Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Project Planning
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 47 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.60% 0.71% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.82% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £619 - £393
25th Percentile £628 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £703 - £579
90th Percentile £716 - £583
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £663 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +32.50% -11.11% +4.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Project Planning 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 280 245 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.34% 87.19% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 174 356
10th Percentile £224 £247 £275
25th Percentile £356 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.20% +4.87%
75th Percentile £550 £587 £600
90th Percentile £623 £669 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -12.50% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 14
10th Percentile £14.90 £13.61 £14.02
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.09 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +10.37% +42.54%
75th Percentile £31.21 £36.56 £26.25
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.37 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.08 £22.50
% change year-on-year -28.31% +55.92% +45.16%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Project Planning

Project Planning
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Integration Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Fibre Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Openreach