Operations Manager Contracts in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager daily rate in England is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 568 656
Rank change year-on-year +83 +88 -84
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 53 80 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 54 91
10th Percentile £265 £410 £313
25th Percentile £366 £450 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £725 £690 £675
90th Percentile £798 £774 £788
UK median daily rate £475 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.56% +17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 3
10th Percentile £20.98 - £32.04
25th Percentile £24.75 - £33.23
Median hourly rate £48.56 £90.00 £35.20
Median % change year-on-year -46.04% +155.68% +42.22%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £35.81
90th Percentile £72.50 - £36.17
UK median hourly rate £48.56 £90.00 £35.20
% change year-on-year -46.04% +155.68% +40.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +84 30 £538 -10.42% 58
South West +32 10 £400 - 15
South East +31 10 - - 16
Yorkshire +15 2 £475 +6.74% 4
North of England +13 2 £475 +7.95% 9
East of England +4 1 £550 -8.41% 9
Operations Manager
UK

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Operations Manager 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 England region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 16 (30.19%) Finance
2 12 (22.64%) Project Management
2 12 (22.64%) Degree
3 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (20.75%) Social Skills
4 9 (16.98%) Information Security
5 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (15.09%) Power Platform
5 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (15.09%) Security Operations
6 7 (13.21%) Power BI
6 7 (13.21%) ITIL
6 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
6 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
7 6 (11.32%) Legal
7 6 (11.32%) Reuters
7 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
7 6 (11.32%) Mathematics
8 5 (9.43%) Business Continuity
8 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (9.43%) Cisco
8 5 (9.43%) Law
8 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
8 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
8 5 (9.43%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps

Operations Manager Skill Set
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 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.89%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.55%) Azure
4 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.89%) Asana
5 1 (1.89%) Dropbox
5 1 (1.89%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Firewall
1 2 (3.77%) VoIP
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
2 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.89%) VLAN
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) GIS
3 3 (5.66%) Tableau
4 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (30.19%) Finance
2 11 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Legal
4 5 (9.43%) Law
4 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Health Technology
7 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Retail
8 1 (1.89%) Advertising
8 1 (1.89%) Billing
8 1 (1.89%) Marketing
8 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.89%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.89%) FMCG
3 1 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.64%) Project Management
2 9 (16.98%) Information Security
3 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (15.09%) Security Operations
4 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (13.21%) ITIL
5 6 (11.32%) Mathematics
6 5 (9.43%) Budget Management
6 5 (9.43%) Business Continuity
6 5 (9.43%) Project Delivery
6 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
7 4 (7.55%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (7.55%) Cloud Security
7 4 (7.55%) Customer Experience
7 4 (7.55%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.55%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.55%) Line Management
7 4 (7.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
2 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) CISM
3 3 (5.66%) CISSP
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) CCNA
5 1 (1.89%) CCSK
5 1 (1.89%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.89%) GCIA
5 1 (1.89%) GCIH
5 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.89%) MCSE
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.55%) SLA
3 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 2 (3.77%) QA
4 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.89%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Reuters
3 5 (9.43%) Cisco
4 4 (7.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.89%) Apple
5 1 (1.89%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.89%) Meraki
5 1 (1.89%) Nintex
5 1 (1.89%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.89%) Sophos
5 1 (1.89%) Splunk