Project Manager Contracts in Milton Keynes

Project Manager
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Project Manager daily rate in Milton Keynes is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 29 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 7 15 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 4.05% 3.85% 11.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% 4.12% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 76
10th Percentile £439 £333 £235
25th Percentile £458 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +7.89% -
75th Percentile £541 £544 £511
90th Percentile £550 £575 £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £513 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +5.13% +2.63% -1.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 161 364 699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 93.33% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 275 570
10th Percentile £286 £263 £310
25th Percentile £400 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £590 £586 £570
90th Percentile £643 £695 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 25 2
10th Percentile £13.90 £15.85 £9.87
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.00 £10.42
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.58 £11.58
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +94.99% +7.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £30.00 £12.50
90th Percentile £63.50 £48.75 £12.89
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.42 £23.75 £13.16
% change year-on-year -39.28% +80.47% +11.20%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Milton Keynes

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Milton Keynes

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Milton Keynes

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Milton Keynes

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
3 3 (42.86%) ISEB
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (42.86%) APMP
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cost Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) FMCG
5 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cost Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) APMP
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Snow