Operations Manager Contracts in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 361 442
Rank change year-on-year +39 +81 +95
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 38 35 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.21% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 31
10th Percentile £310 £265 £400
25th Percentile £375 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £528 £775 £698
90th Percentile £600 - £725
England median daily rate £450 £523 £600
% change year-on-year -13.88% -12.92% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £40.65 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.98 -
Median hourly rate £44.00 £25.41 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.16% - -
75th Percentile £47.25 £30.25 -
90th Percentile £48.15 - -
England median hourly rate £44.00 £60.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% -33.33% +151.36%

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 12,405 16,530 24,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 93.95% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,370 11,825 17,806
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 305 278
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.22 £22.79
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -27.29% +9.29%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.86 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £68.45 £82.33
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +8 6 £428 -24.00% 38
West London +12 1 £55 -91.20% 4
South London - 1 £525 -
Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Operations Manager 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 23 (60.53%) Finance
2 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 12 (31.58%) Project Management
5 11 (28.95%) SLA
6 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
7 8 (21.05%) SaaS
7 8 (21.05%) Public Sector
8 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
8 7 (18.42%) AWS
8 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (15.79%) Azure
9 6 (15.79%) Marketing
9 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.79%) Budget Management
10 5 (13.16%) Security Operations
10 5 (13.16%) Contract Management
10 5 (13.16%) CISSP
10 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
10 5 (13.16%) Windows
10 5 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (13.16%) Operations Management
10 5 (13.16%) Degree
10 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
10 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
10 5 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (10.53%) SIEM
11 4 (10.53%) People Management

Operations Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) SaaS
2 7 (18.42%) AWS
3 6 (15.79%) Azure
4 4 (10.53%) Google Sheets
5 3 (7.89%) GitHub
5 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.63%) GoToWebinar
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) DNS
1 4 (10.53%) Firewall
1 4 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (2.63%) DHCP
2 1 (2.63%) LAN
2 1 (2.63%) MPLS
2 1 (2.63%) SAN
2 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.63%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) WAN
2 1 (2.63%) WebEx
2 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.63%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 23 (60.53%) Finance
2 14 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Marketing
5 4 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.89%) Banking
7 2 (5.26%) French Language
7 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 2 (5.26%) Local Government
8 1 (2.63%) Advertising
8 1 (2.63%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.63%) Retail
8 1 (2.63%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
1 4 (10.53%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) FMCG
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.63%) Unix
2 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (31.58%) Project Management
3 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
4 6 (15.79%) Budget Management
4 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.16%) Contract Management
5 5 (13.16%) Operations Management
5 5 (13.16%) Security Operations
5 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
5 5 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.53%) Data Analysis
6 4 (10.53%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (10.53%) People Management
6 4 (10.53%) Privileged Access Management
6 4 (10.53%) SIEM
6 4 (10.53%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) CISSP
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
1 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (5.26%) CCSP
2 2 (5.26%) CEH
2 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.26%) GCIH
2 2 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.63%) CISA
3 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) SLA
2 5 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (10.53%) NIST
4 1 (2.63%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
1 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Google
3 3 (7.89%) VMware
4 1 (2.63%) Adobe
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow