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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 9 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.31% 0.42% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.46% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £489 - £291
25th Percentile £514 £513 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% +13.51% -22.92%
75th Percentile £769 £538 £553
90th Percentile £775 - £604
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £615 £525 £463
% change year-on-year +17.14% +13.51% -15.91%

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 537 219 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.05% 91.63% 86.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 154 186
10th Percentile £360 £216 £234
25th Percentile £456 £350 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £598 £538 £539
90th Percentile £638 £632 £626
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -12.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 7
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.92 £17.31
25th Percentile £15.05 £14.83 £19.98
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.12 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -49.60% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £17.94 £36.37
90th Percentile £54.35 £18.00 £37.25
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.05 £15.91 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.69% -46.97% +82.93%

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 19 September 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 (88.89%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) DNS
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) BGP
2 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (33.33%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (33.33%) IPsec
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) MPLS
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) OSPF
2 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 3 (33.33%) SSH
2 3 (33.33%) VLAN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Military
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Leader
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Network Technical Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Change and Release Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Release Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Terraform
2 3 (33.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 3 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (33.33%) Private Cloud
4 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) DDoS Mitigation
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Hardening
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Server Patching
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Bicep
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) DV Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) CCNP
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (22.22%) CCIE
5 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
6 1 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (11.11%) HNC
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (33.33%) VMware NSX
2 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Ansible
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (33.33%) F5
3 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 2 (22.22%) Google
5 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow