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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 27 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 33 15 39
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 8.19% 7.08% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.06% 7.81% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 32
10th Percentile £425 £403 £335
25th Percentile £507 £500 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £459
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +14.44% +1.94%
75th Percentile £608 £565 £538
90th Percentile £650 £592 £645
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £528 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -3.21% +21.11% -

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 328 192 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 81.39% 90.57% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 144 351
10th Percentile £230 £247 £279
25th Percentile £363 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £561 £599 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £738
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £472 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.70% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 27
10th Percentile £15.69 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.68 £18.32
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -35.37% +25.00%
75th Percentile £32.81 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.75
% change year-on-year -29.35% +49.89% +39.71%

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 30 January 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Confluence
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (3.03%) Anypoint
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (24.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 3 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.03%) Alation
4 1 (3.03%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
General
1 19 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Lead
2 8 (24.24%) Project Manager
3 6 (18.18%) PMO Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Oracle Specialist
5 3 (9.09%) PMO Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Director
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Project Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Project Leader
7 1 (3.03%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) PMI
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.21%) Agile
4 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) Programme Governance
5 5 (15.15%) Budgeting
5 5 (15.15%) Migration
5 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
5 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.12%) Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.12%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (12.12%) Project Governance
6 4 (12.12%) Resource Management
6 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 4 (12.12%) Service Management
7 3 (9.09%) Change Control
7 3 (9.09%) Energy Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (60.61%) SC Cleared
1 20 (60.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) APMP
3 4 (12.12%) PMI Certification
3 4 (12.12%) PMP
4 2 (6.06%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) ISEB
5 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) PMO
2 3 (9.09%) SLA
3 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.06%) GMP
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 3 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) BT
4 1 (3.03%) Informatica
4 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.03%) Planview