The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Operations Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Northamptonshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Manager
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.215% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.288% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.62% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - -
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
233 397 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.33% 94.52% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 264 141
Average daily rate £375 £338 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £150 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 25
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Operations Manager
East Midlands

Operations Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Operations Manager across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northamptonshire Operations Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Operations Manager across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Operations Manager Daily Rate Trend

Operations Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton - 1 £375 -
Operations Manager
East Midlands

Operations Manager
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited Operations Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Operations Manager in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) Capita
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity

Operations Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited Operations Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Operations Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Capita
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft