Tech Ops Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Technical Operations (TechOps)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Tech Ops skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 129 148
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 +59
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 6 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.23% 0.11% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.13% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £253 - -
25th Percentile £350 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile - - £325
90th Percentile £460 - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £25.58 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Tech Ops 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 2,297 2,230 2,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.47% 81.96% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,500 1,448 1,753
10th Percentile £235 £263 £250
25th Percentile £360 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £702
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 74 95
10th Percentile £12.81 £12.75 £13.38
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.03 £18.00
Median hourly rate £21.72 £19.99 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -27.33% +52.78%
75th Percentile £27.04 £41.61 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.20 £54.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +45.65%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Tech Ops as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Tech Ops in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Tech Ops.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tech Ops in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Tech Ops.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Tech Ops

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tech Ops within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
East Midlands - 5 £400 - 7
West Midlands -17 1 £200 - 15
Tech Ops
England

Tech Ops
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Configuration Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM