PRINCE2 Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

PRINCE 2
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring PRINCE2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 37 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing PRINCE2 8 4 27
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.13% 1.79% 5.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.01% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 21
10th Percentile £327 £430 £333
25th Percentile £372 £456 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £645
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -22.48% +115.00%
75th Percentile £598 - £1,063
90th Percentile £650 - £1,150
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £513 £500 £645
% change year-on-year +2.55% -22.48% +98.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

PRINCE2 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 308 199 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 81.91% 89.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 142 347
10th Percentile £230 £238 £280
25th Percentile £363 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -3.75% +4.17%
75th Percentile £560 £589 £604
90th Percentile £635 £650 £719
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £462 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 23
10th Percentile £18.12 £14.01 £16.33
25th Percentile - £17.03 £19.13
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +10.95% +33.80%
75th Percentile £36.00 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile - £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year -30.14% +51.58% +41.79%

PRINCE2
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PRINCE2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

PRINCE2 job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PRINCE2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PRINCE2 in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PRINCE2 in Milton Keynes

PRINCE2
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PRINCE2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PRINCE2

PRINCE2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) DoDAF
4 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) MODAF
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (25.00%) UML
4 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) APMP
5 1 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (12.50%) PMP
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) COBIT
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) BT
2 1 (12.50%) Planview