
15 4 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
2 51 (3.38%) Firewall
3 50 (3.32%) LAN
4 47 (3.12%) WAN
5 33 (2.19%) VPN
6 28 (1.86%) DHCP
6 28 (1.86%) DNS
7 24 (1.59%) Network Security
7 24 (1.59%) Wireless
8 22 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
9 20 (1.33%) VLAN
10 18 (1.19%) MPLS
11 11 (0.73%) SAN
12 10 (0.66%) LTE
12 10 (0.66%) TETRA
13 9 (0.60%) IPsec
13 9 (0.60%) IPv4
13 9 (0.60%) IPv6
14 6 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.59%) Power BI
2 35 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
4 19 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.80%) Big Data
6 12 (0.80%) 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 4 (0.27%) DB2
9 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.27%) Tableau
10 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.13%) EDMS
10 2 (0.13%) GIS
10 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 105 (6.96%) 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
1 625 (41.45%) Social Skills
2 379 (25.13%) Finance
3 203 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (7.82%) Presentation Skills
5 85 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
6 84 (5.57%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.50%) Manufacturing
8 78 (5.17%) Telecoms
9 77 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 68 (4.51%) Marketing
11 66 (4.38%) Retail
12 50 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.98%) Legal
14 32 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.53%) Advertising
15 23 (1.53%) Law
16 22 (1.46%) Local Government
17 21 (1.39%) Health Technology
18 18 (1.19%) Banking
19 15 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 873 (57.89%) Project Manager
2 228 (15.12%) Senior
3 204 (13.53%) IT Manager
4 193 (12.80%) Senior Manager
5 175 (11.60%) IT Project Manager
6 151 (10.01%) Senior Project Manager
7 113 (7.49%) Analyst
8 97 (6.43%) Lead
9 78 (5.17%) Portfolio Manager
10 50 (3.32%) Digital Project Manager
11 47 (3.12%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.98%) Business Manager
13 43 (2.85%) Programme Manager
14 40 (2.65%) Infrastructure Manager
15 36 (2.39%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 34 (2.25%) Software Project Manager
17 32 (2.12%) Technical Manager
18 31 (2.06%) Senior Portfolio Manager
19 30 (1.99%) Software Manager
19 30 (1.99%) 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%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.27%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.27%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.27%) HTML5
6 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.20%) CSS3
6 3 (0.20%) D3.js
6 3 (0.20%) Highcharts JS
6 3 (0.20%) jQuery
6 3 (0.20%) Kafka
6 3 (0.20%) LESS
6 3 (0.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 157 (10.41%) PMI
2 76 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.25%) Driving Licence
4 48 (3.18%) Data Centre
5 42 (2.79%) NHS
6 40 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.26%) Freedom of Information
9 19 (1.26%) IoT
10 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 15 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.93%) PKI
14 12 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.73%) FMCG
15 11 (0.73%) Social Media
16 9 (0.60%) Digital Signage
16 9 (0.60%) Mobile App
17 7 (0.46%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.18%) Windows
2 30 (1.99%) Linux
3 25 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.73%) Android
5 10 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.40%) SUSE
6 6 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,143 (75.80%) Project Management
2 695 (46.09%) Agile
3 414 (27.45%) Project Delivery
4 301 (19.96%) ITIL
5 260 (17.24%) Change Management
6 232 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 197 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (12.47%) Business Case
9 168 (11.14%) Waterfall
10 145 (9.62%) Decision-Making
11 137 (9.08%) Risk Management
12 136 (9.02%) Scrum
13 131 (8.69%) Programme Management
14 120 (7.96%) Coaching
14 120 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 117 (7.76%) Mentoring
16 115 (7.63%) Portfolio Management
17 114 (7.56%) Project Planning
18 113 (7.49%) Budget Management
19 112 (7.43%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.38%) SQL
2 18 (1.19%) T-SQL
3 15 (0.99%) 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 (0.27%) Bash
9 4 (0.27%) RPG
10 3 (0.20%) C
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 398 (26.39%) Degree
2 375 (24.87%) PMI Certification
3 343 (22.75%) PMP
4 201 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 175 (11.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 139 (9.22%) APMP
7 117 (7.76%) Security Cleared
8 90 (5.97%) SC Cleared
9 39 (2.59%) CAPM
10 34 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
11 32 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.92%) PgMP
13 26 (1.72%) APMG
14 22 (1.46%) CISSP
14 22 (1.46%) ISEB
15 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (1.06%) DV Cleared
16 16 (1.06%) Master's Degree
17 15 (0.99%) ACCA
17 15 (0.99%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (10.94%) PMO
2 60 (3.98%) QA
3 29 (1.92%) GDPR
4 22 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.46%) SLA
5 19 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 13 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.60%) P3O
7 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.40%) COBIT
8 6 (0.40%) GRC
9 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
12 2 (0.13%) EMIR
12 2 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.26%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.066%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (1.13%) WSUS
2 12 (0.80%) 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
1 294 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.44%) SAP
3 49 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.59%) Oracle
5 29 (1.92%) VMware
6 28 (1.86%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.53%) Cisco
8 18 (1.19%) Ruckus Wireless
9 14 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.73%) NEC
10 11 (0.73%) OpenText
10 11 (0.73%) Sage
10 11 (0.73%) SolarWinds
11 10 (0.66%) Adobe
11 10 (0.66%) BT
11 10 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 10 (0.66%) Sun
12 8 (0.53%) Yardi
13 6 (0.40%) IBM
14 5 (0.33%) Sitecore