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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 29 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 25 20 36
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.79% 7.38% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.12% 8.40% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 29
10th Percentile £388 £373 £335
25th Percentile £459 £456 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +13.33% +0.22%
75th Percentile £581 £565 £530
90th Percentile £653 £653 £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £511 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -2.62% +16.67% -

All Process & 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 308 238 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 83.70% 87.82% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 171 337
10th Percentile £235 £250 £292
25th Percentile £363 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £560 £569 £610
90th Percentile £637 £650 £730
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 15
10th Percentile £16.08 £14.01 £17.30
25th Percentile - £17.03 £19.63
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +35.21%
75th Percentile £34.40 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Project Management job vacancy trend 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 31 December 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

Project Management
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 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) Confluence
3 1 (4.00%) Anypoint
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (4.00%) Alation
4 1 (4.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Law
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) PMO Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Director
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Construction Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Procurement Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Project Officer
5 1 (4.00%) Sustainability Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) PMI
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Project Delivery
2 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (24.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.00%) Budgeting
4 4 (16.00%) Change Management
4 4 (16.00%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Project Governance
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.00%) Cost Reduction
5 3 (12.00%) CRM
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (16.00%) PMP
4 3 (12.00%) APMP
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) PMO
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.00%) GMP
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.00%) BT
4 1 (4.00%) Informatica
4 1 (4.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.00%) Planview