Operations Research Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Operations Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operations Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.60% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £513 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 97 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 89.29% 92.38% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 76 92
10th Percentile £456 £403 £231
25th Percentile £500 £463 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -5.23%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £602
90th Percentile £665 £663 £671
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £16.64
25th Percentile - - £17.06
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £15.84 £23.50
% change year-on-year +286.47% -32.60% -46.72%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operations Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Operations Research job vacancy trend in Croydon

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Operations Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Operations Research

Operations Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware