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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 26 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 21 22 42
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.03% 7.89% 8.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.17% 9.05% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 33
10th Percentile £401 £344 £335
25th Percentile £415 £423 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £505 £416
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +21.39% -6.04%
75th Percentile £523 £564 £519
90th Percentile £581 £642 £538
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £468 £525 £416
% change year-on-year -10.86% +26.20% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £36.17 £13.17
Median % change year-on-year - +174.60% -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £36.17 £13.17
% change year-on-year - +174.60% -

All Process and 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 293 243 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.20% 87.10% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 173 357
10th Percentile £224 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £628 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.68 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £18.70 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £34.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% +41.67% +43.28%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.75 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.50 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £23.88
% change year-on-year -30.46% +51.48% +54.03%

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 20 December 2025.

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 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Anypoint
2 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
4 1 (4.76%) Alation
4 1 (4.76%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Law
6 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Project Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Service Transition Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Transition Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Construction Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Migration Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Procurement Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Sustainability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) PMI
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
2 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Change Management
3 4 (19.05%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (19.05%) Service Management
4 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
4 3 (14.29%) CRM
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Energy Management
4 3 (14.29%) ITSM
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) SC Cleared
1 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
3 4 (19.05%) PMP
4 3 (14.29%) APMP
5 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
1 2 (9.52%) GMP
1 2 (9.52%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) Informatica
3 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.76%) Planview