Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Project Planning
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.37% - 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% - 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Project Planning 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 184 199 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 84.02% 89.64% 73.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 100 54
10th Percentile £239 £261 £146
25th Percentile £363 £325 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £394
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +19.37% -4.55%
75th Percentile £645 £575 £547
90th Percentile £694 £619 £621
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 42 20
10th Percentile - £12.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £14.78
Median hourly rate £29.13 £17.30 £23.59
Median % change year-on-year +68.35% -26.66% +69.59%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £26.10
90th Percentile £44.50 - £40.25
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 July 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 - 2 - - 3
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) e-Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint