Project Manager Contracts in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £435 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 11 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.52% 11.00% 5.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 12.15% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile - £305 £405
25th Percentile - £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £547 £463
90th Percentile - £638 £470
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.09 £23.75
Median hourly rate £15.63 £14.19 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -42.10% -
75th Percentile - £14.28 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £63.25 £53.50
% change year-on-year -42.42% +18.22% +81.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 138 181 197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 90.50% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 83 90
10th Percentile £173 £161 £145
25th Percentile £313 £300 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.49% +2.13%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £650 £618 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 21
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.38 £14.59 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -15.80% +38.64%
75th Percentile £21.00 £15.94 £21.00
90th Percentile £28.54 £16.87 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 -4 6 £435 -8.42% 4
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Housing Association
5 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) ERP
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (25.00%) PMP
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Apple
6 1 (12.50%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Infor
6 1 (12.50%) iTrent
6 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (12.50%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (25.00%) ERP
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (12.50%) Logistics
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Apple
1 1 (12.50%) Infor
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft