PMO Contracts in Northern Ireland

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing PMO 9 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.66% - 6.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.00% - 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £238 - £240
25th Percentile £281 - £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £358
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.74%
75th Percentile £531 - £411
90th Percentile £630 - £534
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £499
% change year-on-year -2.11% -4.81% +7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £69.66 - -
25th Percentile £72.17 - -
Median hourly rate £81.36 - -
75th Percentile £90.30 - -
90th Percentile £92.67 - -
UK median hourly rate £39.02 £35.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +11.49% +3.70% -24.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 30 15 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.87% 10.14% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 16
10th Percentile £179 - £231
25th Percentile £273 £313 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £325 £385
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% -15.58% -0.65%
75th Percentile £575 £549 £542
90th Percentile £648 £569 £653
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £27.16 - -
25th Percentile £31.64 - -
Median hourly rate £54.24 £12.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +342.76% - -
75th Percentile £82.41 - -
90th Percentile £89.52 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.80 £36.25
% change year-on-year +67.05% -42.61% +29.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for PMO in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in Northern Ireland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in Northern Ireland

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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 PMO within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 - 9 £375 - 12
PMO
UK

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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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Banking
4 3 (33.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Junior PMO
4 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) React Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) React
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (22.22%) Internal Audit
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (11.11%) Business Process Mapping
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Regtech
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) Kotlin
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft