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 citing Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	30	28	19
Rank change year-on-year	-2	-9	-7
Contract jobs citing Project Management	34	16	29
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes	5.80%	5.88%	9.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.11%	6.56%	11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	30	11	21
10^th Percentile	£345	£400	£200
25^th Percentile	£428	£409	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£605	£450	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+34.44%	-10.00%	+6.95%
75^th Percentile	£690	£515	£560
90^th Percentile	£891	£519	£600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate	£590	£450	£500
% change year-on-year	+31.11%	-10.00%	+3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£35.58
Median hourly rate	£17.50	-	£36.17
75^th Percentile	-	-	£36.75
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate	£25.75	-	£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 citing process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	478	244	257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes	81.57%	89.71%	85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	334	168	185
10^th Percentile	£353	£231	£248
25^th Percentile	£431	£350	£370
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£433	£465
Median % change year-on-year	+24.15%	-6.99%	-10.58%
75^th Percentile	£609	£538	£550
90^th Percentile	£638	£635	£633
Buckinghamshire median daily rate	£528	£435	£467
% change year-on-year	+21.26%	-6.75%	-11.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	19	13	8
10^th Percentile	£13.89	£15.12	£14.25
25^th Percentile	£15.05	£17.87	£17.83
Median hourly rate	£38.72	£29.61	£26.25
Median % change year-on-year	+30.77%	+12.80%	+31.25%
75^th Percentile	£70.25	-	£36.19
90^th Percentile	£75.00	-	£37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate	£15.05	£18.00	£30.00
% change year-on-year	-16.39%	-40.00%	+50.00%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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 26 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.

Project Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region citing Project Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	70.6%	24
2	DV Cleared	55.9%	19
3	Project Delivery	47.1%	16
4	SC Cleared	41.2%	14
5	Stakeholder Management	38.2%	13
6	Continuous Improvement	35.3%	12
6	Microsoft	35.3%	12
8	PMO	32.4%	11
8	PRINCE2	32.4%	11
10	Microsoft Project	29.4%	10
11	Microsoft Excel	26.5%	9
12	Decision-Making	23.5%	8
12	Degree	23.5%	8
14	Change Management	17.6%	6
14	Stakeholder Engagement	17.6%	6
16	Agile	14.7%	5
16	Programme Delivery	14.7%	5
16	Risk Management	14.7%	5
19	Capacity Management	11.8%	4
19	ISEB	11.8%	4
19	ITIL	11.8%	4
19	Logistics	11.8%	4
19	Mentoring	11.8%	4
19	Microsoft Office	11.8%	4
19	PRINCE2 Practitioner	11.8%	4
19	Project Governance	11.8%	4
27	Business Case	8.8%	3
27	Collaborative Culture	8.8%	3
27	Cost Control	8.8%	3
27	Cost Management	8.8%	3

Project Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Delivery	47.1%	16
2	Stakeholder Management	38.2%	13
3	Continuous Improvement	35.3%	12
4	PRINCE2	32.4%	11
5	Decision-Making	23.5%	8
6	Change Management	17.6%	6
6	Stakeholder Engagement	17.6%	6
8	Agile	14.7%	5
8	Programme Delivery	14.7%	5
8	Risk Management	14.7%	5
11	Capacity Management	11.8%	4
11	ITIL	11.8%	4
11	Logistics	11.8%	4
11	Mentoring	11.8%	4
11	Project Governance	11.8%	4
16	Business Case	8.8%	3
16	Collaborative Culture	8.8%	3
16	Cost Control	8.8%	3
16	Cost Management	8.8%	3
16	Impact Assessments	8.8%	3