Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Operations Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Operations Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £421, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.61% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £382 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £421 - £488
% change year-on-year - - +10.80%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 897 294 381
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 89.91% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 207 229
10th Percentile £337 £212 £247
25th Percentile £407 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £472
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +0.64% -11.57%
75th Percentile £541 £565 £576
90th Percentile £675 £643 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £486 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £15.22 £12.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% +22.37% -33.85%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.20
% change year-on-year +100.09% +49.55% -47.88%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 March 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 - 6 £421 - 1
Operations Manager
Yorkshire

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
1 4 (66.67%) Cost Management
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 2 (33.33%) People Management
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) WFM
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Operations
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management

Operations Manager Skill Set
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 4 (66.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
General
1 4 (66.67%) Billing
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
1 4 (66.67%) Cost Management
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 2 (33.33%) People Management
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) WFM
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft