Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Senior Project Manager
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Milton Keynes is £584, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.62% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £559 - -
25th Percentile £568 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 - -
75th Percentile £598 - -
90th Percentile £605 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £584 - -

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 310 274 504
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 96.48% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 199 390
10th Percentile £221 £250 £262
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £600
90th Percentile £627 £651 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -7.17% -3.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 14
10th Percentile £15.04 £13.93 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.86 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £20.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +48.05% -1.23% +19.12%
75th Percentile - £36.37 £23.97
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.25 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.00 £18.17 £20.25
% change year-on-year +32.10% -10.28% +26.56%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, Senior Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Senior Project Manager jobs