Head of Operations Contracts in London

Head of Operations
England > London

The median Head of Operations daily rate in London is £701, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 393 486
Rank change year-on-year +53 +93 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Operations 8 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.066% 0.034% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.037% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £558 £438 £681
25th Percentile £625 £479 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £701 £615 £813
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% -24.31% -9.72%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £903
90th Percentile £873 £738 £938
England median daily rate £713 £615 £763
% change year-on-year +15.89% -19.34% +1.67%

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 11,285 16,310 24,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.53% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,676 11,820 17,835
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £428 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 318 279
10th Percentile £20.00 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £22.57
Median hourly rate £30.40 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -23.61% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.00 £46.05 £63.75
90th Percentile £62.30 £65.32 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +93.72%

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 28 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 28 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 - 3
Head of Operations
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Detection
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) CISM
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making

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 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Detection
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) GIAC
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) VMware