IT Operations Manager Contracts in England

IT Operations Manager
UK > England

The median IT Operations Manager daily rate in England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 640 743
Rank change year-on-year +103 +103 -133
Contract jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 8 19 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.037% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.040% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 20
10th Percentile £368 - £535
25th Percentile £375 £410 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £585
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -24.79% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £591
90th Percentile £655 £695 £751
UK median daily rate £425 £440 £585
% change year-on-year -3.41% -24.79% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £30.12 - £35.20
UK median hourly rate £30.12 - £35.20
% change year-on-year - - +21.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Operations Manager 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 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Operations Manager 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 26 April 2024. 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
London +111 4 £538 -17.31% 8
South West - 3 £400 -
East of England +12 1 £550 -21.43%
IT Operations Manager
UK

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT Operations Manager 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 England region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Health Technology
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
4 1 (12.50%) Server Management
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Terraform
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Server Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow