Monitoring Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Monitoring Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Monitoring Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Monitoring Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £514 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 658 175 383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.34% 94.09% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 132 289
10th Percentile £351 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - +0.53%
75th Percentile £599 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £643 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 4 28
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.93 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.91
Median hourly rate £17.34 £35.75 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -51.51% +58.54% +94.73%
75th Percentile £38.72 £57.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £39.63 £65.13 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.34 £14.42 £23.48
% change year-on-year +20.21% -38.59% +78.44%

Monitoring Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Monitoring Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Monitoring Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, Monitoring 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 Monitoring Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Monitoring 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware