Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Project Delivery
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 20 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 18 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 7.83% 5.96% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 7.76% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £327 - -
25th Percentile £361 £155 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £160 £440
Median % change year-on-year +196.88% -63.64% -11.96%
75th Percentile £556 £165 £460
90th Percentile £667 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £160 £440
% change year-on-year +196.88% -63.64% -11.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £23.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Project Delivery 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 208 116 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.43% 76.82% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 55 69
10th Percentile £263 £146 £200
25th Percentile £325 £170 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -19.96%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £490
90th Percentile £625 £620 £590
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -19.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 16 9
10th Percentile £12.66 £16.72 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 £21.19 £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +22.64%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £13.91
90th Percentile - £32.22 £14.73
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +22.64%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in County Antrim

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in County Antrim over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in County Antrim

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 31 August 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 +1 17 £475 +196.88% 3
Ballymena - 1 - -
Project Delivery
Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) LAN
1 2 (11.11%) MPLS
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
1 2 (11.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Front Office
4 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
5 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Applications Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Applications Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Software Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Test Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Derivative
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Data Analysis
1 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (27.78%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (11.11%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Change Control
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CCNA
1 2 (11.11%) CCNP
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) RIBA
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) MiFID
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Aruba
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) Software AG
3 1 (5.56%) webMethods