Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Prototyping
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 1 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.25% 2.40% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 2.65% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 15
10th Percentile - £605 £506
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £743 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.98% +35.10% -
75th Percentile - - £568
90th Percentile - - £680
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £743 £550
% change year-on-year -25.98% +35.10% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Prototyping 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 328 189 459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 81.19% 90.87% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 142 351
10th Percentile £230 £250 £280
25th Percentile £363 £403 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £743
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £467 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.70% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 28
10th Percentile £15.69 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.68 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -34.63% +23.59%
75th Percentile £32.81 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.48
% change year-on-year -29.35% +51.60% +38.13%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Prototyping

Prototyping
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 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware