PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

PRINCE 2
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.79% 1.95% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.26% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £225 - -
25th Percentile £300 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.80%
75th Percentile £481 - £460
90th Percentile £515 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 - £440
% change year-on-year - - +40.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.52 - -
Median hourly rate £27.54 - -
75th Percentile £27.57 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £27.54 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 190 133 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 84.82% 86.36% 85.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 59 79
10th Percentile £311 £145 £210
25th Percentile £363 £159 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -13.89% -
75th Percentile £516 £538 £538
90th Percentile £630 £597 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £440 £325 £455
% change year-on-year +35.38% -28.57% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 17 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% -10.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £52.31 £16.00
90th Percentile £30.46 £78.47 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.70
% change year-on-year -28.45% +76.50% -8.67%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in County Antrim

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in County Antrim over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in County Antrim

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PRINCE2 within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. 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
Belfast -3 4 £425 - 8
PRINCE2
Northern Ireland

PRINCE2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Front Office
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) MiFID
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft