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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -17 -10 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 31 11 27
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.19% 4.64% 9.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.27% 5.00% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 8 24
10th Percentile £324 £344 £204
25th Percentile £436 £402 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £415 £456
Median % change year-on-year +22.89% -9.04% -3.95%
75th Percentile £610 £467 £510
90th Percentile £658 £543 £590
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £510 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +17.92% -3.89% -5.26%
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 588 220 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 79.46% 92.83% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 153 190
10th Percentile £363 £215 £233
25th Percentile £461 £350 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £468
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -9.21% -6.38%
75th Percentile £598 £543 £550
90th Percentile £638 £639 £639
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £438 £454
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.58% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 6
10th Percentile £13.95 £14.23 £18.24
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £23.44
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -51.56% +142.98%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £36.56
90th Percentile £46.40 £25.15 £37.37
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.05 £15.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.90% -43.64% +67.68%

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 31 August 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 14 (45.16%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 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%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 10 (32.26%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
3 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aviation
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.13%) Project Officer
2 5 (16.13%) Senior
3 4 (12.90%) Lead
3 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Business Improvement Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Business Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Project Support Officer
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Support Officer
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) IT Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
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%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (45.16%) Project Delivery
3 10 (32.26%) Agile
4 9 (29.03%) Change Management
4 9 (29.03%) PRINCE2
5 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (19.35%) Business Case
6 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.90%) ITIL
8 4 (12.90%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (12.90%) Time Management
9 3 (9.68%) Agile Project Management
9 3 (9.68%) Lean Six Sigma
9 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
9 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
9 3 (9.68%) Six Sigma
9 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (9.68%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) Security Cleared
2 19 (61.29%) SC Cleared
3 14 (45.16%) DV Cleared
4 9 (29.03%) Degree
5 3 (9.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 2 (6.45%) PMP
7 1 (3.23%) APMP
7 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.23%) CCNP
7 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.23%) ISEB
7 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) GRC
3 1 (3.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Citrix
4 1 (3.23%) Computacenter
4 1 (3.23%) F5
4 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds