Operations Director Contract Job Trends in England

Director of Operations
UK > England

The median Director of Operations daily rate in England is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 513 577
Rank change year-on-year -18 +64 +178
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Director 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.017% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £594 - £888
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £925
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.42%
75th Percentile £804 - £963
90th Percentile £814 - -
UK median daily rate £775 - £925
% change year-on-year - - +23.33%

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 26,577 28,751 37,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 92.98% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,059 17,539 25,968
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,561 1,091 1,413
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -10.64% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Operations Director job vacancy trend in England

Operations Director
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Director job vacancies in England

Operations Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Director in England over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Director in England

Operations Director
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 Operations Director within the England region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Midlands - 1 £775 -
North West - 1 £450 - 1
South East - 1 £820 - 16
West Midlands - 1 £775 -
North of England - 1 £450 - 1
Operations Director
UK

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Operations Director 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 Operations Director in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management

Operations Director 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST