Operations Management Contracts in England

Operations Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 487 546
Rank change year-on-year +57 +59 +178
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 55 55 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 85
10th Percentile £250 £314 £427
25th Percentile £310 £475 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £745
90th Percentile £690 £625 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +20.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £16.81 £59.35
25th Percentile - £18.25 £64.46
Median hourly rate £21.43 £28.25 £73.44
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% -61.53% -
75th Percentile - £30.25 £81.96
90th Percentile - £30.63 £86.78
UK median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
% change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Operations Management 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +58 27 £588 +51.19% 96
North of England -3 10 £535 -2.73% 23
North West +22 8 £535 -12.76% 18
Midlands - 7 £250 - 10
South East +43 5 £450 +21.62% 21
South West +46 4 - - 12
East Midlands - 4 £250 - 2
West Midlands - 3 - - 7
East of England +28 1 £550 -8.33% 5
North East -1 1 £250 - 1
Yorkshire -18 1 £550 - 4
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.45%) NetSuite
2 3 (5.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.73%) SaaS
2 4 (7.27%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.64%) AWS
5 1 (1.82%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
5 1 (1.82%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) DNS
1 1 (1.82%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.82%) HTTP
1 1 (1.82%) MPLS
1 1 (1.82%) Network Security
1 1 (1.82%) SAN
1 1 (1.82%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Power BI
1 1 (1.82%) Tableau
General
1 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.55%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.73%) Manufacturing
4 7 (12.73%) Marketing
5 6 (10.91%) Automotive
6 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Electronics
7 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.82%) Front Office
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Military
7 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (16.36%) Developer
1 9 (16.36%) ServiceNow Developer
2 7 (12.73%) Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Administrator
3 6 (10.91%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 5 (9.09%) Lead
5 4 (7.27%) Architect
5 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Operations Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) DevOps Administrator
7 2 (3.64%) DevOps Developer
7 2 (3.64%) ERP Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Finance Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Migration Manager
7 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Test Manager
8 1 (1.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.36%) Web Services
2 8 (14.55%) REST
2 8 (14.55%) SOAP
3 6 (10.91%) CSS
3 6 (10.91%) HTML
4 5 (9.09%) Ajax
4 5 (9.09%) AngularJS
5 4 (7.27%) LDAP
6 2 (3.64%) SailPoint
6 2 (3.64%) XML
7 1 (1.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) CMDB
1 7 (12.73%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.91%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (10.91%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 4 (7.27%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.64%) Data Fabric
4 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.27%) Android
2 3 (5.45%) Linux
2 3 (5.45%) Unix
2 3 (5.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.00%) Agile
2 19 (34.55%) Service Management
3 18 (32.73%) Project Management
4 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (27.27%) ITIL
5 15 (27.27%) ITSM
6 11 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 11 (20.00%) ERP
7 9 (16.36%) API Integration
8 8 (14.55%) Analytics
9 7 (12.73%) Data Modelling
9 7 (12.73%) DevOps
9 7 (12.73%) Migration
9 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
9 7 (12.73%) Supply Chain Management
9 7 (12.73%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (10.91%) Lean Manufacturing
10 6 (10.91%) PLM
10 6 (10.91%) Quality Management
10 6 (10.91%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.45%) Python
4 2 (3.64%) Java
4 2 (3.64%) Perl
4 2 (3.64%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.64%) SQL
5 1 (1.82%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 19 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
3 12 (21.82%) Degree
4 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (12.73%) Master's Degree
5 6 (10.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared
6 4 (7.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (3.64%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) CCNA
8 1 (1.82%) CCNP
8 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.82%) MBA
8 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.82%) PMP
8 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) GRC
1 3 (5.45%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.82%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) BitLocker
2 3 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) MOM
2 4 (7.27%) BMC PATROL
2 4 (7.27%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.64%) Grafana
3 2 (3.64%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.82%) Ansible
4 1 (1.82%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.82%) SCCM
4 1 (1.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 10 (18.18%) SAP
3 7 (12.73%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.91%) Rockwell
4 6 (10.91%) Siemens
5 5 (9.09%) BMC
6 4 (7.27%) Apple
7 3 (5.45%) Workday
8 2 (3.64%) Oracle
8 2 (3.64%) Splunk
9 1 (1.82%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.82%) FireEye
9 1 (1.82%) Infor
9 1 (1.82%) NetApp
9 1 (1.82%) Okta
9 1 (1.82%) Remedy
9 1 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.82%) Tanium
9 1 (1.82%) VMware