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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 415 481 544
Rank change year-on-year +66 +63 +174
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 71 55 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 37 75
10th Percentile £292 £314 £414
25th Percentile £450 £475 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +9.24%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £745
90th Percentile £608 £625 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £17.49 £16.81 £56.00
25th Percentile £18.97 £18.25 £56.10
Median hourly rate £21.43 £28.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% -50.87% -
75th Percentile £32.09 £30.25 £74.38
90th Percentile £38.49 £30.63 £83.75
UK median hourly rate £21.43 £28.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year -24.14% -50.87% -

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 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 31 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 +70 30 £575 +47.97% 52
East of England +42 20 £550 -8.33% 5
Midlands - 6 £250 - 15
South East +42 5 £450 +21.62% 22
North of England -8 5 £543 -1.36% 16
South West +45 4 - - 6
East Midlands - 4 £250 - 4
North West +9 2 £535 -12.76% 7
Yorkshire -10 2 £550 - 4
West Midlands - 2 - - 11
North East 0 1 £250 - 7
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 (1.41%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) NetSuite
1 3 (4.23%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.17%) Cohesity
2 7 (9.86%) SaaS
3 4 (5.63%) Azure
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.82%) AWS
5 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.17%) DNS
1 20 (28.17%) SAN
2 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.41%) HTTP
2 1 (1.41%) MPLS
2 1 (1.41%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
1 2 (2.82%) Tableau
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 11 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.86%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Electronics
8 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.41%) Front Office
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Military
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (14.08%) Developer
1 10 (14.08%) ServiceNow Developer
2 7 (9.86%) Administrator
2 7 (9.86%) Analyst
2 7 (9.86%) ServiceNow Administrator
3 5 (7.04%) Lead
4 4 (5.63%) Operations Manager
5 3 (4.23%) Architect
5 3 (4.23%) DevOps Administrator
5 3 (4.23%) DevOps Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow Architect
6 2 (2.82%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.82%) ERP Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Finance Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Migration Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Test Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) REST
1 9 (12.68%) SOAP
1 9 (12.68%) Web Services
2 6 (8.45%) CSS
2 6 (8.45%) HTML
3 5 (7.04%) Ajax
3 5 (7.04%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.63%) LDAP
5 2 (2.82%) SailPoint
5 2 (2.82%) XML
6 1 (1.41%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) CMDB
2 7 (9.86%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.63%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.82%) Data Fabric
4 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.99%) Windows
2 20 (28.17%) Windows Server
2 20 (28.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 20 (28.17%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (5.63%) Android
4 3 (4.23%) Linux
4 3 (4.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.17%) Build Automation
1 20 (28.17%) Deployment Automation
1 20 (28.17%) SIEM
2 19 (26.76%) Service Management
3 16 (22.54%) ITIL
3 16 (22.54%) ITSM
4 15 (21.13%) Agile
5 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (16.90%) Project Management
7 9 (12.68%) Process Improvement
7 9 (12.68%) Service Delivery
8 8 (11.27%) Change Management
8 8 (11.27%) Customer Service
8 8 (11.27%) ERP
9 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.86%) DevOps
9 7 (9.86%) Migration
10 6 (8.45%) Scrum
11 5 (7.04%) Computer Science
11 5 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (32.39%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.23%) Python
3 3 (4.23%) SQL
4 2 (2.82%) Java
4 2 (2.82%) Perl
4 2 (2.82%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.41%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 36 (50.70%) Security Cleared
2 23 (32.39%) DV Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.27%) Degree
5 4 (5.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (4.23%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.23%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.23%) PMP
7 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.41%) CCNA
7 1 (1.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.41%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) MBA
7 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) SLA
2 3 (4.23%) GRC
3 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (30.99%) Active Directory
2 20 (28.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (28.17%) Virtual Servers
2 20 (28.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.63%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (28.17%) Ansible
1 20 (28.17%) SCCM
1 20 (28.17%) WSUS
2 4 (5.63%) BMC PATROL
2 4 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.82%) Grafana
3 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (28.17%) NetApp
2 20 (28.17%) ServiceNow
2 20 (28.17%) Splunk
2 20 (28.17%) VMware
3 5 (7.04%) BMC
4 4 (5.63%) Apple
4 4 (5.63%) SAP
5 3 (4.23%) Workday
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle
7 1 (1.41%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.41%) Infor
7 1 (1.41%) Okta
7 1 (1.41%) Remedy
7 1 (1.41%) Salesforce