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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 27 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 -9 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 31 13 27
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 5.08% 5.14% 9.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 5.58% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 23
10th Percentile £331 £381 £223
25th Percentile £410 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £433 £463
Median % change year-on-year +30.06% -6.49% -2.63%
75th Percentile £693 £515 £510
90th Percentile £899 £527 £593
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £515 £450 £456
% change year-on-year +14.44% -1.37% -4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.58
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £36.17
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £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 485 233 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 79.51% 92.09% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 158 180
10th Percentile £360 £231 £250
25th Percentile £452 £329 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -8.11% -9.76%
75th Percentile £598 £537 £538
90th Percentile £638 £635 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £428 £463
% change year-on-year +22.81% -7.57% -11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 7
10th Percentile £13.89 £14.71 £17.31
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.81 £19.98
Median hourly rate £17.50 £23.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.49% -20.65% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £29.61 £36.37
90th Percentile £70.95 - £37.25
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.28 £18.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% -40.00% +82.93%

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 October 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.23%) BGP
2 1 (3.23%) BIG-IP
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.23%) DNS
2 1 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) ICMP
2 1 (3.23%) IPsec
2 1 (3.23%) LAN
2 1 (3.23%) MPLS
2 1 (3.23%) NGFW
2 1 (3.23%) OSPF
2 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) VLAN
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
General
1 14 (45.16%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aviation
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Project Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Project Officer
3 4 (12.90%) Lead
3 4 (12.90%) Programme Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Business Improvement Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Business Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Project Control Officer
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) IT Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) PMO Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Support Officer
5 2 (6.45%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.45%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (6.45%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) PMI
2 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Project Delivery
2 13 (41.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (38.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (32.26%) PRINCE2
5 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
6 7 (22.58%) Change Management
7 6 (19.35%) Agile
7 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (16.13%) Programme Delivery
8 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.90%) Capacity Management
9 4 (12.90%) ITIL
10 3 (9.68%) Logistics
10 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
10 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
10 3 (9.68%) Project Governance
10 3 (9.68%) Project Planning
10 3 (9.68%) Six Sigma
10 3 (9.68%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
2 17 (54.84%) DV Cleared
3 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
4 7 (22.58%) Degree
5 3 (9.68%) ISEB
5 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
5 3 (9.68%) PMP
5 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (9.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (3.23%) APMP
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.23%) CCNP
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) GRC
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Citrix
4 1 (3.23%) F5
4 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds