Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Data Strategy
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 44 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.27% 1.84% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 2.10% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £455 -
25th Percentile £563 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £478 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -20.42% +26.32%
75th Percentile £588 £493 -
90th Percentile - £502 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £575 £478 £600
% change year-on-year +20.42% -20.42% +26.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Data Strategy 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 307 238 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.11% 87.50% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 171 346
10th Percentile £235 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +3.63%
75th Percentile £560 £569 £600
90th Percentile £635 £650 £709
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 15
10th Percentile £16.08 £14.01 £17.30
25th Percentile - £17.03 £19.63
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +45.45%
75th Percentile £34.40 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared