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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 40 13 35
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.63% 6.67% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.42% 7.03% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 6 26
10th Percentile £413 £434 £351
25th Percentile £510 £508 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £533 £449
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +18.63% -0.25%
75th Percentile £610 £556 £530
90th Percentile £674 £560 £623
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £543 £449
% change year-on-year +3.23% +20.86% -0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.32 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 - -

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 475 185 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.77% 94.87% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 140 288
10th Percentile £308 £297 £269
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.70% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £651 £701
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £518 £508 £475
% change year-on-year +1.97% +6.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 27
10th Percentile £15.17 £12.98 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.44 £17.82
Median hourly rate £18.32 £17.25 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -27.37% +137.50%
75th Percentile £29.61 £28.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £43.78 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.71 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.08% -24.00% +150.00%

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 24 March 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 11 (27.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) Confluence
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (5.00%) Anypoint
Applications
1 16 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (22.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (7.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.50%) Azure
4 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.00%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.50%) AWS
5 1 (2.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
General
1 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 11 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Project Manager
2 8 (20.00%) Lead
3 7 (17.50%) Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) PMO Lead
5 5 (12.50%) Senior
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Manager
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (10.00%) Data Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Oracle Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) PMO Manager
7 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Business Improvement Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Business Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Technical Director
9 1 (2.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.50%) Project Officer
9 1 (2.50%) Security Manager
9 1 (2.50%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 15 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (32.50%) Agile
4 9 (22.50%) PRINCE2
5 8 (20.00%) Programme Governance
6 6 (15.00%) Business Case
6 6 (15.00%) Change Management
6 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 6 (15.00%) Migration
6 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (12.50%) Budgeting
7 5 (12.50%) Resource Management
8 4 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
8 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.00%) ERP
8 4 (10.00%) ETL
8 4 (10.00%) Process Management
8 4 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (72.50%) SC Cleared
1 29 (72.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) PMP
4 2 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (2.50%) APMP
5 1 (2.50%) ISEB
5 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) PMO
2 7 (17.50%) SLA
3 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Oracle
3 3 (7.50%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.00%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.50%) BT
5 1 (2.50%) Planview