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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 14 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.53% 3.18% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.14% 4.17% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £406 - £235
25th Percentile £472 £155 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £160 £550
Median % change year-on-year +239.84% -70.91% +29.41%
75th Percentile £650 £165 -
90th Percentile £695 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +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 £68.75 £35.65 £61.25
% change year-on-year +92.85% -41.80% +37.64%

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 172 120 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.47% 76.43% 75.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 59 73
10th Percentile £179 £182 £166
25th Percentile £306 £366 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -4.49%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £538
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 10
10th Percentile £14.14 - £13.70
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.63 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.15% +0.84% +24.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £23.74 £17.17
90th Percentile £59.80 £31.88 £18.71
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 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 31 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 -3 13 £544 +239.84% 23
County Londonderry - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Front Office
3 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Technical Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Technical Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Software Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Test Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Agile
2 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Kanban
3 2 (14.29%) Product Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 2 (14.29%) Scrum
3 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) RIBA
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) MiFID
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) Software AG
2 1 (7.14%) webMethods