Operations Management Contracts in London

Operations Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 382 432
Rank change year-on-year +43 +50 +140
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 28 15 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.086% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.097% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 51
10th Percentile £310 £247 £400
25th Percentile £409 £252 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £700
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -35.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £745
90th Percentile £650 £595 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £625
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £18.88 - -
25th Percentile £22.44 - -
Median hourly rate £29.25 - -
75th Percentile £36.44 - -
90th Percentile £40.23 - -
England median hourly rate £21.43 £24.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -10.71% -58.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,466 15,434 23,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.12% 88.70% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,342 10,968 16,824
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 285 263
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.24 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £23.88
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.16 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -26.51% +14.00%
75th Percentile £50.56 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.70 £69.20 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.59
% change year-on-year -34.02% -6.09% +56.12%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in London

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in London

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in London

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in London

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Management in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Management in London

Operations Management
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 Operations Management within the London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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 4 £450 +78.44% 3
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) NetSuite
1 3 (10.71%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) SaaS
2 4 (14.29%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) Google Sheets
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
General
1 14 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (21.43%) Marketing
5 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Developer
1 6 (21.43%) ServiceNow Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Operations Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) ERP Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Finance Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Migration Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
5 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Test Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (3.57%) ERP Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transformation Programme Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) REST
1 6 (21.43%) SOAP
2 5 (17.86%) Web Services
3 2 (7.14%) CSS
3 2 (7.14%) HTML
3 2 (7.14%) SailPoint
3 2 (7.14%) XML
4 1 (3.57%) Ajax
4 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (17.86%) CMDB
3 2 (7.14%) Data Fabric
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (35.71%) Project Management
1 10 (35.71%) Service Management
2 7 (25.00%) ERP
2 7 (25.00%) ITSM
3 6 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.86%) Workflow
5 4 (14.29%) Agile
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) DevOps
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) People Management
5 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Business Case
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
6 3 (10.71%) Logistics
6 3 (10.71%) Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) BeanShell
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.14%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) GRC
3 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) ServiceNow
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Workday
3 2 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (3.57%) BMC
4 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) Okta
4 1 (3.57%) Remedy