Project Management Contracts in Milton Keynes

Project Management
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 8 31 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 4.62% 7.95% 14.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 9.37% 15.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 90
10th Percentile £420 £328 £162
25th Percentile £506 £359 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.09% -9.47% +3.26%
75th Percentile £544 £530 £530
90th Percentile £554 £627 £656
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +22.09% -9.47% +3.26%

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 162 331 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 93.64% 84.87% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 240 583
10th Percentile £292 £280 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £599 £590 £573
90th Percentile £650 £703 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £501 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.37% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 1
10th Percentile £13.68 £15.85 -
25th Percentile £14.69 £17.64 £9.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £23.22 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.69% +132.15% -7.15%
75th Percentile £28.81 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £48.75 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Milton Keynes

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Milton Keynes

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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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Cost Management
4 2 (25.00%) Product Management
4 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (37.50%) APMP
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Snow