Operations Research (or Operational Research)
London > Central London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London | - | - | 0.11% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| London median daily rate | £400 | £520 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +48.57% | -36.36% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London
Operations Research 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 | 1,837 | 2,174 | 3,408 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London | 93.20% | 90.66% | 91.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,180 | 1,544 | 2,315 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £455 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £563 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | -8.33% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £820 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £590 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.78% | +2.61% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 22 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.00 | £20.22 | £15.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.75 | £22.63 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £27.81 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.53% | -20.54% | -13.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £28.98 | £56.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.75 | £40.00 | £88.30 |
| London median hourly rate | £34.00 | £27.84 | £38.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.13% | -27.22% | +2.00% |
Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London
Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.
Operations Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in Central London.