Operations Research (or Operational Research)
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 156 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | - | - | 0.27% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £402 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £492 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £520 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.96% | +30.00% | -31.91% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands
Operations Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,714 | 2,230 | 2,945 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 87.81% | 82.11% | 88.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,123 | 1,490 | 2,061 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £235 | £248 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £356 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.65% | +3.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £600 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £700 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 95 | 171 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £11.06 | £11.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.81 | £13.71 | £14.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £19.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.58% | -2.56% | +11.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | £35.00 | £30.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £35.85 | £55.00 | £55.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.02 | £37.18 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.95% | -0.85% | +50.00% |
Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Operations Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in the Midlands.