Operations Manager Contracts in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 492 574
Rank change year-on-year +56 +82 +76
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 49 50 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 54
10th Percentile £310 £265 £410
25th Percentile £425 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +2.13%
75th Percentile £538 £725 £690
90th Percentile £600 £800 £774
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £600
% change year-on-year -2.56% -18.75% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 1
10th Percentile £32.79 £20.98 -
25th Percentile £35.96 £24.75 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% -46.04% +155.68%
75th Percentile £46.25 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £47.75 £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £90.00
% change year-on-year -12.48% -46.04% +155.68%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

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 Operations Manager 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 +36 27 £481 -17.25% 106
South East +52 14 £525 - 21
North of England +21 4 £450 -5.26% 18
West Midlands - 3 £475 - 5
Midlands - 3 £475 - 5
North West - 3 £450 - 12
South West +37 1 £325 -18.75% 9
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 4
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 21 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (40.82%) Finance
3 17 (34.69%) Telecoms
4 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
5 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (26.53%) Retail
7 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
8 10 (20.41%) Splunk
8 10 (20.41%) SLA
8 10 (20.41%) Project Management
9 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.33%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (16.33%) Onboarding
10 7 (14.29%) Dynatrace
10 7 (14.29%) DataOps
10 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (14.29%) Degree
11 6 (12.24%) Marketing
11 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (12.24%) Azure
11 6 (12.24%) CISSP
11 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
11 6 (12.24%) ITIL
11 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
11 6 (12.24%) Analytics
11 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (12.24%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (10.20%) Customer Experience
12 5 (10.20%) Budget Management
12 5 (10.20%) Security Operations

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) SaaS
4 2 (4.08%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Network Security
2 3 (6.12%) DNS
2 3 (6.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (40.82%) Finance
3 17 (34.69%) Telecoms
4 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
5 13 (26.53%) Retail
6 6 (12.24%) Marketing
6 6 (12.24%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (10.20%) Billing
8 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
9 3 (6.12%) Legal
10 2 (4.08%) Banking
10 2 (4.08%) French Language
10 2 (4.08%) Local Government
10 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.04%) Advertising
11 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
11 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (2.04%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Life Science
5 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Unix
2 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
3 10 (20.41%) Project Management
4 8 (16.33%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (14.29%) DataOps
6 6 (12.24%) Analytics
6 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.24%) ITIL
7 5 (10.20%) Balanced Scorecard
7 5 (10.20%) Budget Management
7 5 (10.20%) Change Management
7 5 (10.20%) Customer Experience
7 5 (10.20%) Quality Management
7 5 (10.20%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (10.20%) Scorecard
7 5 (10.20%) Security Operations
7 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) CISSP
3 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (6.12%) CCSP
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.08%) CEH
5 2 (4.08%) CISA
5 2 (4.08%) GCIH
5 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.04%) CISM
6 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.04%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) SLA
2 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.20%) NIST
4 3 (6.12%) QA
5 1 (2.04%) GDPR
5 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) Splunk
2 7 (14.29%) Dynatrace
3 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.12%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) VMware