IT Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in England

IT Operations Manager
UK > England

The median IT Operations Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 474 551
Rank change year-on-year -55 +77 +187
Contract jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 8 22 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.025% 0.076% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.082% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £428 - £423
25th Percentile £450 £275 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £550
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -45.45% +33.33%
75th Percentile £650 £341 £563
90th Percentile £703 £350 £615
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +24.92% -23.76% +35.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,730 26,847 34,730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.95% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,314 16,727 23,863
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 846 1,347
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in England

IT Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in England

IT Operations Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -25 6 £475 - 2
London +2 2 £613 - 5
IT Operations Manager
UK

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, IT Operations Manager contract job roles required 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 job ads across the England region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) ITSM
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) People Management
3 1 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Sophos
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) ITSM
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) People Management
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Sophos