IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

IT Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median IT Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 2 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.83% 2.20% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 2.41% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile - £513 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £538 £538
90th Percentile - - £575
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £22.56 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £27.70 £57.50
% change year-on-year +170.78% -51.83% -11.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 203 166 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.23% 91.21% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 80 76
10th Percentile £200 £155 £174
25th Percentile £325 £201 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £441 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £630 £594
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 10
10th Percentile £12.34 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.48 £11.63
Median hourly rate £15.50 £22.56 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -31.29% +64.85% +24.58%
75th Percentile £17.05 £24.18 £16.77
90th Percentile £25.09 £40.25 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Northern Ireland

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Northern Ireland

IT 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 IT Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
County Antrim -10 1 £425 -19.05% 3
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, IT 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 Northern Ireland region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe