We prove uniform $$\ell ^2$$
ℓ
2
-valued maximal inequalities for polynomial ergodic averages and truncated singular operators of Cotlar type modeled over multidimensional subsets of primes. In the averages case, we combine this with earlier one-parameter oscillation estimates (Mehlhop and Słomian in Math Ann, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-023-02597-8) to prove corresponding multiparameter oscillation estimates. This provides a fuller quantitative description of the pointwise convergence of the mentioned averages and is a generalization of the polynomial Dunford–Zygmund ergodic theorem attributed to Bourgain (Mirek et al. in Rev Mat Iberoam 38:2249–2284, 2022).