Operations Management Contracts in England

Operations Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Operations Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 544 707
Rank change year-on-year +52 +163 -116
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 54 98 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.20% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.23% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 75 41
10th Percentile £314 £414 £360
25th Percentile £475 £514 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +20.10%
75th Percentile £600 £745 £650
90th Percentile £625 £748 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £16.81 £59.35 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £64.46 -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £73.44 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.53% - -
75th Percentile £30.25 £81.96 -
90th Percentile £30.63 £86.78 -
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £73.44 -
% change year-on-year -61.53% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Operations Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,440 43,538 63,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.17% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,583 30,556 45,375
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,239 1,538 1,750
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +6.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +49 32 £550 +8.37% 6
Yorkshire +44 27 £550 -21.43% 2
South East +14 8 £370 -38.33% 16
London +39 7 £389 -44.49% 23
South West +19 4 - - 4
North West +21 3 £613 +94.68% 3
East of England +13 2 £600 -9.37% 5
North East - 2 - - 1
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) IaaS
3 3 (5.56%) PaaS
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.85%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) LAN
1 2 (3.70%) SAN
1 2 (3.70%) Softphone
1 2 (3.70%) VoIP
1 2 (3.70%) WAN
1 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (3.70%) Wireless
2 1 (1.85%) DHCP
2 1 (1.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Tableau
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.70%) Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Developer
1 16 (29.63%) ServiceNow Developer
2 9 (16.67%) Consultant
2 9 (16.67%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 6 (11.11%) Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 6 (11.11%) Lead
4 5 (9.26%) Deskside Support
4 5 (9.26%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (7.41%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Senior
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
6 3 (5.56%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (5.56%) ITSM Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Operations Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (42.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) CMDB
2 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.85%) Life Science
2 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 26 (48.15%) Service Delivery
2 26 (48.15%) Service Management
3 25 (46.30%) Asset Management
3 25 (46.30%) ITSM
4 23 (42.59%) IT Asset Management
5 19 (35.19%) ITIL
6 15 (27.78%) API Development
7 8 (14.81%) Agile
7 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (9.26%) CRM
9 5 (9.26%) GAP Analysis
10 4 (7.41%) BPMN
10 4 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
10 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
10 4 (7.41%) Scrum
10 4 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
11 3 (5.56%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.85%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) PgMP
3 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.85%) PMP
3 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
2 2 (3.70%) PMO
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) ZABBIX
2 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) ServiceNow
2 3 (5.56%) Google
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.70%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (1.85%) Brocade
4 1 (1.85%) Cadence
4 1 (1.85%) Citrix
4 1 (1.85%) Dell Compellent
4 1 (1.85%) Infoblox
4 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.85%) Veeam
4 1 (1.85%) VMware