Operations Manager Contracts in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in London is £538 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 360 444 518
Rank change year-on-year +84 +74 -77
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 30 47 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 59
10th Percentile £264 £390 £354
25th Percentile £268 £500 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +2.56% +23.16%
75th Percentile £775 £699 £638
90th Percentile £800 £774 £750
England median daily rate £488 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -18.75% +2.13% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile - - £31.77
25th Percentile £20.98 - £32.54
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £34.46
75th Percentile £30.25 - £35.75
90th Percentile £50.08 - £36.14
England median hourly rate £48.56 £90.00 £35.20
% change year-on-year -46.04% +155.68% +42.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,498 25,529 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,487 27,116
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 291 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.80 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
East London - 4 - - 2
Central London +34 3 £750 +15.38% 12
West London +23 1 £625 - 4
Operations Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) Security Operations
3 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 5 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 4 (13.33%) Line Management
5 4 (13.33%) Cloud Security
5 4 (13.33%) Cisco
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
5 4 (13.33%) GIS
5 4 (13.33%) Power BI
5 4 (13.33%) Azure
5 4 (13.33%) Business Development
5 4 (13.33%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.00%) Tableau
6 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (6.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.33%) Asana
4 1 (3.33%) Dropbox
4 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) LAN
2 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.33%) VoIP
2 1 (3.33%) WAN
2 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) GIS
1 4 (13.33%) Power BI
2 3 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Advertising
4 1 (3.33%) Billing
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Marketing
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
1 2 (6.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.33%) FMCG
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Project Management
1 7 (23.33%) Security Operations
2 6 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 5 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) Business Development
4 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (13.33%) Cloud Security
4 4 (13.33%) Incident Management
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) Line Management
5 3 (10.00%) Analytics
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (10.00%) Information Security
5 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) CISM
3 3 (10.00%) CISSP
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) CCSK
5 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.33%) GCIA
5 1 (3.33%) GCIH
5 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.33%) MCSE
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) Apple
3 1 (3.33%) Meraki
3 1 (3.33%) Nintex
3 1 (3.33%) Reuters
3 1 (3.33%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Sophos