Operations Director Contract Job Trends in Bridgend

Director of Operations
South Wales > Bridgend

The median Director of Operations daily rate in Bridgend is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Director 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgend 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bridgend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bridgend. 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 Bridgend with a recognized job title 16 13 14
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 86.67% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 11
10th Percentile £394 £293 -
25th Percentile - £300 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £615
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -45.12% +232.43%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £724
90th Percentile - £490 £725
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £420
% change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £34.50
90th Percentile - - £34.95
South Wales median hourly rate £20.00 £25.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.14% -23.15% +100.67%

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend

For the 6 months to 19 January 2026, Operations Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bridgend region featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow