Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Prototyping
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 41 40
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +23
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 1 5 16
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.21% 1.78% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 1.95% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 16
10th Percentile - £605 £506
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £743 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.98% +35.10% -
75th Percentile - - £585
90th Percentile - - £681
South East median daily rate £600 £638 £640
% change year-on-year -5.88% -0.39% +16.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Prototyping 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 394 256 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 81.91% 91.10% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 188 379
10th Percentile £223 £207 £280
25th Percentile £356 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.70% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £560 £592 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 30
10th Percentile £15.80 £14.01 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £17.03 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +51.60% +38.13%
75th Percentile £29.61 £54.69 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.38 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +5.56%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Prototyping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -8 1 £550 -25.98% 3
Prototyping
South East

Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware