Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager daily rate in London is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 353 403
Rank change year-on-year +24 +50 +126
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 33 31 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 24
10th Percentile £315 £267 £368
25th Percentile £415 £373 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -16.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £528 £775 £700
90th Percentile £620 - £725
England median daily rate £488 £523 £615
% change year-on-year -6.70% -15.04% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.25 £24.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.50 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.91% - -
75th Percentile £42.75 £30.25 -
90th Percentile - £31.75 -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -36.15% - -

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 12,462 15,317 20,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.03% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,353 10,248 14,977
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 181 229
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £51.13 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
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 September 2025.

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 September 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 +6 8 £500 -24.53% 4
Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 20 (60.61%) Finance
2 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (21.21%) Project Management
6 7 (21.21%) SLA
6 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
7 6 (18.18%) Security Operations
7 6 (18.18%) CISSP
7 6 (18.18%) Degree
8 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (15.15%) AWS
8 5 (15.15%) SaaS
8 5 (15.15%) Marketing
8 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (15.15%) Network Security
8 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (15.15%) Contract Management
8 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
9 4 (12.12%) NIST
9 4 (12.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
9 4 (12.12%) Privileged Access Management
9 4 (12.12%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
9 4 (12.12%) Change Management
9 4 (12.12%) Agile
9 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing

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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) AWS
1 5 (15.15%) SaaS
2 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 3 (9.09%) GitHub
3 3 (9.09%) Google Sheets
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (3.03%) dbt
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) GoToWebinar
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) DNS
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) DHCP
3 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) MPLS
3 1 (3.03%) SAN
3 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
3 1 (3.03%) WebEx
3 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 20 (60.61%) Finance
2 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Marketing
3 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 2 (6.06%) French Language
6 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.06%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
3 7 (21.21%) Project Management
4 6 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 5 (15.15%) Contract Management
5 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (12.12%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Privileged Access Management
6 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
6 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) SIEM
6 4 (12.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Python
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.06%) CCSP
3 2 (6.06%) CEH
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.06%) GCIH
3 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.06%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.03%) CISA
4 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.03%) ISSMP
4 1 (3.03%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) SLA
2 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.12%) NIST
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Sophos