Operations Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Operations Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 122 134
Rank change year-on-year -36 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.062% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £483 - £605
25th Percentile £494 £518 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £535 £613
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -12.76% +94.68%
75th Percentile £581 £553 £622
90th Percentile £593 - £624
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -16.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Operations Management 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,699 1,749 2,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.53% 90.06% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,662 1,140 1,449
10th Percentile £288 £300 £308
25th Percentile £380 £389 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £576 £575 £594
90th Percentile £662 £660 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 102 251
10th Percentile £17.58 £16.03 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.81 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.88 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year +72.52% +32.28% -33.06%
75th Percentile £74.26 £62.25 £45.88
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.39 £62.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Operations Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Operations Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 May 2026. 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
Cheshire -12 1 £575 +7.48% 1
Manchester -33 1 £500 - 1
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA