IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

IT Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 38 48
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +45
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.19% 2.80% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 2.95% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £141 £273 -
25th Percentile £158 £308 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £365 £200
Median % change year-on-year -47.95% +82.50% -7.08%
75th Percentile £223 £423 £225
90th Percentile £239 £457 £260
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £160 £365 £203
% change year-on-year -56.11% +80.25% -5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate - £18.70 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +42.10% -
75th Percentile - - £15.31
90th Percentile - - £19.17
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £18.70 £13.16
% change year-on-year +34.49% +42.10% -

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 241 271 583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.63% 94.76% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 196 467
10th Percentile £230 £252 £269
25th Percentile £350 £368 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £640 £613 £697
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £505
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.89% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 9
10th Percentile £14.71 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.81 £18.65 £13.16
Median hourly rate £23.81 £26.25 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% +93.44% +4.38%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.19 £18.75
90th Percentile - £37.12 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.87 £19.35 £16.40
% change year-on-year -7.65% +17.99% +5.81%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Milton Keynes

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, IT Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Planview
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) ATM
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS

IT Engineer Skill Set
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 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ATM
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Planview
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow