Project Management Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Project Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 19 20 14
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 8.09% 12.50% 8.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.64% 14.29% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 9
10th Percentile £304 £256 £244
25th Percentile £316 £341 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% +18.75% +10.34%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £435
90th Percentile £541 £513 £454
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £36.40 £14.32
25th Percentile £13.57 £48.24 £15.95
Median hourly rate £18.79 £73.23 £21.10
Median % change year-on-year -74.35% +247.04% +48.75%
75th Percentile £25.64 £86.36 £23.54
90th Percentile £26.80 £91.09 -
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year +29.10% -22.94% +6.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 197 140 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 83.83% 87.50% 82.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 59 81
10th Percentile £245 £147 £210
25th Percentile £363 £188 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £517 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £597 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 17 14
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.43
25th Percentile £14.31 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +54.70% +4.20%
75th Percentile £26.96 £52.31 £18.56
90th Percentile £53.75 £78.47 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
County Antrim -3 16 £388 -18.42% 27
County Tyrone - 3 - - 3
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 17 (89.47%) Social Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 5 (26.32%) Front Office
5 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
6 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Legal
7 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
7 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Business Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
4 4 (21.05%) Project Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) IT Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) IT Support
5 3 (15.79%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Project Support Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Financial Services Project Manager
6 2 (10.53%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Project Assistant
6 2 (10.53%) Project Support Assistant
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Data Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Derivative
1 3 (15.79%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) Equities
2 2 (10.53%) Fixed Income
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (21.05%) Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) ERP
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (15.79%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
3 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
3 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) HNC
2 2 (10.53%) HND
2 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.53%) PMP
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) MiFID
3 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft