Operations Management Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Operations Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.13% - 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.00%
75th Percentile - - £460
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £610 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 605 297 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 79.29% 91.38% 82.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 171 210
10th Percentile £352 £225 £250
25th Percentile £448 £329 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £430 £463
Median % change year-on-year +22.09% -7.03% -9.76%
75th Percentile £595 £536 £538
90th Percentile £629 £635 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 45 7
10th Percentile - £14.20 £17.31
25th Percentile £12.84 £15.13 £19.98
Median hourly rate £14.05 £17.87 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% -40.43% +82.93%
75th Percentile £17.50 £25.15 £36.37
90th Percentile £43.75 £29.61 £37.25
South East median hourly rate £48.81 £22.19 £58.43
% change year-on-year +119.96% -62.02% +8.34%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Operations Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Operations Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £610 - 4
Operations Management
South East

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery