Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Computer Science
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 +31
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 17 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.20% 0.44% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 0.47% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 1 4
10th Percentile £442 - £312
25th Percentile £514 £513 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -3.45% -16.35%
75th Percentile £636 £538 £638
90th Percentile £769 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £593 £525 £463
% change year-on-year +12.95% +13.51% -5.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Computer Science 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 614 211 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 79.53% 93.36% 84.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 144 212
10th Percentile £328 £235 £256
25th Percentile £456 £350 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £434 £474
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -8.56% -2.69%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £560
90th Percentile £638 £668 £698
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 9
10th Percentile - £14.39 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £16.69 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -25.84% +70.84%
75th Percentile £18.12 £18.00 £36.75
90th Percentile £34.49 £23.83 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £15.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.21% -44.55% +83.52%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Milton Keynes

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Computer Science

Computer Science
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 3 (17.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (11.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) DNS
1 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
2 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 6 (35.29%) VPN
3 3 (17.65%) BGP
3 3 (17.65%) BIG-IP
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (17.65%) DHCP
3 3 (17.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (17.65%) IPsec
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
3 3 (17.65%) MPLS
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security
3 3 (17.65%) OSPF
3 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
3 3 (17.65%) SSH
3 3 (17.65%) VLAN
3 3 (17.65%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (29.41%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Military
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Designer
1 5 (29.41%) Lead
1 5 (29.41%) Senior
1 5 (29.41%) Service Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Lead Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Network Technical Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Platform Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Service Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (17.65%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
3 3 (17.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
3 3 (17.65%) Private Cloud
4 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
4 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) ITIL
2 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Service Management
3 8 (47.06%) Cloud Security
3 8 (47.06%) TOGAF
4 7 (41.18%) AI
4 7 (41.18%) CI/CD
5 6 (35.29%) Business Continuity
5 6 (35.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (29.41%) ITSM
6 5 (29.41%) Lean Six Sigma
6 5 (29.41%) Security Operations
6 5 (29.41%) Service Design
6 5 (29.41%) SIAM
6 5 (29.41%) Six Sigma
6 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (23.53%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (23.53%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (23.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Bash
1 3 (17.65%) Bicep
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 14 (82.35%) Degree
3 8 (47.06%) DV Cleared
3 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (17.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (11.76%) CCIE
5 2 (11.76%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
5 2 (11.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 1 (5.88%) HNC
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) NCSC
2 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (29.41%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
5 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (17.65%) VMware NSX
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Ansible
1 5 (29.41%) Terraform
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 3 (17.65%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (17.65%) F5
3 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
3 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 2 (11.76%) Google
4 2 (11.76%) Splunk
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow