Programme Manager Contracts in Belfast

Programme Manager
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Belfast is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 0.60% - 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 154 126 129
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 93.33% 88.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 77 64
10th Percentile £194 £162 £157
25th Percentile £300 £200 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £406
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +10.77% -8.71%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £491
90th Percentile £621 £675 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £450 £406
% change year-on-year -5.56% +10.77% -8.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile - £12.25 -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.62 £13.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.12 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.48% +4.00% +32.00%
75th Percentile £24.50 £23.94 £16.50
90th Percentile £57.13 - £17.23
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +15.28%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Belfast

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Belfast

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, Programme 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 Belfast region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP