Operations Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Operations Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.48% 0.96% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
South East median daily rate £525 £450 £370
% change year-on-year +16.67% +21.62% -38.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.43 -
South East median hourly rate - £21.43 £28.00
% change year-on-year - -23.46% -50.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 160 93 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 76.56% 89.42% 65.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 68 93
10th Percentile £180 £197 £205
25th Percentile £193 £218 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £333 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.08% -21.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £540
90th Percentile £648 £688 £656
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.05% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 13
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.68 £11.47
25th Percentile £25.15 £17.52 £15.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £21.43 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.30% -39.63% -32.09%
75th Percentile £41.83 £22.61 £46.87
90th Percentile £42.00 £51.55 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Operations Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Dartford - 1 £800 - 1
Operations Management
South East

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) FactoryTalk
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) EAM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens