Project Management Contracts in Northern Ireland

Project Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 7 23
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 -15
Contract jobs citing Project Management 12 25 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.11% 12.25% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.71% 15.82% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 8
10th Percentile £380 £263 £394
25th Percentile £415 £306 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% +14.65%
75th Percentile £459 £540 £488
90th Percentile £502 £638 £491
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.67 £14.09 -
Median hourly rate £21.10 £14.19 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.75% - -
75th Percentile £23.54 £14.28 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.12
% change year-on-year -23.76% +50.97% +23.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 158 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 75.68% 77.45% 82.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 78 87
10th Percentile £210 £169 £145
25th Percentile £328 £278 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £445
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -8.71% +9.88%
75th Percentile £581 £500 £500
90th Percentile £663 £607 £543
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 9
10th Percentile - £13.25 £10.16
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.92 £10.29
Median hourly rate £13.94 £15.50 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% -1.52% -0.76%
75th Percentile £23.54 £17.13 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.43 £21.65
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Northern Ireland

Project Management
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 Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 -6 9 £435 +8.75% 17
County Londonderry - 3 - - 2
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 (8.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (8.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Communications Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
4 1 (8.33%) ERP Manager
4 1 (8.33%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Mainframe Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (8.33%) Test Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (25.00%) Photography
2 1 (8.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Change Management
2 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Nanotechnology
3 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (25.00%) Smart Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Twitter
2 1 (8.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) Infor
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft