Programme Director Contracts in Northern Ireland

Programme Director
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Programme Director daily rate in Northern Ireland is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.60% - 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £875 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -12.50%

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 151 131 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.42% 94.93% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 65 78
10th Percentile £155 £173 £164
25th Percentile £273 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £511
90th Percentile £625 £650 £627
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 8
10th Percentile £13.29 - £13.29
25th Percentile £16.39 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.51 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +48.34% +6.25% -6.52%
75th Percentile £28.17 £21.63 £15.94
90th Percentile £70.62 £29.37 £16.87
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.73% -16.67% +88.21%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in Northern Ireland

Programme Director
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 Programme Director within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 1 £600 - 1
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Programme Director 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 Programme Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management

Programme Director 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Management
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared