Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

Operations Manager
London > Central London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in Central London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 126 139
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 +57
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 5 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £403 £376
25th Percentile £450 £463 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £544
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.75% +55.36%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £713
90th Percentile £610 £626 -
London median daily rate £538 £494 £550
% change year-on-year +8.86% -10.23% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £45.50 £32.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -48.00% +164.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,890 2,160 2,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 92.66% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,361 1,825
10th Percentile £329 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 20
10th Percentile £19.14 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.15 £31.25 £21.61
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -24.44%
75th Percentile £35.63 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £45.83 £112.00 £65.88
London median hourly rate £28.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.47% - -

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Central London

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Central London

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Central London

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 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 0 5 £500 -13.04% 13
Operations Manager
London

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 December 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 Central London region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection

Operations Manager Skill Set
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (20.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Product Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) ISSMP
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Sophos