Operations Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Operations Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 121 147
Rank change year-on-year +1 +26 +47
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% 0.28% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.31% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £265 £253
25th Percentile £613 £344 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -11.36% -31.34%
75th Percentile £638 £603 £654
90th Percentile - £654 £702
Central London median daily rate £625 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +28.21% -11.36% -31.34%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £17.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,641 1,942 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.56% 91.47% 89.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,194 1,754
10th Percentile £327 £375 £363
25th Percentile £417 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.25 £15.63
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £50.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.50% +52.67% -35.15%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -22.76% +6.87% -24.26%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Operations Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) 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 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Epics
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CBAP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) Xceptor