Project Management Job Trends in County Down

Project Management
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 30 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 22.90% 5.88% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.09% 5.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +26.47% -10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Down

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 87.79% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 7
10th Percentile £53,000 - £27,000
25th Percentile £62,188 - £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile - - £41,250
90th Percentile £71,500 - £45,250
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £53,750 £54,408
% change year-on-year -16.28% -1.21% +8.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Down.

Project Management job vacancy trend in County Down

Project Management
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Project Management

Project Management
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the County Down region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Banbridge - 8 - - 1
Downpatrick - 7 - -
Project Management
Northern Ireland

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 26 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Infrastructure Manager
1 17 (56.67%) Security Manager
2 5 (16.67%) Architect
2 5 (16.67%) Lead
3 3 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Project Change Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Senior
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 23 (76.67%) Logistics
3 18 (60.00%) Programme Management
4 17 (56.67%) Performance Metrics
5 13 (43.33%) Project Delivery
6 6 (20.00%) Coaching
6 6 (20.00%) Document Management
6 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 5 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
7 5 (16.67%) Security Management
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (10.00%) Analytics
9 3 (10.00%) Business Development
9 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.00%) Customer Insight
9 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) PMI Certification
1 4 (13.33%) PMP
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) PMO
1 6 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Anaplan
1 2 (6.67%) Genesys
1 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (6.67%) Verint