Operations Engineer Contracts in Birmingham

Operations Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Operations Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £360 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £355 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - -
75th Percentile £365 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £405 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 705 868 1,274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 96.02% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 581 937
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £325 £378 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £581
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £486 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.75% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 23
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.55
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Engineer in Birmingham

Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Operations Engineer in Birmingham

Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Engineer in Birmingham

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Operations Engineer 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 Birmingham region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Server Management
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft