Security Hardening Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Hardening
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 26 41
Rank change year-on-year -40 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Security Hardening 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.27% 2.26% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 2.38% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £525 £450 -
25th Percentile £536 £488 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £476
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +15.49% -
75th Percentile £581 £575 £540
90th Percentile £586 £590 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £563 £550 £476
% change year-on-year +2.41% +15.49% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Security Hardening 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 587 168 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.69% 94.92% 83.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 124 245
10th Percentile £336 £231 £300
25th Percentile £457 £362 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £600 £560 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £665
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £475 £469
% change year-on-year +10.53% +1.20% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 20
10th Percentile - £14.27 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.50 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -32.19% +68.44%
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%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Security Hardening
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Hardening

Security Hardening
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft