Tech Ops Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Technical Operations (TechOps)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Tech Ops skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 - 182
Rank change year-on-year - - +56
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% - 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £103 - £355
25th Percentile £174 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £417 - £663
90th Percentile £489 - £715
England median daily rate £500 £488 £428
% change year-on-year +2.56% +14.04% -23.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +144.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,159 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.72% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,772 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.42 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £29.30 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.27 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Tech Ops relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Tech Ops job vacancy trend in the North of England

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Tech Ops.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tech Ops in the North of England

Tech Ops
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Tech Ops.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
North West - 4 - - 14
Yorkshire - 3 £295 - 9
Tech Ops
England

Tech Ops
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) MPLS
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Delivery Director
1 3 (42.86%) IT Director
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery Director
1 3 (42.86%) Services Director
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Operations Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Operations Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Escalation Management
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Data Science
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (28.57%) SOAR
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Meraki
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) Forcepoint
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee