Project Management Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Project Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 30
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 +38
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 71 32 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 7.65% 13.33% 6.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.06% 14.68% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 13
10th Percentile - £33,150 £33,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +26.47% -10.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,875 £55,322
90th Percentile - £67,500 £68,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 706 218 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.08% 90.83% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 298 52 296
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,125 £65,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,249 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

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 16 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
County Down +1 29 £70,000 - 3
County Antrim -24 27 £47,500 -24.00% 16
County Armagh -2 15 - - 2
Newry - 14 £70,000 -
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:

Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.41%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.82%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) Tableau
2 4 (5.63%) Power BI
3 2 (2.82%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 59 (83.10%) Social Skills
2 28 (39.44%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Finance
4 12 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Games
5 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (54.93%) Infrastructure Manager
1 39 (54.93%) Security Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Lead
3 8 (11.27%) Architect
4 5 (7.04%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Change Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Project Change Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Senior
5 4 (5.63%) Senior Architect
5 4 (5.63%) Senior Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Trainee
7 2 (2.82%) Trainee Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 1 (1.41%) Financial Services Project Manager
8 1 (1.41%) Project Coordinator
8 1 (1.41%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (1.41%) SAP Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.63%) Virtual Team
2 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.41%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (83.10%) PRINCE2
2 54 (76.06%) Logistics
3 43 (60.56%) Programme Management
4 39 (54.93%) Performance Metrics
5 30 (42.25%) Project Delivery
6 14 (19.72%) Coaching
6 14 (19.72%) Document Management
6 14 (19.72%) Mentoring
7 11 (15.49%) Security Management
8 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (11.27%) Financial Modelling
10 6 (8.45%) Agile
10 6 (8.45%) Analytics
10 6 (8.45%) Change Management
10 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.04%) Budgeting
11 5 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (5.63%) Lean Six Sigma
12 4 (5.63%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) Python
1 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) PMI Certification
1 9 (12.68%) PMP
2 7 (9.86%) Degree
3 1 (1.41%) CAPM
3 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.13%) PMO
1 15 (21.13%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Anaplan
1 4 (5.63%) Genesys
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
1 4 (5.63%) Verint
2 2 (2.82%) SAP
3 1 (1.41%) Planview