Project Delivery Contracts in Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 13 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.18% 3.36% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 4.42% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £456 - £235
25th Percentile £492 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £210 £550
Median % change year-on-year +182.74% -61.82% +29.41%
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £700 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.98 - -
Median hourly rate £73.23 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +218.37% - -
75th Percentile £78.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.65 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.76% -45.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 113 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.45% 75.84% 76.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 57 80
10th Percentile £154 £212 £165
25th Percentile £295 £350 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £406
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £660 £624
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Northern Ireland

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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 -4 11 £594 +182.74% 18
County Londonderry - 2 - -
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Front Office
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Delivery Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Test Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Kanban
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) RIBA
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) IBM
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Software AG
1 1 (7.69%) webMethods