Tech Ops Contracts in England

Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Tech Ops skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Tech Ops 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 474 521 623
Rank change year-on-year +47 +102 +108
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 11 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.056% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.065% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 21
10th Percentile £358 £174 £363
25th Percentile £405 £263 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -35.00% -0.22%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £688
90th Percentile £525 £544 £756
UK median daily rate £450 £325 £535
% change year-on-year +38.46% -39.25% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Tech Ops 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%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Tech Ops as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Tech Ops in England

Tech Ops
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tech Ops in England.

Daily rate trend for Tech Ops in England

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Tech Ops in England

Tech Ops
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tech Ops in England.

Hourly rate trend for Tech Ops in England

Tech Ops
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 Tech Ops 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 +34 4 £405 +47.27% 48
Midlands +23 3 £500 +11.11% 53
North of England +21 3 £450 +38.46% 59
West Midlands +15 3 £500 +11.11% 25
North East - 3 £450 - 7
East of England +26 1 £450 +38.46% 41
Tech Ops
UK

Tech Ops
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 1 (9.09%) Legal
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) IT Support
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Database Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Operations Director
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Support Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) Application Packaging
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
2 3 (27.27%) Workflow
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Microservices
3 2 (18.18%) Release Management
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Software Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
1 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Apple
1 3 (27.27%) Samsung
2 1 (9.09%) Aruba
2 1 (9.09%) Avaya
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Ruckus Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) VMware