Project Management Contracts in County Antrim

Project Management
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +18
Contract jobs citing Project Management 20 9 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 13.33% 6.92% 13.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.71% 9.28% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 11
10th Percentile £263 £380 £258
25th Percentile £298 £415 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £435 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £558 £459 £638
90th Percentile £615 £502 £669
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £435 £450
% change year-on-year -2.30% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £36.40 - -
25th Percentile £48.24 - £14.09
Median hourly rate £73.23 £23.00 £14.19
Median % change year-on-year +218.37% +62.14% -
75th Percentile £86.36 - £14.28
90th Percentile £91.09 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £73.23 £21.10 £14.19
% change year-on-year +247.04% +48.75% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Project Management 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 136 97 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.67% 74.62% 81.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 54 70
10th Percentile £153 £211 £160
25th Percentile £291 £352 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £506 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +26.56% -8.57%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £511
90th Percentile £625 £668 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £410 £513 £406
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.15% -6.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £25.22 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
% change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in County Antrim over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in County Antrim over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
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 Management within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 19 £425 -2.30% 58
Ballymena - 1 - -
Project Management
Northern Ireland

Project Management
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:

Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) CATIA
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (10.00%) Front Office
5 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Applications Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.00%) Derivative
2 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Change Management
2 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Data Management
3 3 (15.00%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Internal Audit
4 2 (10.00%) Order Management
4 2 (10.00%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (5.00%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C#
1 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.00%) RIBA
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) SAP