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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 565 721
Rank change year-on-year +71 +156 -139
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 54 103 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.20% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.22% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 81 38
10th Percentile £304 £425 £388
25th Percentile £503 £550 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £600 £745 £647
90th Percentile £625 £750 £758
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £540
% change year-on-year -15.38% +20.37% +23.43%
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 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +61 31 £550 -21.43% 13
Yorkshire +51 26 £550 -21.43% 4
South East +7 8 £370 -34.95% 15
London +45 7 £389 -44.49% 18
South West +22 4 - - 6
North West +18 3 £613 +94.68% 7
East of England +6 3 £600 -11.89% 5
North East - 2 - - 2
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%) Confluence
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 2 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.70%) Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
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%) Digital Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) ITSM Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Web 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 Management
3 25 (46.30%) Asset Management
3 25 (46.30%) ITSM
3 25 (46.30%) Service Delivery
4 23 (42.59%) IT Asset Management
5 19 (35.19%) ITIL
6 15 (27.78%) API Development
7 9 (16.67%) Agile
8 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (9.26%) CRM
10 5 (9.26%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (9.26%) Scrum
11 4 (7.41%) BPMN
11 4 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
11 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
11 4 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
12 3 (5.56%) Security Operations
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 2 (3.70%) PMO
1 2 (3.70%) SLA
2 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%) Oracle
4 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.85%) Veeam
4 1 (1.85%) VMware