Operations Engineer
Central London > City of London
The median Operations Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 120 | 117 | 157 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +40 | +38 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 3 | 14 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | 0.16% | 0.67% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.70% | 0.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £633 | £341 | £415 |
| 25th Percentile | £644 | £400 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.82% | -5.56% | -24.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £694 | £469 | £506 |
| 90th Percentile | £698 | £565 | £525 |
| Central London median daily rate | £675 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +58.82% | -5.56% | -24.43% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title | 1,745 | 1,998 | 3,218 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.27% | 94.92% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,117 | 1,354 | 2,190 |
| 10th Percentile | £338 | £356 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £435 | £451 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | +6.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £685 | £688 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £825 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £554 | £594 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.63% | -6.82% | +7.90% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 16 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.57 | £20.22 | £14.97 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.66 | £21.63 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £33.50 | £39.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.99% | -15.89% | -5.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £82.19 | £83.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.43 | £137.50 | £88.30 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £30.04 | £30.41 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.22% | -13.13% | -15.66% |
Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer in the City of London.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer in the City of London.
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 23 July 2025, Operations Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.
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Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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: