Contracts Manager Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Contract Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Contract Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.96% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £533 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £538
% change year-on-year +2.56% -9.30% -2.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 187 118 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 90.77% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 69 87
10th Percentile £351 £150 £173
25th Percentile £390 £225 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £325 £488
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -33.33% +14.71%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £581
90th Percentile £625 £578 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 26
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £19.10 £23.34 £12.25
Median hourly rate £28.22 £29.00 £15.51
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +87.04% +3.37%
75th Percentile £53.75 £57.40 £19.78
90th Percentile - £78.47 £27.71
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £32.81 £32.90
% change year-on-year +8.84% -0.26% -22.60%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Contracts Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Contracts Manager job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Contracts 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 Contracts Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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 - 1 £475 -
Contracts Manager
UK

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) Infor
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) JD Edwards
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) Infor
1 1 (50.00%) JD Edwards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP