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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Project Management 23 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 9.91% 10.27% 10.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.90% 13.51% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 6
10th Percentile £279 £155 £285
25th Percentile £325 £163 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £170 £420
Median % change year-on-year +208.82% -59.52% -1.18%
75th Percentile £606 £303 £483
90th Percentile £614 £416 £580
Northern Ireland median daily rate £525 £170 £440
% change year-on-year +208.82% -61.36% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year - +70.94% -
75th Percentile £26.03 - £13.68
90th Percentile £26.95 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £13.46
% change year-on-year -26.98% +134.11% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 111 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.95% 76.03% 82.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 54 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% - -18.37%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £490
90th Percentile £625 £621 £590
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +18.75% - -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 16 9
10th Percentile £12.66 £12.25 £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 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
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in County Antrim over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in County Antrim

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

Project Management
DemandTrendContract 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 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast 0 22 £525 +208.82% 20
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 6 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.35%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
3 10 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (39.13%) Banking
5 4 (17.39%) Front Office
5 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
7 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (8.70%) Investment Banking
7 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Project Manager
3 5 (21.74%) Data Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
5 3 (13.04%) Banking Project Manager
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Data Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) SQL Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) SQL Data Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Market Risk Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Data Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Business Data Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.70%) Equities
2 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.70%) Reference Data
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Derivative
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Change Management
2 7 (30.43%) Data Analysis
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
4 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (8.70%) ITIL
6 2 (8.70%) ITSM
6 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.70%) Server Management
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.35%) Business Transformation
7 1 (4.35%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) C#
2 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
2 5 (21.74%) PMI Certification
2 5 (21.74%) PMP
3 3 (13.04%) ISEB
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) RIBA
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.04%) PMO
3 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Google
2 1 (4.35%) SAP