Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Operations Manager
England > South West

The median Operations Manager daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 127 147
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 4 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.18% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.27% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £538
25th Percentile £425 - £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £605
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -58.68% +38.29%
75th Percentile £500 - £641
90th Percentile £545 - £676
England median daily rate £500 £473 £605
% change year-on-year +5.76% -21.82% +15.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £43.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -33.08% +4.00% +164.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,021 2,227 2,970
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 92.44% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,342 1,962
10th Percentile £225 £225 £263
25th Percentile £388 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £638
90th Percentile £732 £725 £706
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 185 312
10th Percentile £14.80 £12.79 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.00 £40.64
Median hourly rate £33.17 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -48.97% +15.06% -10.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the South West

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the South West

Operations Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Bristol -1 3 £450 +80.00% 2
Gloucestershire - 1 £550 - 4
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Operations Manager 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 South West region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) Google Sheets
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Docker
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub
4 1 (25.00%) GRC
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Google Sheets
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Business Case
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft