Lead Contracts in Milton Keynes

Leader
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Leader daily rate in Milton Keynes is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +15 -7 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Lead 21 11 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 9.21% 3.73% 6.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.63% 4.03% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 42
10th Percentile £185 £455 £401
25th Percentile £270 £510 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £510 £588 £650
90th Percentile £538 £633 £736
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £490 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -10.91% -8.33% +33.33%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 218 273 659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.61% 92.54% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 198 530
10th Percentile £213 £253 £275
25th Percentile £350 £363 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £545 £548 £588
90th Percentile £648 £630 £688
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £20.56 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £26.29 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -41.04% +96.63% +16.36%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.19 £13.57
90th Percentile £25.15 £37.12 £16.16
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £25.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -39.00% +52.44% +23.77%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Milton Keynes

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Milton Keynes

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (33.33%) GDPR
4 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 6 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (23.81%) Freedom of Information Act
5 5 (23.81%) Test Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) Law
5 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
5 5 (23.81%) Data Privacy
6 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (19.05%) Inventory Management
6 4 (19.05%) Workflow
6 4 (19.05%) Finance
6 4 (19.05%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (19.05%) Logistics
6 4 (19.05%) SAP
6 4 (19.05%) EPoS
6 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
6 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
8 2 (9.52%) Quality Management
8 2 (9.52%) Migration
8 2 (9.52%) Change Management
8 2 (9.52%) Project Management
8 2 (9.52%) Oracle

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Alation
1 2 (9.52%) Collibra
2 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) BigQuery
1 2 (9.52%) Metadata
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (9.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Law
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (9.52%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (19.05%) EPoS
2 4 (19.05%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (9.52%) CSOC
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Data Privacy
3 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
3 5 (23.81%) Test Strategy
3 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Inventory Management
4 4 (19.05%) Logistics
4 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (19.05%) Workflow
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Defect Management
6 2 (9.52%) Functional Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) Quality Management
6 2 (9.52%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.52%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Informatica
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle