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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 124 162
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +43
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 4 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.30% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.33% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £228 £321
25th Percentile £613 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £252 £575
Median % change year-on-year +147.84% -56.14% -16.36%
75th Percentile £638 £463 £675
90th Percentile - £530 -
London median daily rate £550 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +8.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.00 - -

All Process and 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 1,881 2,110 3,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.91% 91.78% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 1,406 2,131
10th Percentile £317 £375 £350
25th Percentile £419 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 21 17
10th Percentile £19.05 £16.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -22.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £50.75 £61.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £35.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.86% -11.25% +7.07%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management 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
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 30 August 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 -1 4 £625 +47.06% 9
Operations Management
London

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CBAP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) Xceptor