Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 334 361
Rank change year-on-year -20 +27 +113
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 47 24 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 18
10th Percentile £400 - £266
25th Percentile £406 £310 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £488
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -6.71% -15.17%
75th Percentile £750 £550 £781
90th Percentile £758 £595 £800
England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile £39.49 £32.79 -
25th Percentile £39.86 £35.96 £20.98
Median hourly rate £41.26 £42.50 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +82.25% -
75th Percentile £45.75 £46.25 £42.84
90th Percentile £46.95 £47.75 £56.16
England median hourly rate £41.26 £42.50 £54.28
% change year-on-year -2.93% -21.70% -39.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 15,348 12,034 16,887
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 93.69% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,273 8,153 12,194
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 145 339
10th Percentile £18.23 £21.08 £15.99
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £34.75 £35.89 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +28.18% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60.50 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £73.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £38.63 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.37% +7.69% -23.53%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in London

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in London

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in London over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies 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 23 March 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
Central London -12 5 £450 +5.88% 7
West London -14 4 - - 3
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, Operations Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 20 (42.55%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 13 (27.66%) Decision-Making
3 12 (25.53%) SQL
4 10 (21.28%) Agile
4 10 (21.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (19.15%) Project Management
6 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
6 8 (17.02%) Security Operations
7 7 (14.89%) Accounts Payable
7 7 (14.89%) Deadline-Driven
7 7 (14.89%) Incident Response
7 7 (14.89%) ITIL
7 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (14.89%) NetSuite
8 6 (12.77%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (12.77%) Salesforce
9 5 (10.64%) AI
9 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
9 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
9 5 (10.64%) SaaS
10 4 (8.51%) Change Control
10 4 (8.51%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
10 4 (8.51%) Data Centre Operations
10 4 (8.51%) Degree
10 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (8.51%) Facilities Management

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (14.89%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.64%) SaaS
4 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.38%) AWS
6 2 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.26%) Google Sheets
6 2 (4.26%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.13%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) Google Docs
7 1 (2.13%) MailChimp
7 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) Smartsheet
7 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
1 3 (6.38%) SD-WAN
1 3 (6.38%) WAN
2 1 (2.13%) LAN
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Tableau
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
2 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Legal
4 6 (12.77%) Marketing
5 5 (10.64%) Billing
6 3 (6.38%) Local Government
6 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.26%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.26%) Publishing
8 1 (2.13%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Pandas
1 1 (2.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (14.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.13%) CUDA
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.13%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
1 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.13%) AIX
3 1 (2.13%) Android
3 1 (2.13%) CentOS
3 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (27.66%) Decision-Making
3 10 (21.28%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.15%) Project Management
5 8 (17.02%) Security Operations
6 7 (14.89%) Accounts Payable
6 7 (14.89%) Deadline-Driven
6 7 (14.89%) Incident Response
6 7 (14.89%) ITIL
7 6 (12.77%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (10.64%) AI
8 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
9 4 (8.51%) Change Control
9 4 (8.51%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
9 4 (8.51%) Facilities Management
9 4 (8.51%) Operations Management
9 4 (8.51%) Order Management
9 4 (8.51%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.53%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) Python
3 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) Bash
4 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Degree
1 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.26%) CISM
2 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 1 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.13%) GIAC
3 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.13%) PMP
3 1 (2.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 3 (6.38%) NCSC
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.13%) SLA
4 1 (2.13%) SOC 1
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.26%) Ansible
2 2 (4.26%) SCCM
2 2 (4.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.13%) CASB
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) Kibana
3 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.51%) SAP
4 3 (6.38%) Google
5 2 (4.26%) NVIDIA
6 1 (2.13%) Databricks
6 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.13%) Splunk
6 1 (2.13%) VMware