Operations Management Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Operations Management
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Operations Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 900 259 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 93.65% 96.28% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 163 233
10th Percentile £350 £210 £304
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -6.32%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 12
10th Percentile £14.55 - £10.90
25th Percentile £15.27 £15.22 £12.19
Median hourly rate £18.01 £16.19 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +11.21% +22.37% +24.46%
75th Percentile £23.70 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.54 £22.14 £15.00
% change year-on-year +1.80% +47.60% +41.11%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Operations Management job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Operations Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Sheffield - 1 - -
Operations Management
Yorkshire

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Operations Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) WFM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle