Project Management Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Project Management
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Project Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 20 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 27 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 5.83% 9.18% 13.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 10.59% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 72
10th Percentile £381 £204 £251
25th Percentile £406 £365 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -3.95% +3.26%
75th Percentile £515 £510 £519
90th Percentile £527 £590 £648
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £450 £478
% change year-on-year - -5.76% +0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.21
25th Percentile - £35.58 £13.27
Median hourly rate - £36.17 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year - +170.49% -
75th Percentile - £36.75 £13.47
90th Percentile - - £13.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £36.17 £13.37
% change year-on-year - +170.49% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Project Management 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 219 255 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 91.25% 86.73% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 187 482
10th Percentile £215 £234 £320
25th Percentile £350 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -7.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £600
90th Percentile £625 £631 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £515
% change year-on-year -3.33% -12.62% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £14.08 £17.31 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.98 £19.98 £13.17
Median hourly rate £16.50 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% +121.08% +10.24%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.37 £20.25
90th Percentile £28.73 £37.25 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.91 £30.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -46.97% +82.93% +21.48%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Milton Keynes

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Milton Keynes

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Management

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Alation
1 1 (7.14%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Transition Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Transition Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Commercial Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Construction Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Contract Management Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) JIRA Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Procurement Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Project Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Report Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (21.43%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
2 3 (21.43%) Energy Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITSM
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Map
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Identification
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 4 (28.57%) PMP
3 3 (21.43%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GMP
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Informatica
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft