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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 24 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 45 7 35
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 5.96% 4.09% 8.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 4.35% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 4 31
10th Percentile £409 £301 £325
25th Percentile £476 £433 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £528 £449
Median % change year-on-year +6.16% +17.52% -5.50%
75th Percentile £610 £548 £514
90th Percentile £668 £555 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £528 £430
% change year-on-year +6.16% +22.67% -9.47%
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 593 161 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.54% 94.15% 84.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 118 246
10th Percentile £323 £213 £277
25th Percentile £456 £361 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -2.58% -
75th Percentile £600 £560 £571
90th Percentile £638 £650 £663
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +10.53% +2.15% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 21
10th Percentile - £14.27 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -33.23% +71.08%
75th Percentile - £19.19 £30.00
90th Percentile £18.32 £33.80 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £15.12 £25.00
% change year-on-year +8.13% -39.52% +84.23%

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 7 June 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 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.89%) Confluence
2 4 (8.89%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (4.44%) Anypoint
Applications
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.67%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.44%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.22%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) OCI
4 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Finance
3 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Lead
3 6 (13.33%) PMO Lead
3 6 (13.33%) PMO Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Business Improvement Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Business Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Oracle Specialist
4 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Project Officer
6 2 (4.44%) Project Support Officer
6 2 (4.44%) Support Officer
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Director
7 1 (2.22%) Migration Project Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Portfolio Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.44%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Project Delivery
2 20 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (33.33%) Agile
4 8 (17.78%) Business Case
4 8 (17.78%) Change Management
4 8 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (17.78%) PRINCE2
5 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
5 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.56%) Programme Governance
5 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
6 6 (13.33%) Budgeting
7 5 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 5 (11.11%) Project Governance
8 4 (8.89%) Analytics
8 4 (8.89%) Lean Six Sigma
8 4 (8.89%) Migration
8 4 (8.89%) Resource Management
8 4 (8.89%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.89%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (68.89%) SC Cleared
1 31 (68.89%) Security Cleared
2 14 (31.11%) DV Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (4.44%) PMP
6 1 (2.22%) APMP
6 1 (2.22%) ISEB
6 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (33.33%) PMO
2 7 (15.56%) SLA
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) GRC
3 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.44%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.22%) BT
4 1 (2.22%) Citrix
4 1 (2.22%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.22%) Planview
4 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) VMware