Operations Manager Contracts 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 28 May 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 366 447
Rank change year-on-year +49 +81 +65
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 31 33 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 32
10th Percentile £305 £265 £378
25th Percentile £358 £438 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -6.09% -2.13%
75th Percentile £544 £775 £675
90th Percentile £635 - £723
England median daily rate £463 £515 £575
% change year-on-year -10.19% -10.43% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £32.59 - -
25th Percentile £35.46 £20.98 -
Median hourly rate £41.50 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.91% - -
75th Percentile £45.75 £30.25 -
90th Percentile £47.55 £33.91 -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £60.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year -30.83% -33.33% +155.68%

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 11,285 16,310 24,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.53% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,676 11,820 17,835
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £428 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 318 279
10th Percentile £20.00 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £22.57
Median hourly rate £30.40 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -23.61% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.00 £46.05 £63.75
90th Percentile £62.30 £65.32 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +93.72%

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 28 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 28 May 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 +12 5 £425 -43.33% 5
West London +16 1 £55 -91.20% 9
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 28 May 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 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 15 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
4 11 (35.48%) Project Management
5 9 (29.03%) SLA
6 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
6 7 (22.58%) Marketing
6 7 (22.58%) Degree
6 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (22.58%) Budget Management
7 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
7 6 (19.35%) Azure
8 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (16.13%) CISSP
8 5 (16.13%) Windows
8 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
8 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
8 5 (16.13%) Onboarding
9 4 (12.90%) Security Posture
9 4 (12.90%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
9 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (12.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 4 (12.90%) NIST
9 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (12.90%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation

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 (3.23%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) SaaS
3 2 (6.45%) Google Sheets
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.23%) GoToWebinar
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) DNS
1 4 (12.90%) Network Security
2 3 (9.68%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) DHCP
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.23%) WebEx
3 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Marketing
4 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Banking
6 2 (6.45%) French Language
6 2 (6.45%) Local Government
6 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.23%) Advertising
7 1 (3.23%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.23%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.90%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Life Science
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.23%) Unix
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (35.48%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) Budget Management
4 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
5 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
5 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.90%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (12.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (12.90%) Operations Management
6 4 (12.90%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (12.90%) People Management
6 4 (12.90%) Privileged Access Management
6 4 (12.90%) Process Management
6 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (12.90%) Security Operations
6 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) CISSP
3 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.45%) CCSP
3 2 (6.45%) CEH
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.45%) GCIH
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.23%) CISA
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.23%) MBA
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) SLA
2 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.90%) NIST
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Google
2 2 (6.45%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow