Tech Ops Contract Job Trends in the North West

Technical Operations (TechOps)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 134 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.092% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -12.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,934 1,998 2,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.67% 83.63% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,175 1,665
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £554 £588 £594
90th Percentile £661 £687 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 112 157
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.54 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.42 £26.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +57.30%
75th Percentile £52.50 £56.21 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.88 £70.90 £64.25
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Tech Ops in the North West

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Tech Ops
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Tech Ops
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 Tech Ops within the North West 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
Manchester - 2 £450 - 7
Tech Ops
England

Tech Ops
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft