Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Operations Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Operations Manager daily rate in Bristol is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 69 78
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.38% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.13% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £500
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -50.00% -
75th Percentile £475 - £550
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £450 £250 £605
% change year-on-year +80.00% -58.68% +38.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 742 749 1,004
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 95.41% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 400 630
10th Percentile £221 £213 £275
25th Percentile £375 £373 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.09% +4.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 109 128
10th Percentile £13.46 £23.71 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £48.00 £54.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.44
90th Percentile £67.54 £74.55 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.17 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -48.97% +15.06% -10.66%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Bristol

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Bristol

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Operations Manager 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 Bristol region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Google Sheets
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Tech Ops
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Tech Ops
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
9 Operations Manager jobs in the South West