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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Management 25 8 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 15.72% 6.67% 13.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.24% 9.30% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 10
10th Percentile £263 £372 £257
25th Percentile £307 £396 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £496
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -12.25% +13.31%
75th Percentile £606 - £638
90th Percentile £611 - £677
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £435 £496
% change year-on-year +9.20% -12.25% +13.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 -
75th Percentile £51.48 - -
90th Percentile £67.67 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 -

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 145 86 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 91.19% 71.67% 78.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 51 64
10th Percentile £200 £213 £167
25th Percentile £315 £375 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +37.50% -10.11%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £541
90th Percentile £625 £675 £646
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -22.73% +37.50% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile - - £13.70
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.00 £12.99 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.06% -16.19% +41.23%
75th Percentile £37.00 £19.19 £17.17
90th Percentile £78.47 £23.37 £18.71
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 £15.38 £15.50
% change year-on-year +49.54% -0.77% +24.00%

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 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Belfast

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Belfast over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Belfast

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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 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (72.00%) Finance
2 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (36.00%) Banking
5 3 (12.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (12.00%) Front Office
5 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
1 9 (36.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Risk Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Junior
4 1 (4.00%) Market Risk Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (12.00%) Equities
2 3 (12.00%) Market Risk
2 3 (12.00%) Reference Data
3 2 (8.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.00%) Derivative
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) Change Management
3 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
3 6 (24.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Data Management
7 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (8.00%) ITIL
7 2 (8.00%) ITSM
7 2 (8.00%) Order Management
7 2 (8.00%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (8.00%) Server Management
7 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.00%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Python
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.00%) PMP
4 2 (8.00%) ISEB
5 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (16.00%) PMO
2 2 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Google
2 1 (4.00%) SAP