Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England
Operations Engineer
England > East of England
As of 27 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Operations Engineer daily rate in the East of England.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 117 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Operations Engineer jobs | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East of England | 0.26% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.28% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £456 | £531 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.12% | +11.84% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.00 | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £47.25 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title | 2,130 | 1,205 | 1,191 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.56% | 85.95% | 89.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 798 | 539 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £188 | £188 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £310 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £588 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £688 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 661 | 292 | 212 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £13.80 | £15.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.51 | £16.00 | £21.24 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £30.00 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +66.67% | -36.84% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £75.00 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.34 | £25.15 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.37% | -40.82% | -5.56% |
Operations Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Operations Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Operations Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.
Operations Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.
Operations Engineer Contract Job Locations in the East of England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Operations Engineer jobs within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Hertfordshire | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Operations Engineer England |
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Operations Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England
For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, Operations Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Operations Engineer job ads across the East of England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 66.7% | 4 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 66.7% | 4 |
| 1 | VMware | 66.7% | 4 |
| 4 | Root Cause Analysis | 50.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Agile | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Bash | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Change Management | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | DHCP | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | DNS | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Firewall | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Hyper-V | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Linux | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Load Balancing | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Network Security | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | OpenShift | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Patch Management | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Problem Management | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Problem-Solving | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Python | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Runbook | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Service Delivery | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | VMware Infrastructure | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | vSphere | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Vulnerability Remediation | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Windows | 33.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Windows Server | 33.3% | 2 |
| 28 | Behavioural Change | 16.7% | 1 |
| 28 | CATIA | 16.7% | 1 |
| 28 | Cybersecurity | 16.7% | 1 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infrastructure Operations Engineer | 66.7% | 4 |
| 2 | Automation Engineer | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2 | IT Security Engineer | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2 | QA Engineer | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2 | Quality Engineer | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2 | VMware Infrastructure Engineer | 16.7% | 1 |