Operations Research Contract Job Trends in South London

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Operations Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operations Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.57% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £481 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -25.96% +18.18% -1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

Operations Research 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 183 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 88.07% 88.83% 82.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 121 188
10th Percentile £239 £238 £330
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £588 £600
90th Percentile £738 £763 £675
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £17.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £16.91 £19.50 £52.19
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -62.64% +18.32%
75th Percentile £17.98 £71.88 £55.39
90th Percentile - £73.75 £66.54
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +5.63%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operations Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Operations Research job vacancy trend in South London

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Operations Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Operations Research

Operations Research
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Research within the South London region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Croydon - 1 £513 -
Operations Research
London

Operations Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware