Operations Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Operations Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 127 139
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +52
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 7 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.35% 0.22% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.24% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £493 £265 £544
25th Percentile £538 £344 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £488 £636
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -23.38% -10.70%
75th Percentile £656 £603 £694
90th Percentile £668 £654 £718
London median daily rate £520 £556 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +5.95% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £40.78 - -
25th Percentile £42.53 - -
Median hourly rate £46.64 - -
75th Percentile £50.80 - -
90th Percentile £52.57 - -
London median hourly rate £18.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,821 2,118 2,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.28% 92.25% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 1,324 1,701
10th Percentile £347 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £674 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 17
10th Percentile £20.18 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +27.27% -32.10%
75th Percentile £40.19 £43.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £47.02 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £31.49 £35.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -11.30% +9.23% -13.33%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Operations Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in Central London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in Central London

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
City of London -5 7 £625 +28.21% 13
Operations Management
London

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) French Language
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Epics
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CBAP
2 1 (14.29%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) Xceptor