MOM Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MOM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 - 612
Rank change year-on-year - - +205
Contract jobs citing MOM 2 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - 0.032%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.036% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.56%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +34.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £56.50

All Systems Management Skills
UK

MOM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,630 5,207 6,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.41% 14.21% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,716 3,382 4,888
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £650
90th Percentile £681 £725 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 55 171
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.76 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.80 £27.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.17 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% -27.67% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.40 £61.25 £75.63
90th Percentile £78.13 £76.50 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.79 £35.08 £46.18
% change year-on-year -32.20% -24.03% +109.91%

MOM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MOM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MOM job vacancy trend in the UK

MOM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MOM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MOM

MOM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MOM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MOM

MOM
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOM within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. 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 West - 1 £400 -
England - 1 £400 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £400 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £400 - 3
North of England - 1 £400 -

MOM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) DELMIA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Wonderware