Operations Manager Contracts

Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 625 696
Rank change year-on-year +77 +71 -81
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 50 94 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 61 106
10th Percentile £265 £410 £313
25th Percentile £375 £450 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.56% +17.00%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £650
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 3
10th Percentile £20.98 - £32.04
25th Percentile £23.81 - £33.23
Median hourly rate £39.34 £90.00 £35.20
Median % change year-on-year -56.29% +155.68% +40.80%
75th Percentile £65.63 - £35.81
90th Percentile £71.25 - £36.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £90.00 £35.20
% change year-on-year -27.78% +155.68% +42.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +97 49 £519 -13.54% 111
London +84 30 £581 -3.13% 53
UK excluding London +49 20 £450 -25.00% 62
Work from Home +104 16 £650 +30.00% 34
South West +30 9 £400 - 12
South East +33 8 - - 21
North of England +19 1 £475 +7.95% 9
Wales +15 1 £450 +41.73%
Yorkshire +13 1 £475 +6.74% 1
East of England +11 1 £550 -8.41% 6

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 13 (26.00%) Finance
2 12 (24.00%) Degree
3 11 (22.00%) Project Management
3 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (20.00%) Information Security
5 9 (18.00%) Security Operations
6 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
6 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (14.00%) Management Information System
7 6 (12.00%) Reuters
7 6 (12.00%) Legal
7 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
7 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (12.00%) Azure
7 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (12.00%) Power BI
8 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (10.00%) Accessibility
8 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.00%) Budget Management
8 5 (10.00%) Mathematics
8 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
8 5 (10.00%) Cisco

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.00%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.00%) Asana
4 1 (2.00%) Dropbox
4 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
1 2 (4.00%) VoIP
2 1 (2.00%) LAN
2 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.00%) VLAN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Power BI
2 4 (8.00%) GIS
3 2 (4.00%) Tableau
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (26.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Legal
4 5 (10.00%) Law
4 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.00%) Health Technology
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Advertising
7 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Billing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) FMCG
4 1 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Project Management
2 10 (20.00%) Information Security
3 9 (18.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 5 (10.00%) ITIL
5 5 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (8.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 4 (8.00%) Business Development
6 4 (8.00%) Incident Response
6 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (8.00%) Line Management
7 3 (6.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (6.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Degree
2 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.00%) CCNA
4 1 (2.00%) CCSK
4 1 (2.00%) CISM
4 1 (2.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.00%) GCIA
4 1 (2.00%) GCIH
4 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.00%) MCSE
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (12.00%) Reuters
2 5 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.00%) Apple
4 1 (2.00%) Meraki
4 1 (2.00%) Nintex
4 1 (2.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Sophos