Project Management Jobs in Northern Ireland

Project Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 21 72
Rank change year-on-year +13 +51 -42
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 29 67 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.42% 9.60% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 10.72% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 14
10th Percentile £33,150 £33,650 £28,175
25th Percentile £42,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,875 £55,322 £55,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,500 £57,275
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +2.68%

All Process and 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 228 625 828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.76% 89.54% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 59 296 435
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,667 £87,500 £68,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +10 24 £62,500 +47.06% 71
County Down - 2 - - 4
County Armagh +6 1 - - 1
County Tyrone +5 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1
County Londonderry -7 1 £28,000 - 2
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) GIS
1 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.34%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Electronics
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.45%) Automotive
7 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Operations Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Programmer
4 4 (13.79%) Risk Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Credit Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Business Development Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Development Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) ERP Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Lead
7 1 (3.45%) Lead Software Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Migration Specialist
7 1 (3.45%) Product Specialist
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.34%) Credit Risk
3 2 (6.90%) CCTV
3 2 (6.90%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Risk Management
2 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
3 5 (17.24%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (17.24%) Time Management
4 4 (13.79%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (13.79%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
4 4 (13.79%) Information Security
4 4 (13.79%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (13.79%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (13.79%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (10.34%) Change Management
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.34%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (6.90%) Agile
6 2 (6.90%) CAD
6 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (13.79%) CISA
3 4 (13.79%) CISSP
3 4 (13.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (13.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (6.90%) HND
5 1 (3.45%) CCNA
5 1 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.45%) PMP
5 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.45%) RIBA
5 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) IBM
2 1 (3.45%) SAP