Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Operations Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

As of 13 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Operations Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.32% - 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £345
75th Percentile - - £355
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - - £345

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 299 168 158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.08% 86.60% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 93 105
10th Percentile £167 £185 £211
25th Percentile £338 £335 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -12.37% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £573 £600
90th Percentile £591 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -1.69% -6.32% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.68 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.17 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +39.06% +156.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £54.50 - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £36.00 £21.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +71.43% +20.00% +40.00%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Operations Engineer 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Sage

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sage