Business Case Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Business Cases
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Business Case 4 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.05% - 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £330 - £412
25th Percentile £357 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - £604
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £400 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Business Case 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 316 211 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 82.94% 87.19% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 152 347
10th Percentile £255 £250 £280
25th Percentile £363 £378 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -3.75% +4.17%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £633 £650 £719
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 18
10th Percentile £18.12 £14.01 £15.15
25th Percentile - £17.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +12.21% +32.30%
75th Percentile £36.00 £36.50 £26.25
90th Percentile - £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.48
% change year-on-year -30.14% +53.31% +42.32%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Case

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Case

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Feature Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Planview