Head of Operations Contracts in London

Head of Operations
England > London

The median Head of Operations daily rate in London is £675, 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 346 386 487
Rank change year-on-year +40 +101 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Operations 7 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.028% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.030% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £546 £433 £678
25th Percentile £597 £463 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £800
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% -12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £710 £725 £925
90th Percentile £726 £740 £940
England median daily rate £701 £700 £713
% change year-on-year +0.07% -1.75% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Operations in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the London 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
Central London - 2 £713 - 1
Head of Operations
England

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Operations 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 London region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Health Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) VMware