Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Senior Project Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.83% - 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% - 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £463 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £525
75th Percentile £488 - £563
90th Percentile - - £585
UK median daily rate £625 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +5.93% -1.67% -

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 203 168 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.88% 91.30% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 83 87
10th Percentile £206 £151 £166
25th Percentile £325 £185 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £525
90th Percentile £624 £627 £630
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 25 10
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 £15.48 £11.63
Median hourly rate £15.33 £22.56 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -32.05% +64.85% +24.69%
75th Percentile £16.75 £24.18 £15.48
90th Percentile £24.89 £40.25 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.82% +70.19%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

Senior Project 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 Senior Project Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 - 2 £475 - 1
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Senior Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist