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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 29 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 42 9 38
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 5.59% 4.46% 10.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 4.74% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 6 33
10th Percentile £372 £308 £232
25th Percentile £450 £406 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £464 £449
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% +3.31% -5.50%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £510
90th Percentile £659 £552 £590
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £530 £513 £430
% change year-on-year +3.41% +19.19% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £35.58
Median hourly rate £18.32 - £36.17
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 - £36.17
% change year-on-year - - +170.49%

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 596 190 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 79.26% 94.06% 84.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 129 219
10th Percentile £354 £212 £245
25th Percentile £456 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £475
% change year-on-year +20.69% -8.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 16
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.39 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.38 £15.12 £17.19
Median hourly rate £16.35 £16.69 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -17.60% +51.46%
75th Percentile £17.50 £18.00 £39.75
90th Percentile £18.32 £23.83 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £15.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +7.21% -39.00% +52.44%

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 5 July 2026.

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 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (2.38%) Anypoint
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) AWS
2 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.38%) OCI
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.38%) BGP
2 1 (2.38%) BIG-IP
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.38%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) ICMP
2 1 (2.38%) IPsec
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) MPLS
2 1 (2.38%) NGFW
2 1 (2.38%) OSPF
2 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.38%) VLAN
2 1 (2.38%) VPN
2 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Finance
3 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Aviation
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 6 (14.29%) Lead
3 5 (11.90%) Business Improvement Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Business Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) PMO Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Project Officer
4 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (7.14%) PMO Lead
5 3 (7.14%) Project Support Officer
5 3 (7.14%) Senior
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Support Officer
6 2 (4.76%) Administrator
6 2 (4.76%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) IT Administrator
6 2 (4.76%) Oracle Specialist
7 1 (2.38%) Programme Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 2 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (40.48%) Project Delivery
3 13 (30.95%) Agile
4 11 (26.19%) Change Management
5 9 (21.43%) PRINCE2
6 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (16.67%) Business Case
8 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
9 5 (11.90%) Lean Six Sigma
9 5 (11.90%) Process Improvement
9 5 (11.90%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (11.90%) Six Sigma
10 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
10 4 (9.52%) ITIL
10 4 (9.52%) Programme Governance
10 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.52%) Time Management
11 3 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (73.81%) Security Cleared
2 28 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 16 (38.10%) DV Cleared
4 7 (16.67%) Degree
5 5 (11.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 2 (4.76%) APMP
6 2 (4.76%) ISEB
6 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.38%) CCNP
7 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.38%) PMP
7 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) PMO
2 7 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.38%) GRC
3 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) CheckPoint
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.76%) VMware
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) Citrix
4 1 (2.38%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.38%) F5
4 1 (2.38%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds