Operations Manager Contracts in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 480 559
Rank change year-on-year +51 +79 +80
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 49 51 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 51
10th Percentile £310 £265 £410
25th Percentile £415 £339 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% -2.13%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £675
90th Percentile £590 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -5.26% -15.56% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 1
10th Percentile £32.03 £20.98 -
25th Percentile £34.07 £24.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.92 £48.56 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% -46.04% +155.68%
75th Percentile £44.57 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £47.08 £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate £38.92 £48.56 £90.00
% change year-on-year -19.85% -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 22,468 33,792 45,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.77% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,943 22,421 32,381
10th Percentile £300 £284 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,440 1,334
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +46 28 £453 -12.67% 115
South East +39 12 £525 - 30
North of England +20 5 £450 -5.26% 25
North West - 3 £450 - 21
West Midlands - 3 £475 - 10
Midlands - 3 £475 - 11
North East - 2 £440 - 2
South West +30 1 £325 -18.75% 8
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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%) Finance
2 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 17 (34.69%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (30.61%) Telecoms
6 12 (24.49%) Project Management
7 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
8 10 (20.41%) SLA
8 10 (20.41%) Retail
9 9 (18.37%) Marketing
10 8 (16.33%) Onboarding
10 8 (16.33%) Splunk
11 7 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (14.29%) Degree
11 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
12 6 (12.24%) CISSP
12 6 (12.24%) SaaS
12 6 (12.24%) Azure
12 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 6 (12.24%) DataOps
12 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
12 6 (12.24%) Analytics
12 6 (12.24%) Dynatrace
13 5 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
13 5 (10.20%) Strategic Thinking
13 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
1 6 (12.24%) SaaS
2 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) Smartsheet
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%) Finance
2 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 17 (34.69%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (30.61%) Telecoms
5 10 (20.41%) Retail
6 9 (18.37%) Marketing
7 7 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (10.20%) Billing
8 5 (10.20%) Legal
9 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
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%) Data Protection Act
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 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (24.49%) Project Management
3 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
4 7 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.24%) Analytics
5 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (12.24%) DataOps
5 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 5 (10.20%) Budget Management
6 5 (10.20%) Change Management
6 5 (10.20%) ITIL
6 5 (10.20%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (10.20%) Resource Allocation
6 5 (10.20%) Security Operations
6 5 (10.20%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (8.16%) Product Management
7 4 (8.16%) Service Management
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 2 (4.08%) 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 8 (16.33%) Splunk
2 6 (12.24%) Dynatrace
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) Adobe
4 1 (2.04%) BT
4 1 (2.04%) Remedy
4 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) VMware