Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 349 364
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 +135
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 47 14 31
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.33% 0.100% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 2 24
10th Percentile £351 £336 £338
25th Percentile £400 £385 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £479 £543
Median % change year-on-year +4.33% -11.66% +8.50%
75th Percentile £744 £562 £725
90th Percentile £750 £606 £800
England median daily rate £536 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.11% -10.00% -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £39.49 £31.15 £26.50
25th Percentile £39.86 £31.86 £34.77
Median hourly rate £41.26 £37.50 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +10.01% -22.78% +105.41%
75th Percentile £45.75 £45.00 £56.16
90th Percentile £46.95 £47.25 £60.71
England median hourly rate £41.26 £37.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year +10.01% -38.78% +159.09%

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 13,269 13,107 16,957
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.57% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,794 8,428 12,231
10th Percentile £350 £339 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 143 258
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.15 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.55 £23.80 £19.10
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £31.61
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +10.74% -7.04%
75th Percentile £62.63 £53.75 £53.69
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.35 £70.60
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £41.23
% change year-on-year -20.00% -15.11% +17.80%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +6 7 £500 -21.26% 6
West London - 4 - - 3
Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 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 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (27.66%) Decision-Making
3 12 (25.53%) Azure
4 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (21.28%) Agile
5 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (21.28%) SQL
6 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
7 8 (17.02%) Project Management
8 7 (14.89%) Accounts Payable
8 7 (14.89%) Deadline-Driven
8 7 (14.89%) ITIL
8 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (14.89%) NetSuite
8 7 (14.89%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.89%) Security Operations
9 6 (12.77%) Degree
9 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
9 6 (12.77%) Salesforce
10 5 (10.64%) CRM
10 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (10.64%) Service Management
11 4 (8.51%) AI
11 4 (8.51%) Analytics
11 4 (8.51%) B2B
11 4 (8.51%) B2B Sales
11 4 (8.51%) Budget Management
11 4 (8.51%) Capacity Planning
11 4 (8.51%) Change Control

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:

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
2 1 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (8.51%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (4.26%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.13%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.13%) MailChimp
5 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
1 2 (4.26%) Network Security
1 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.26%) WAN
2 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Tableau
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
1 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Marketing
4 5 (10.64%) Billing
4 5 (10.64%) Legal
5 2 (4.26%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.26%) Local Government
5 2 (4.26%) Publishing
5 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Pandas
1 1 (2.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (12.77%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.38%) Reinsurance
4 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.13%) CUDA
5 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.13%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
1 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.13%) AIX
3 1 (2.13%) CentOS
3 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (27.66%) Decision-Making
3 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (21.28%) Agile
5 8 (17.02%) Project Management
6 7 (14.89%) Accounts Payable
6 7 (14.89%) Deadline-Driven
6 7 (14.89%) ITIL
6 7 (14.89%) Process Improvement
6 7 (14.89%) Security Operations
7 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
8 5 (10.64%) CRM
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
8 5 (10.64%) Service Management
9 4 (8.51%) AI
9 4 (8.51%) Analytics
9 4 (8.51%) B2B
9 4 (8.51%) Change Control
9 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (8.51%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) Python
3 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) Bash
4 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.13%) CISSP
4 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.13%) ISSMP
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.51%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 2 (4.26%) NCSC
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.13%) GDPR
5 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Ansible
1 2 (4.26%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Grafana
2 1 (2.13%) Kibana
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.51%) SAP
4 2 (4.26%) Google
4 2 (4.26%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.13%) Databricks
5 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.13%) Remedy
5 1 (2.13%) Sophos
5 1 (2.13%) Splunk
5 1 (2.13%) VMware