Programme Manager Contracts in County Antrim

Programme Manager
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Programme Manager daily rate in County Antrim is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 0.56% - 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 163 134 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 93.71% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 76 66
10th Percentile £177 £161 £158
25th Percentile £298 £200 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.46% -3.18%
75th Percentile £566 £613 £500
90th Percentile £621 £675 £644
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 5
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.49 £13.91
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.12 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +15.28%
75th Percentile £24.50 £23.94 £16.50
90th Percentile £41.14 £29.57 £17.23
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.50 £15.63 £15.50
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.84% +15.28%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in County Antrim

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in County Antrim

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 7 June 2025. 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
Belfast - 1 £550 - 1
Programme Manager
Northern Ireland

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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