Developer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Developer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Developer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 5 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 14 66 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.75% 16.79% 7.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.46% 17.98% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 50 50
10th Percentile £287 £361 £400
25th Percentile £316 £475 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £506 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -5.95% +3.37%
75th Percentile £497 £547 £625
90th Percentile £548 £601 £675
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £52.50 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 148 367 689
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 93.38% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 274 562
10th Percentile £278 £286 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% - -
75th Percentile £560 £567 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 3
10th Percentile £14.48 £15.85 £10.31
25th Percentile £15.12 £17.91 £11.54
Median hourly rate £16.69 £22.55 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -26.01% +66.18% +17.39%
75th Percentile £28.81 £30.00 £16.16
90th Percentile £58.63 £48.75 £17.71
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £23.22 £17.50
% change year-on-year -34.31% +32.66% +40.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Milton Keynes

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Milton Keynes

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Milton Keynes

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Milton Keynes

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 5 June 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) AWS
3 5 (35.71%) Git
3 5 (35.71%) Microservices
3 5 (35.71%) React
3 5 (35.71%) C#
3 5 (35.71%) .NET
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Multithreading
5 3 (21.43%) JSON
5 3 (21.43%) Django
5 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
5 3 (21.43%) Python
5 3 (21.43%) MySQL
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
5 3 (21.43%) HTTP
5 3 (21.43%) MVC
5 3 (21.43%) XML
5 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (21.43%) Flask
5 3 (21.43%) RESTful
5 3 (21.43%) MongoDB
5 3 (21.43%) REST
5 3 (21.43%) GitHub
5 3 (21.43%) FastAPI
5 3 (21.43%) GCP
5 3 (21.43%) GitLab
5 3 (21.43%) Azure
5 3 (21.43%) Asynchronous Programming

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.14%) CMS
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 3 (21.43%) GitHub
3 2 (14.29%) Figma
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) HTTP
2 1 (7.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) MongoDB
1 3 (21.43%) MySQL
1 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) DocumentDB
3 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Git
2 3 (21.43%) GitLab
3 2 (14.29%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (14.29%) UI Automator
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) .NET
1 5 (35.71%) React
2 3 (21.43%) Django
2 3 (21.43%) FastAPI
2 3 (21.43%) Flask
2 3 (21.43%) JSON
2 3 (21.43%) REST
2 3 (21.43%) RESTful
2 3 (21.43%) XML
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) Ajax
3 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) Entity Framework
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (14.29%) NHibernate
3 2 (14.29%) Semantic HTML
3 2 (14.29%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
1 1 (7.14%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Microservices
3 4 (28.57%) Multithreading
4 3 (21.43%) Asynchronous Programming
4 3 (21.43%) MVC
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) SOLID
5 2 (14.29%) TDD
5 2 (14.29%) User Experience
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (7.14%) Use Case
6 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C#
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) ActionScript
4 1 (7.14%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (7.14%) COBOL
4 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 2 (14.29%) WCAG
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
2 1 (7.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
285 Developer jobs in Buckinghamshire