Tech Ops Contracts in England

Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Tech Ops skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Tech Ops over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 618 740
Rank change year-on-year +98 +122 -131
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 18 30 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.060% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.067% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 38
10th Percentile £164 £363 £263
25th Percentile £263 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £501
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.21% +3.32%
75th Percentile £475 £688 £587
90th Percentile £571 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £325 £488 £520
% change year-on-year -33.33% -6.25% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £10.78
25th Percentile - - £10.83
Median hourly rate - - £11.80
75th Percentile - - £12.93
90th Percentile - - £13.06
UK median hourly rate - - £11.80
% change year-on-year - - -18.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Tech Ops is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +92 7 £275 -41.80% 24
South West +22 3 £581 -16.22% 6
East of England +8 3 £438 +12.18% 8
Midlands +27 2 £450 - 7
West Midlands +24 2 £450 - 3
South East +23 2 £168 - 14
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Apache
1 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.56%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Contentful
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
1 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) SSH
1 4 (22.22%) Telnet
2 2 (11.11%) VoIP
3 1 (5.56%) Firewall
3 1 (5.56%) H.323
3 1 (5.56%) HTTP
3 1 (5.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (5.56%) Network Security
3 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) VisualWorks
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
1 4 (22.22%) Data Centre Technician
1 4 (22.22%) Data Technician
1 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 2 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Avaya Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Operations Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Technical Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.56%) IVR
2 1 (5.56%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
3 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.56%) AIX
4 1 (5.56%) Solaris
4 1 (5.56%) Unix
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Process Improvement
2 4 (22.22%) Workflow
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) Analytics
3 2 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
3 2 (11.11%) Statistics
3 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.56%) OO
4 1 (5.56%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Avaya
3 1 (5.56%) Dell
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Juniper
3 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) VMware