Project Management Contracts in Belfast

Project Management
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Management 20 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 13.61% 7.26% 12.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.81% 9.89% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 11
10th Percentile £263 £380 £258
25th Percentile £295 £415 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £435 £413
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £555 £459 £638
90th Percentile £614 £502 £669
County Antrim median daily rate £400 £435 £413
% change year-on-year -8.05% +5.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £36.40 - -
25th Percentile £48.24 - £14.09
Median hourly rate £73.23 £23.00 £14.19
Median % change year-on-year +218.37% +62.14% -
75th Percentile £86.36 - £14.28
90th Percentile £91.09 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £73.23 £23.00 £14.19
% change year-on-year +218.37% +62.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 91 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 91.84% 73.39% 81.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 56 69
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £345 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £515
90th Percentile £625 £663 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £23.76 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.62 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +154.56% -17.25% +34.24%
75th Percentile £58.85 £14.78 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £19.19 £18.12
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
% change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Belfast

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Belfast

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Belfast

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Belfast.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Belfast

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Belfast

Project Management
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:

Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) CATIA
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Banking
5 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (10.00%) Front Office
6 2 (10.00%) General Ledger
6 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
7 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.00%) Legal
7 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (30.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Banking Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) CATIA Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Junior
4 1 (5.00%) Junior PMO
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.00%) Derivative
2 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Data Management
5 3 (15.00%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Scrum
6 2 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Operations Management
6 2 (10.00%) Order Management
6 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C#
1 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) SAP