IT Support Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

IT Support
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median IT Support daily rate in Milton Keynes is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 39 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +43
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 5 8 15
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.89% 2.66% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 2.79% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
10th Percentile £192 - -
25th Percentile £201 £246 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £253 £200
Median % change year-on-year -12.87% +26.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £236 £259 £238
90th Percentile £245 - £300
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £220 £253 £205
% change year-on-year -12.87% +23.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.57 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.27 £16.09 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.45 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +3.65% -1.00%
75th Percentile - £18.32 £22.31
90th Percentile - £18.55 £23.33
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £15.55 £20.50
% change year-on-year +15.79% -24.17% +3.80%

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 252 287 578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.35% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 208 459
10th Percentile £231 £250 £258
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £600
90th Percentile £641 £625 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 10
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.81 £18.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £23.81 £22.50 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +65.81% +6.43%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.00 £21.00
90th Percentile - £37.00 £21.98
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.87 £19.35 £16.95
% change year-on-year -7.65% +14.16% +9.35%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, IT Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Remedy
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Planview
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10

IT Support 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 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (20.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Remedy
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Planview
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow